Question

How can I pass a CustomEvent as an argument to a class and later dispatch it? An example of what I would like to achieve is below – non working

var container:Container = new Container(array, new ViewEvent(ViewEvent.PHOTO_SELECTED));
addChild(container);

and in container:

public class Container extends Sprite

public function Container(array:Array, e:ViewEvent):void
{
     _objectsArray = array;
     _event = e;
     addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
}

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private function selected():void
{
    dispatchEvent(new ViewEvent(_event, true, false, _selectedID));
}

So when selected() is called the View event that is passed into the constructor is fired.

Answer 1

Just realised it wasnt an Event I needed to pass, but rather the string value.

var container:Container = new Container(array, ViewEvent.PHOTO_SELECTED);

–

public function Container(array:Array, e:String):void
{
 _objectsArray = array;
 _event = e;
 addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
}

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private function selected():void
{
dispatchEvent(new ViewEvent(_event, true, false, _selectedID));
}