class flash.display.Shape extends DisplayObject
Available on all platforms
This class is used to create lightweight shapes using the ActionScript
* drawing application program interface(API). The Shape class includes a
* graphics
property, which lets you access methods from the
* Graphics class.
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The Sprite class also includes a graphics
property, and it
* includes other features not available to the Shape class. For example, a
* Sprite object is a display object container, whereas a Shape object is not
* (and cannot contain child display objects). For this reason, Shape objects
* consume less memory than Sprite objects that contain the same graphics.
* However, a Sprite object supports user input events, while a Shape object
* does not.