上面显示了事件的三个阶段，不过有些事件只有目标阶段，比如TimerEvent，更多可以看帮助API的。
下面做个flash演示，请点下面flash里蓝色区域。

package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.display.StageAlign;
    import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextField;

    [SWF(width=600, height=300, backgroundColor=0xC7EDCC)]
    public class EventPhaseTest extends Sprite
    {
        private var child:Sprite;
        private var container:Sprite;
        private var txt:TextField;

        public function EventPhaseTest():void
        {
            stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
            stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
            init();
            // child 目标
            child.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, childClickHandler);
            // 容器 冒泡
            container.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, containerClickHandler);
            // 捕获
            container.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, containerCatchClickHandler, true);
        }

        // 目标冒泡阶段
        private function childClickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
        {
            debugTrace("-------------------- 子对象目标阶段------------------------------------");
            debugTrace("e.eventPhase = ", e.eventPhase);
            debugTrace("e.target.name = ", e.target.name);
        }

        // 容器冒泡阶段
        private function containerClickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
        {
            debugTrace("-------------------- 容器冒泡侦听------------------------------------");
            debugTrace("e.eventPhase = ", e.eventPhase);
            debugTrace("e.target.name = ", e.target.name);
        }

        // 捕获阶段
        private function containerCatchClickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
        {
            debugTrace("-------------------- 捕获阶段------------------------------------");
            debugTrace("e.eventPhase = ", e.eventPhase);
            debugTrace("e.target.name = ", e.target.name);
            // 终止事件流
            //e.stopPropagation();
        }

        private function debugTrace(... msgList):void
        {
            var msg:String = "";
            for (var i:int = 0; i < msgList.length; i++)
            {
                msg += msgList[i];
            }
            trace(msg);
            txt.appendText(msg + '\n');
        }

        private function init():void
        {
            // container
            container = new Sprite();
            container.name = "container";
            container.graphics.beginFill(0xCC9933, 1);
            container.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 500, 50);
            container.graphics.endFill();
            container.x = 50;
            container.y = 10;
            addChild(container);

            // child
            child = new Sprite();
            child.name = "child";
            child.graphics.beginFill(0x00FFCB, 1);
            child.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 300, 30);
            child.graphics.endFill();
            child.x = 100;
            child.y = 10;
            container.addChild(child);

            // txt
            txt = new TextField();
            txt.type = "input";
            txt.border = true;
            txt.width = 500;
            txt.height = 200;
            txt.x = 50;
            txt.y = 80;
            txt.text = "请点击上面蓝色区域,测试时间的3个阶段\n";
            addChild(txt);
        }
    }
}

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