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Subject: Event order processing
From: Mark Line <markline@gmail.com>
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Hi,

I was wondering if someone could confirm something for me about event
processing. I know if you two events are dispatched one after another, the
second event will be dispatched only after all handlers of the first event
are executed and the dispatchEvent method is returned.

However does anyone know what would happen if during the event processing
of the first event it dispatched another event. Would the new event be
processed before any of the other event listeners (think event life cycle
if it was bubbling).

A very basic example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
   xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
   xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
   creationComplete="init(event)">

<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
protected function button1_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
trace("button1_clickHandler");
this.dispatchEvent(new FlexEvent(FlexEvent.CHANGE_END));
}
 protected function eventOneHandler(event:Event):void
{
trace("eventOneHandler");
this.dispatchEvent(new FlexEvent(FlexEvent.CHANGE_START));
eventThreeHandler(new Event("blah"));
}
 protected function eventTwoHandler(event:Event):void
{
trace("eventTwoHandler");
}
 protected function eventThreeHandler(event:Event):void
{
trace("eventThreeHandler");
}
 protected function init(event:FlexEvent):void
{
this.addEventListener(FlexEvent.CHANGE_END, eventOneHandler);
this.addEventListener(FlexEvent.CHANGE_START, eventTwoHandler);
}
 ]]>
</fx:Script>

<fx:Declarations>
<!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
</fx:Declarations>

<s:Button label="Click me"
  click="button1_clickHandler(event)"/>
</s:Application>


Eg would Flex make sure the event handlers registered for my
this.addEventListener(FlexEvent.CHANGE_START,
eventTwoHandler) before return flow to the button1_clickHandler.

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