31.2. Distributing a Class Library as a .swc File

When working with a team of offsite developers or publishing a class library for the world at large, the approach of sharing class files directly can be cumbersome. For the sake of convenience, Adobe's ActionScript tools provide the option to wrap a class library in a single file, known as a .swc file.

The following sections describe first, how to create a .swc file containing a class library and then how to use classes from that library in an application.