Have an Object's timer notify another object?

[Handycam]

I have a game where there is a main application and separate SWC with classes for the objects in the game.

I have one object interacting with a second, where the second object's class has a timer that gets started.  When the timer is up, I need the first object to move on to the next object.

For example, if the first object is a hose and the second object is a bucket, when I move the hose over the bucket I am starting a timer that increments how full the bucket is.  When the bucket is full, I need to have the host move to the next bucket.

To make life interesting, there will be a few hoses filling a few buckets, so each bucket needs to tell ITS hose to move on.

For some reason, I am getting myself quite confused about how best to accomplish this.  Suggestions?

[kglad]

how does a bucket know which hose is filling it?

[Handycam]

I was doing this:

var hose1:hose = new hose();

hose1.targetList = [bucket3, bucket2];
hose1.targetBucket = hose1.targetList[0]; // first bucket
hose1.gotoAndPlay("filling");
actionArea.addElement(hose1);

moveToBucketAndFill(hose1,hose1.targetList[0]);

and

private function moveToBucketAndFill(hose:MovieClip, bucket:MovieClip):void {
     var posX:Number = bucket.x+(hose.width/2); //where to go
     TweenMax.to(hose, 1, {x:posX,ease:Cubic.easeOut,onComplete:startFilling,onCompleteParams:[hose,bucket]}); 
     }
private function startFilling(hose:MovieClip, bucket:MovieClip):void {
                    var bucketFilledAmount:int;
                    var bucketFillingTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000,3);
                    bucketFillingTimer:Timer(TimerEvent.TIMER, function(e:Event):void { 
                         // and here's where I am getting stuck

                    });
          
}

I was going to use a timer to increment the movie clip of the bucket to one of 3 frame labels to show various degrees of looking full.  So I guess the timer could gotoAndPlay each successive label.  But then, when it reached the "full" label, that's when I need to stop the timer, moveToBucketAndFill the second bucket in the array, and startFilling with that one.  That's where I have gotten stuck.

[kglad]

from what you showed a bucket has no direct way to determine what's filling it.  but by looping through all hoses a bucket can see if it's a targetBucket for some hose.  so, you can do that or assign a property to a bucket to indicate what hose(es) is(are) filling it.