Interfaces

[EvLSnoopY]

var S:MouseEvent = new MouseEvent(MouseEvent.CLICK);
ff(S);//does run
function ff(e:MouseEvent):void{
    trace("ok")
    }
stage.addEventListener(S.type, ff);

I know you were using that code as an example, but is there any time in a project that you would actually use that code? It seems to me like that would be quite a reduntant way of doing things.

[ASWC]

Yes I do use some of that sometimes but anyway it's just good to know we can do that. A good example could be dispatching event. You could have a method checking which event you need to dispatch and pass that to your dispatcher as in:

dispatchEvent(getEvent());

Where the getEvent method would return the event:

private function getEvent():Event{
//check which event you need
return //whatever
}

[DragonflyLuis]

import flash.net.URLRequest;

add it to stop getting the URLRequest error

[ASWC]

Originally Posted by DragonflyLuis

import flash.net.URLRequest;

Absolutely that's what his code needs.

[EvLSnoopY]

Ahh...I see. Cool cool. I didn't know if the preceding code was practical or not. Thanks for the response!

[discretion]

So i managed to fix most of my problems by simplifying what I needed to do all the way down to just a few trace statements and it seems like some of my functions either aren't being called or they are not doing what I need them to do. I think its more that they are being called but what I am having them do is not actually taking place. Meaning... they are returning their strings but are not producing my trace statements. Any thoughts?

"Main Script"

package {

    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.display.*;

    //public class interfaceSCRIPT is an extension of a movie clip and is implementing the ITest interface
    public class interfaceSCRIPT extends MovieClip implements ITest {
        //creates variable var1 and provides it with the string "tracer"
        var var1:String = new String("tracer");

        public function interfaceSCRIPT () {
            //trace statement to show this function is being called and runs testFunct() function
            trace ("--");
            testFunct ();
        }
        //function implemented by the ITest interface
        public function testFunct ():String {
            var1 = "trace++";
            return var1;
            trace (var1);
        }
    }
}

"Interface Script"

package {
    public interface ITest {
        function testFunct ():String;
    }
}

[discretion]

Nevermind I figured it out. I can't run a trace statement from withing the interface function because the function is returning a value and not being actually "run" like other functions. Traced the var1 from within the main script and it showed the value assigned to it from within the interface function.

Thanks for the help everyone

[ASWC]

Sorry I didn't check your code before but the reason the trace wasn't working is because it was placed after the return statement which not only returns a value but also terminate the execution of the current method code.

[discretion]

Thanks for the feedback. Now I know and will continue to execute