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# Abstract Class: Event

Defined in: [packages/bus-messages/src/event.ts:3](https://github.com/node-ts/bus/blob/2e6cf65c27833b707ae31ee623cfb6343770f434/packages/bus-messages/src/event.ts#L3)

A base message type that is transmitted over a transport. Declaring messages with this base class enables
efficient routing and dispatch to handlers.

## Extends

* [`Message`](Message.md)

## Extended by

* [`TestEvent`](../../bus-test/classes/TestEvent.md)

## Constructors

### Constructor

```ts
new Event(): Event;
```

#### Returns

`Event`

#### Inherited from

[`Message`](Message.md).[`constructor`](Message.md#constructor)

## Properties

| Property | Modifier | Type | Overrides | Defined in |
| ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
| <a id="property-name"></a> `$name` | `abstract` | `string` | [`Message`](Message.md).[`$name`](Message.md#property-name) | [packages/bus-messages/src/event.ts:4](https://github.com/node-ts/bus/blob/2e6cf65c27833b707ae31ee623cfb6343770f434/packages/bus-messages/src/event.ts#L4) |
| <a id="property-version"></a> `$version` | `abstract` | `number` | [`Message`](Message.md).[`$version`](Message.md#property-version) | [packages/bus-messages/src/event.ts:5](https://github.com/node-ts/bus/blob/2e6cf65c27833b707ae31ee623cfb6343770f434/packages/bus-messages/src/event.ts#L5) |