That was just an example. You can't public a super's private variable, nor can you read-write a super's read-only variable.
-Josh On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:21 PM, yigit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think gordon's point was not > e.target = this; > > you will implement your own Event class which will extend original Event > class . > I hope the underlying variable which keeps the reference to the target > is protected, not private; > so you can edit that value from your subclass. > > yigit > > Josh McDonald wrote: > > Nope :( I get 1059: Property is read-only when compiling this: > > > > var e : Event = new Event(); > > e.target = this; > > > > -Josh > > > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Gordon Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > You should be able to override the setter for 'target' in a > > subclass of Event. There should be nothing special about it; it's > > just a public getter/setter. > > > > > > > > Gordon Smith > > > > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > *From:* [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > [mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Josh McDonald > > *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:44 PM > > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Can an event know when it is dispatched? > > > > > > > > Hey guys, > > > > I want to know if there's a (nice, probably secret) way to for an > > event to know when it's dispatched? I could hook into a timer or > > ENTER_FRAME and have it check for a valid target, but that's not > > very nice :) > > > > I haven't overloaded function set target, but I imagine that'll > > give me either a compile-time error or a verifier error since > > Event is Player-native, and I don't know what namespace to put it > > in to begin with. I know about the mx_internal static hook in > > UIComponent, but I want to catch certain events being dispatched > > from non-visual components and complain about it (just to make > > life easier for developers using my framework). > > > > Cheers, > > -Josh > > > > -- > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for > > thee." > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
