[]'s Before Constructor

[jbailey]

What does something like [Event(name="itemRollOut", type="fl.events.ListEvent")] before the constructor mean?

[newblack]

it's a meta tag that tells the compiler this class dispatches a ListEvent with type "itemRollOut". when adding an event listener to an instance of this data type, code hinting will offer this as a shortcut!

[jbailey]

when adding an event listener to an instance of this data type, code hinting will offer this as a shortcut!

WOW no way!!! That's awesome! Thanks! ::off to have fun with hinting::

[dr_zeus]

It is also used by asdoc to generate documentation about the events or styles (another type of metadata) in a class.