dispatchEvent in static class - AS3

Question

A nice simple one to start the day!

I can't use dispatchEvent in my static class, I was wondering if anyone knew how I can achieve similar functionality or if it's possible at all to call dispatchEvent from my static class?

I basically want to inform my action script code in my flash file when functionality in my static class is complete.

Thanks,

Answer 1

After reading the answers and gaining an understanding of what I can achieve, I have implemented the following (thought it would help users in the future if they could see some example code).

private static var dispatcher:EventDispatcher = new EventDispatcher();

public static function addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void {
   dispatcher.addEventListener(type, listener, useCapture, priority, useWeakReference);
}

public static function removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void {
   dispatcher.removeEventListener(type, listener, useCapture);
}

public static function dispatchEvent(event:Event):Boolean {
   return dispatcher.dispatchEvent(event);
}

public static function hasEventListener(type:String):Boolean {
   return dispatcher.hasEventListener(type);
}

Answer 2

Static classes (classes with static properties and methods) can't inherit ordinary instance-level methods and can't implement interfaces with static methods. So your public static function dispatchEvent can't take a part in EventDispatcher or IEventDispatcher.

You can create the same static methods as in IEventDispatcher and then create a static instance of IEventDispatcher to handle events but your static class itself can't be EventDispatcher but can only look the similar.