Return an Array with the children of any container.

getChildren.as

package tea.display
{
	import flash.display.DisplayObject;
	import flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer;
	/**
	 *
	 * Return an <code>Array</code> with the children of any container.
	 *
	 * @param p_target The container you want.
	 *
	 * @author Rafael Rinaldi (rafaelrinaldi.com)
	 * @since May 25, 2011
	 *
	 */
	public function getChildren( p_target : DisplayObjectContainer ) : Array {
		
		var children : Array = [];
		
		for(var count : int = 0, child : DisplayObject; count < p_target.numChildren; count++) {
			child = p_target.getChildAt(count);
			if(child != null) children.push(child);
		}
		
		return children;
		
	}
}