Event:getTarget

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: Event

Description

Returns the element on which the event listener was registered.

(object) = Event:getTarget()

Return values

Returns (object) Target of event.

Example

function ExplosionLayer:addExplosion(x, y)
	local explosion
	...
	explosion = MovieClip.new(timeline)
	explosion:addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, self.onExplosionComplete, self)
	...
end

function ExplosionLayer:onExplosionComplete(event)
	local explosion = event:getTarget()
	explosion:removeFromParent()
	self.pool[#self.pool + 1] = explosion
end

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• Event
• Event.new
• Event:getTarget
• Event:getType
• Event:stopPropagation

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