CRITICAL
Rule Definition
Reports functions calling CairngormEventDispatcher explicitly
Remediation
Use CairngormEvent.dispatch() for dispatching events and normal event listening framework for listening for adding event listeners.
Violation Code Sample
public function foo() : void
{
CairngormEventDispatcher.getInstance().dispatchEvent(new Event(CONSTANT)); // VIOLATION - use cairngormEvent.dispatch();
CairngormEventDispatcher.getInstance().addEventListener(CONSTANT, onHearing); // VIOLATION - MVC broken
}
Reference
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/FlexPMD
Related Technologies
Technical Criterion
Programming Practices - Unexpected Behavior
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