GUI::GlobalEventSet Class Reference

The GlobalEventSet singleton allows you to subscribe to an event for all instances of a class. The GlobalEventSet effectively supports "late binding" to events; which means you can subscribe to some event that does not actually exist (yet). More...

Inherits GUI::EventSet.

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
void	fireEvent (string name, EventArgs args, string eventNamespace="")
	Fires the named event passing the given EventArgs object.
Public Member Functions inherited from GUI::EventSet
void	addEvent (string name)
	Add a new Event to the EventSet with the given name.
void	removeEvent (string name)
	Removes the Event with the given name. All connections to the event are disconnected.
void	removeAllEvents ()
	Remove all Event objects from the EventSet.
bool	isEventPresent (string name)
	Checks to see if an Event with the given name is present in the EventSet.
EventConnection	subscribeEvent (string name, string subscriber_name)
	Subscribes the named Event to a scripted funtion.
bool	isMuted ()
	Return whether the EventSet is muted or not.
void	setMutedState (bool setting)
	Set the mute state for this EventSet.

Additional Inherited Members
Public Attributes inherited from GUI::EventSet
Event	Event
	Can be used to iterate over the events currently added to the EventSet.

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Detailed Description

The GlobalEventSet singleton allows you to subscribe to an event for all instances of a class. The GlobalEventSet effectively supports "late binding" to events; which means you can subscribe to some event that does not actually exist (yet).

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Member Function Documentation

void GUI::GlobalEventSet::fireEvent	(	string	name,
		EventArgs	args,
		string	eventNamespace = ""
	)

Fires the named event passing the given EventArgs object.

Parameters:

name	String object holding the name of the Event that is to be fired (triggered)
args	The EventArgs (or derived) object that is to be bassed to each subscriber of the Event. Once all subscribers have been called the 'handled' field of the event is updated appropriately.
eventNamespace	String object describing the namespace prefix to use when firing the global event.

Returns:

Nothing.

Reimplemented from GUI::EventSet.