EventDispatcher

[michael]

How do I implement the EventDispatcher in a regular old class file? I can't seem to get it to work. Here is what I have:


Class File that I'm trying to get to implement EventDispatching as lightweight as possible.
/* imports */
import mx.events.EventDispatcher;

/**
* DatabaseConnection class is used as a wrapper for
* php script invoking.
*/

[Event("connect")]
class DatabaseConnection{ // extends EventDispatcher{

   private var host:String;
   private var port:String;
   private var username:String;
   private var password:String;
   private var phpSendVariables:LoadVars;
   private var phpReturnVariables:LoadVars;
   
   /**
    * Constructor to create a database connection
    * @param host  String of the database host
    * @param port  String of the database port
    * @param user   String of the username for the database
    * @param pass   String of the password for the database
    */
   function DatabaseConnection(host:String,port:String,user:String,pass:String){
      EventDispatcher.initialize(this);
      
      this.host = host;
      this.port = port;
      this.username = user;
      this.password = pass;

      phpSendVariables = new LoadVars();
      phpReturnVariables = new LoadVars();
      phpReturnVariables.onLoad = onLoad;
   }
   
   /**
    * Connect to a specific php script
    * @param script String of the script to connect to
    */
   function connect(script:String){
      phpSendVariables.host = this.host;
      phpSendVariables.port = this.port;
      phpSendVariables.username = this.username;
      phpSendVariables.password = this.password;
      phpSendVariables.sendAndLoad(script,phpReturnVariables,"POST");
   }
   
   function onLoad(success){
      trace("Loaded: "+success);
      trace(this["result"]);
      dispatchEvent({type:"connect",target:this});
   }
}

Here is my fla code where I am trying to use the above class:
var dbconn = new DatabaseConnection("www.testserver.com","3600","username","password");

var l = new Object();
l.addEventListener("connect",dbconn);
l.connect = function(obj){
   trace("BOOOOOB");
}

dbconn.connect("http://www.shortstopfoodmarts.com/reports/php/test.php");

[Jorge Solis]

You need to declare dispatchEvent classes as class functions

function dispatchEvent() {};
function addEventListener() {};
function removeEventListener() {};   

Check http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/creating_events.html

Jorge