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## Context.emitEvent() method

A strongly-typed method to emit context events

**Signature:**

```typescript
emitEvent<T extends ContextEvent>(type: string, event: T): void;
```

## Parameters

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Parameter


</th><th>

Type


</th><th>

Description


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type


</td><td markdown="1">

string


</td><td markdown="1">

Event type


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event


</td><td markdown="1">

T


</td><td markdown="1">

Context event


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</tbody></table>

**Returns:**

void