public class Main()

{

     public static var EVENT_MAIN_METHOD:String = "eventMainMethod";

 

     public function Main() extends Sprite

     {

          addEventListener(EVENT_MAIN_METHOD, method);

          addChild(new Hero());

     }

     private function method(event:Event):void

     {

          trace("method called");

     }

}

...

public class Hero() extends Sprite

{

     public function Hero()

     {

          addEventListener(ADDED_TO_STAGE, addedToStage);

     }

     private function addedToStage():void

     {

          removeEventListener(ADDED_TO_STAGE, addedToStage);

 

          dispatchEvent(new Event(EVENT_MAIN_METHOD), true));

     }

}