CustomEvent
createEvent
(
p_type
,
p_config
)
Creates a new custom event of the specified type. If a custom event
by that name already exists, it will not be re-created. In either
case the custom event is returned.
- Parameters:
-
p_type <string>
the type, or name of the event
-
p_config <object>
optional config params. Valid properties are:
-
scope: defines the default execution scope. If not defined
the default scope will be this instance.
-
silent: if true, the custom event will not generate log messages.
This is false by default.
-
onSubscribeCallback: specifies a callback to execute when the
event has a new subscriber. This will fire immediately for
each queued subscriber if any exist prior to the creation of
the event.
- Returns:
CustomEvent
- the custom event
boolean
fireEvent
(
p_type
,
arguments
)
Fire a custom event by name. The callback functions will be executed
from the scope specified when the event was created, and with the
following parameters:
- The first argument fire() was executed with
- The custom object (if any) that was passed into the subscribe()
method
- Parameters:
-
p_type <string>
the type, or name of the event
-
arguments <Object*>
an arbitrary set of parameters to pass to
the handler.
- Returns:
boolean
- the return value from CustomEvent.fire, or null if
the custom event does not exist.
void
hasEvent
(
type
)
Returns true if the custom event of the provided type has been created
with createEvent.
- Parameters:
-
type <string>
the type, or name of the event
- Returns:
void
void
subscribe
(
p_type
,
p_fn
,
p_obj
,
p_override
)
Subscribe to a CustomEvent by event type
- Parameters:
-
p_type <string>
the type, or name of the event
-
p_fn <function>
the function to exectute when the event fires
-
p_obj <object>
-
p_obj <Object>
An object to be passed along when the event
fires
-
p_override <boolean>
If true, the obj passed in becomes the
execution scope of the listener
- Returns:
void
boolean
unsubscribe
(
p_type
,
p_fn
,
p_obj
)
Unsubscribes the from the specified event
- Parameters:
-
p_type <string>
The type, or name of the event
-
p_fn <Function>
The function to execute
-
p_obj <Object>
The custom object passed to subscribe (optional)
- Returns:
boolean
- true if the subscriber was found and detached.