BiEventListenerActionThread

This is a class that represents an action thread for simple BiEventListeners.@remark A BiActionThread can be described as an action instance. It represents exactly one execution and is used to keep track of asynchronous executions.

This class extends BiEventTarget and therefore all methods and fields available for BiEventTarget are also available for BiEventListenerActionThread .

Constructor

new BiEventListenerActionThread ( oAction )

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Default	Descripton
oAction	BiAction			The action called.

Properties

Name	Type	get	set	Descripton
action	Object			The action that created this thread.
async	Boolean			Whether to perform this action thread asynchronously
caller	Object			The instance that called this action thread.
completed	Boolean			Whether execution of this action thread is completed.
scope	Object			The scope to run the handler function in. I.e. what "this" refers to from inside the function.
threadPrepared	Boolean			Whether dependencies of this action thread are prepared.

Methods

Name	Description
exec	Trigger this thread.
prepare	Prepare thread and it's dependencies. This method must be called before a thread can be executed.

Events

Name	Type	Bubbles	Descripton
completed	BiEvent		This event is dispatched when the thread is completed.
exec	BiEvent		This event is dispatched when the thread is executed.

Static Methods

None.

Static Fields

None.

Remarks

None.

Method Details

exec

Trigger this thread.

Syntax

object.exec ( oCaller [ ,oEvent ] )

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Default	Descripton
oCaller	Object			The instance that called this action thread.
oEvent	BiEvent			The (optional) event that triggered this action thread.

Return Type

Object

prepare

Prepare thread and it's dependencies. This method must be called before a thread can be executed.

Syntax

object.prepare ( oScope [ ,nType ] )

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Default	Descripton
oScope	Object			The scope this thread will be executed in.
nType	Number			The (optional) type of this thread.

Return Type

void