fetchEvent

Syntax:

fetchEvent (thisAction, thisObject);

Purpose:

Determines whether the thisObject object type contains a thisAction event. Both thisAction and thisObject must be variables of type objectType.

Return value:

fetchEvent returns a function handle if the specified event is found. If no event is found, the function returns FALSE.

Example:

objectType ego () {
}

objectType lookAt () {
}

objectType poster ("poster") {
   event lookAt {
      say (ego, "I'm looking at the poster.");
   }
}

sub init () {
   var a = fetchEvent (poster, lookAt);
      # Returns FALSE

   var b = fetchEvent (lookAt, poster);
      # Returns a pointer to poster.lookAt
}

See also:

Object Types and Events

callEvent

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