Class CakeEvent
Represent the transport class of events across the system, it receives a name, and subject and an optional payload. The name can be any string that uniquely identifies the event across the application, while the subject represents the object that the event is applying to.
Package: Cake\Event
Copyright: Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
Location: Cake/Event/CakeEvent.php
Copyright: Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
Location: Cake/Event/CakeEvent.php
Properties summary
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$_nameprotectedstringName of the event -
$_stoppedprotectedbooleanFlags an event as stopped or not, default is false -
$_subjectprotectedobjectThe object this event applies to (usually the same object that generates the event) -
$datapublicmixedCustom data for the method that receives the event -
$resultpublicmixedProperty used to retain the result value of the event listeners
Method Summary
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__construct() public
Constructor -
__get() public
Dynamically returns the name and subject if accessed directly -
isStopped() public
Check if the event is stopped -
name() public
Returns the name of this event. This is usually used as the event identifier -
stopPropagation() public
Stops the event from being used anymore -
subject() public
Returns the subject of this event
Method Detail
__construct() public ¶
__construct( string $name , object $subject = null , mixed $data = null )
Constructor
Parameters
- string $name
- Name of the event
- object $subject optional null
- the object that this event applies to (usually the object that is generating the event)
- mixed $data optional null
any value you wish to be transported with this event to it can be read by listeners
Examples of usage:
{{{ $event = new CakeEvent('Order.afterBuy', $this, array('buyer' => $userData)); $event = new CakeEvent('User.afterRegister', $UserModel); }}}
__get() public ¶
__get( string $attribute )
Dynamically returns the name and subject if accessed directly
Parameters
- string $attribute
Returns
mixed
isStopped() public ¶
isStopped( )
Check if the event is stopped
Returns
boolean
True if the event is stopped
True if the event is stopped