Missing the boat on dispatching events

[chrisflynn]

Hi all

I have an event class that looks like this


package {
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
public class FinishedEvent extends EventDispatcher{
public static const SOMETHING_FINISHED:String = "somethingFinished";
public function FinishedEvent(){
}
public function finished():void{
trace("finished() called");
dispatchEvent(new Event(SOMETHING_FINISHED));
}

}

}


I have another class that triggers that Finished method in the Finished_Event


package {

import flash.display.Sprite;

import FinishedEvent;

public class Class1 extends Sprite{

public var finishedEvent:FinishedEvent;

...
// Trigger finished method
public function finalize():void{
finishedEvent.finished();
}

...
}
}



Now that finished method does get called, I know by the trace i put there.

But how do I get another class to "hear" that event call. I would think I could do this:


package {

import flash.display.Sprite;

import FinishedEvent;

public class Class2 extends Sprite{
private var _finishedListener:FinishedEvent;

public function Class2(){
_finishedListener = new FinishedEvent();
_finishedListener.addEventListener(FinishedEvent.S OMETHING_FINISHED, finalize);
}

public function finalize(){
trace("finalize triggered");
}

}

}


But no matter what i do, I can't fire that finalize method.

So I'm missing something here. Is there a way for one class to trigger an Event class that another class, or many other classes, could respond?

Any help is always appreciated.

Thanks again
Chris