Event

Note

Event is derived from Object class.

An event is a structure holding information about an event passed to a callback or member function. Event is used to be a multipurpose event object, and is an abstract base class for other event classes.

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Constructor

Event class has a single constructor:

object Event:new ( string sEventName, object oEventSender, function fDefEventHandler )

Arguments

These arguments are received by class constructor.

Argument	Description
sEvtName	The event name
oEvtSender	The object associated to the event (usually is a derived of “Widget”)
fEvtHandler	The event handler function (that is called when you call Event:call).

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Inherited Methods

These methods are inherited from its super classes:

Class Method	Description
Object:getID	Returns event’s identifier.
Object:setID	Sets the event identifier.
Object:getName	Returns event’s name.
Object:setName	Sets the event name.

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Class Methods

These methods are defined by this class.

Event:getSender

Gets the object associated to the event.

object

Event:getSender()

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Event:setSender

Sets the object associated to the event.

bool	Event:setSender ( object oEvtSender )

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Event:getHandler

Returns the event handler function (that is called when you call Event:call).

function

Event:getHandler()

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Event:setHandler

Sets the event handler function.

bool	Event:setSender ( object oEvtSender )

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Event:call

Calls the event handler and pass it all the args.

Returns one value: Returns first value what event handler sents.

…	Event:call ( … )

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