Clarity of intent, potentially better
performance (at the expense of a slightly larger SWF), strong typechecking as
you use the event in your scripts to name a few.
Good to know, I haven't had time to get through all my testing.
So
what is the difference/benefits of subclassing
Event as your own
custom class and using DynamicEvent class?
--- In [email protected],
"Matt Chotin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I don't think the example is going to work
since you're trying to
> dispatch an anonymous object instead of an
Event. Flex 2 requires an
> Event to be dispatched.
>
>
>
> There is mx.events.DynamicEvent which is a
subclass of Event that is
> dynamic. The constructor does take the
"bubbles" parameter so you can
> do with it what you will. I don't know
if any of the events that the
> components dispatch are dynamic, I think
probably not.
>
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [email protected]
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On
> Behalf Of JesterXL
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:51 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Dynamic Events
(Flex2 Custom Events?)
>
>
>
> I still can't set bubbles = true, though...
bleh....
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Renaun Erickson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:39 PM
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Dynamic Events
(Flex2 Custom Events?)
>
>
> To add arbitrary properties ...
>
> Getting tired ;)
>
> Renaun
>
> --- In [email protected],
"Renaun Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > FLEX 2:
> > To added Arbitary properties to the
Event object what you can do is
> > create your custom Event class that
extends the flash.events.Event
> like:
> >
> > package
org.nevis.cairngorm.samples.store.view.checkout {
> > import flash.events.Event;
> >
> > public class ShippingCostChangeEvent
extends Event {
> > public var cost : Number;
> > }
> > }
> >
> > Then in the MXML you access it like:
> >
> > <mx:Metadata>
> > [Event( name =
"shippingCostChange", type =
> >
>
"org.nevis.cairngorm.samples.store.view.checkout.ShippingCostChangeEvent
> "
> > )]
> > </mx:Metadata>
> >
> > <mx:Button label="Continue"
click="dispatchEvent( { type :
> > "shippingCostChange", cost :
cost} );" />
> >
> > You could also instantiate your custom
class first and pass that
> > through the dispatchEvent.
> >
> > Not sure if this is what you were asking
about.
> >
> > Renaun
> >
> > --- In [email protected],
"Mark Wales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Has anyone used them? I've been a
bit confused by several things:
> > >
> > > DynamicEvent is a subclass
(according to the documentation) of
> > > flash.events.Event but is actually
found in mx.events.
> > >
> > > In addition, the documentation
describes how you can add arbitrary
> > > properties at runtime. However,
experimenting with it, it does not
> > > appear this works.
> > >
> > > Is this simply a function of it
being an alpha, am I doing something
> > > wrong, or is something else amiss??
> > >
> > > -Mark
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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