Question

I would like to assign an event listener to a protected timer variable in the parent class.

I am working with Adobe LCCS, and created a BatonProperty
which implements Baton

Now, Baton has a protected timer variable declared like this, and for some reason, I am unable to get access to this _autoPutDownTimer, from a BatonProperty instance.

  public function Baton()
          {
              super();

              _autoPutDownTimer = new Timer(_timeout*1000, 1);
              _autoPutDownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, onTimerComplete);
              invalidator.addEventListener(Invalidator.INVALIDATION_COMPLETE,commitP roperties);
          }

I would love to attach an eventlistener to it like this, but it seems I cannot, any tips are truly appreciated:

    public var mybatonprop:BatonProperty;
    mybatonprop= new BatonProperty();
    mybatonprop.sharedID = "myBaton";
    mybatonprop.subscribe();

    mybatonprop.baton._autoPutDownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,countDown);   

This gives the error : “actionscript attempted access of inaccessible property through a reference with static type” But it seems that property is not private, only protected, since it is declared like this

    /**
     * @private
     */
    protected var _autoPutDownTimer:Timer;

Answer 1

If BatonProperty extends Baton, then just change the line:

mybatonprop.baton._autoPutDownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,countDown);

to

mybatonprop._autoPutDownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,countDown);

otherwise, make _autoPutDownTimer public, or follow @Jacob’s answer.

Or for a third suggestion, as Baton is an Adobe class and you can’t edit it, create your own class MyBaton which extends Baton, then do either of the two suggestions. (MyBaton will work everywhere Baton does)