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]> >
