Grant Skinner has created a nice solution for it:
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2007/07/building_a_stat_1.html
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:56 PM, jonathan howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just ran into this the other day, and I created a public static variable
> in the class called "instance". When the static class is initialized via
> some sort of init() function, I create a sole, empty instance of the class
> whose only role is to dispatch events. Thus, when I have to assign a
> listener, I assign it to the instance, for example:
>
> public static var instance:SingletonClass
> ...
> public function SingletonClass() {
>
> }
> ...
> public static function init():void {
> instance = new SingletonClass();
> }
>
> then, to add event listener
> SingletonClass.instance.addEventListener(SingletonClass.EVENT_NAME,
> listenerFunction);
>
> I'd love to hear about drawbacks to this approach. I'm sure there are some
> issues, and this was a new problem/idea.
>
> -jonathan
>
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Stephen Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Is there anyway for a static function within a class to fire off an event?
>> assuming the static function exists within a class that has no constructor
>> (ie: is never instantiated).
>>
>> As I understand it, for another object to be listening for the event, said
>> object must have a local refence to the class doing the dispatching?
>>
>> Anyway around this.
>>
>> SF.
>>
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