Thanks Tracy and Jim. Jim fixed that but no joy. Ended up re-broadcasting the event up the chain which isn't terrible but wish i could take advantage of bubbling straight from my DAO class instead of having to re-broadcast in my timeline class.
Thanks again for the help --- In [email protected], "Jim Hayes" <j...@...> wrote: > > Your TweetCommEvent's clone method returns a PreferencePaneEvent rather than > the TweetCommEvent I'd expect, at least in the code you wrote below. > It's not that, is it? > > public class TweetCommEvent extends Event > { > > ................ > override public function clone():Event { > return new PreferencePaneEvent(type, bubbles, cancelable); > } > .............. > > } > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of valkyrie77 > Sent: 08 March 2009 17:52 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Debugging Event Bubbling > > Hi Folks, > > I'm currently working on a twitter AIR client using the twitterscript AS3 > library and having some issues with bubbling custom events that are created > by nested "classses" back to the main application. > > I've architected so that the main application (A) spawns a new timeline > window (B) for every twitter account a user may have. I have a Comm class (C) > i use as a DAO layer to decouple the twitterscript custom events from my > framework (in case i switch to a different as3 API library) > > My custom event class looks like this > > package com.kubeworks.events > { > import flash.events.Event; > > public class TweetCommEvent extends Event > { > public static const TIMELINE_BACK:String = "timelineBack"; > public static const STATUS_BACK:String = "statusBack"; > public static const USER_INFO_BACK:String = "userInfoBack"; > public static const RATE_LIMIT_STATUS:String = "rateLimitBack"; > public var data : Object = new Object (); > > public function TweetCommEvent(type:String, bubbles:Boolean=true, > cancelable:Boolean=false) > { > super(type, bubbles, cancelable); > } > > override public function clone():Event { > return new PreferencePaneEvent(type, bubbles, cancelable); > } > > } > } > > My Comm Class goes something like > package com.kubeworks.data > { > // Twitter API calls > import com.kubeworks.events.TweetCommEvent; > > import flash.events.Event; > import flash.events.EventDispatcher; > import flash.utils.*; > > import mx.utils.ObjectUtil; > > import twitter.api.Twitter; > import twitter.api.events.TwitterEvent; > > public class TweetComm extends EventDispatcher > { > > private var username:String; > private var password:String; > > private var _twitterClient:Twitter; > > // Constructor > public function TweetComm(usern:String, pass:String) > { > // Initialize Twitter Event Listeners > _twitterClient = new Twitter(); > _twitterClient.addEventListener(Event.ACTIVATE, twitterClientActivateHandler); > _twitterClient.addEventListener(Event.DEACTIVATE, twitterClientDeactivate); > _twitterClient.addEventListener(TwitterEvent.ON_FRIENDS_TIMELINE_RESULT, > twitterTimelineBack); > _twitterClient.addEventListener(TwitterEvent.ON_SET_STATUS, > twitterStatusBack); > _twitterClient.addEventListener(TwitterEvent.ON_SHOW_INFO, twitterUserBack); > _twitterClient.addEventListener(TwitterEvent.ON_RATE_LIMIT_STATUS, > twitterRateLimitBackHandler); > > > // Do stuff > setLogin(usern, pass); > setAuth(); > } > > and within that class i'm re-dispatching like: > > private function twitterRateLimitBackHandler(event:TwitterEvent):void { > var eventObj:TweetCommEvent = new > TweetCommEvent(TweetCommEvent.RATE_LIMIT_STATUS, true); > eventObj.data = event.data; > dispatchEvent(eventObj); > trace(">>twitterRateLimitBackHandler"); > trace(ObjectUtil.toString(event)); > trace("<<twitterRateLimitBackHandler"); > trace(ObjectUtil.toString(eventObj)); > } > > I've set the bubbling to true. However in my main application this > EventListener never fires > > systemManager.addEventListener(TweetCommEvent.RATE_LIMIT_STATUS, > onRateLimitHandler); > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as i am out ideas and have exausted > google and my flex friends. > > Thanks, > Sean > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This communication is from Primal Pictures Ltd., a company registered in > England and Wales with registration No. 02622298 and registered office: 4th > Floor, Tennyson House, 159-165 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PA, UK. > VAT registration No. 648874577. > > This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. It may be read, copied and > used only by the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please > contact the sender immediately by return e-mail or by telephoning +44(0)20 > 7637 1010. Please then delete the e-mail and do not disclose its contents to > any person. > This email has been scanned for Primal Pictures by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. > ______________________________________________________________________ >
