is that a bug or something in the way Flex works... I've been thinking about this sort of feature for a long time... If I knew about it before ( assuming it's not a bug ) I would have done this a long time ago... along with implementing other things like "deconstruct" etc etc
monkey patching eh... never heard of it thanks Doug On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Doug McCune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just FYI, I posted an example of monkey patching FlexSprite to get this > functionality: > http://dougmccune.com/blog/2008/02/21/monkey-patching-flexsprite-to-list-all-event-listeners-on-any-flex-component/ > > Doug > > On 11/28/07, ben.clinkinbeard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Gotcha. Maybe you should try sending cookies along with the request, > > I've heard it works well on the Flex team. :) > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > That would make sense, but it would be up to the Player team since > > > EventDispatcher is a Player class. The Flex team can lobby the Player > > > team for new features, but we don't get everything we ask for. > > > > > > Gordon Smith > > > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto: > > [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On > > > Behalf Of ben.clinkinbeard > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:35 PM > > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Am I the only one who wishes EventDispatcher > > > exposed its listeners? > > > > > > > > > > > > Why in subclasses and not EventDispatcher itself? > > > > > > Ben > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > > flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > , "Gordon Smith" <gosmith@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Does anyone from Adobe have info on why its not and/or if it might > > > be > > > > someday? > > > > > > > > The Player's EventDispatcher class doesn't provide this capability, > > > > probably because it isn't part of the Document Object Model Level 3 > > > > Events Specification. (The Player obviously keeps a list of > > listeners, > > > > but this is done in C++ code and the list isn't exposed in > > > > ActionScript.) However, I suppose the framework could accomplish > > what > > > > you want by overriding addEventListener() and removeEventListener() > > in > > > > every subclass of EventDispatcher to keep track of the listeners. > > > Please > > > > file an enhancement request at http://bugs.adobe.com/flex. > > > <http://bugs.adobe.com/flex.> > > > > > > > > Gordon Smith > > > > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > > flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > [mailto:[email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > > flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > ] On > > > > Behalf Of ben.clinkinbeard > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 6:04 AM > > > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > > flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Am I the only one who wishes EventDispatcher > > > > exposed its listeners? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sometimes it would be really nice be able to access a list of > > > > currently attached listeners by doing something like > > > > myButton.listeners. Having that return a collection of objects that > > > > expose the event type and handler method would be nice and it > > doesn't > > > > seem like it would be that hard to implement since they're obviously > > > > already kept track of somewhere. > > > > > > > > Does anybody else wish this was provided? Does anyone from Adobe > > have > > > > info on why its not and/or if it might be someday? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > >
