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[Snippet] MessageQueue
on: July 09, 2012, 01:31:44 PM
Category: String handling, Execution
Language: vJASS

This will 'merge' DisplayTimedTextToPlayer calls in the same trigger-function-call-stack.

Code: jass
  1. /**********************************
  2. *
  3. *   MessageQueue
  4. *   v1.0.0.0
  5. *   By Magtheridon96
  6. *
  7. *   - Enqueues messages to display with
  8. *     one call rather than having multiple
  9. *     calls.
  10. *
  11. *   - All messages will be displayed based
  12. *     on the longest duration given for any
  13. *     message in one trigger function call
  14. *     stack.
  15. *
  16. *       call MessageQueue.push("Hello", 2)
  17. *       call MessageQueue.push("Okay", 4)
  18. *
  19. *   - Both of the above messages will be
  20. *     displayed for 4 seconds.
  21. *
  22. *   API:
  23. *   ----
  24. *
  25. *       struct MessageQueue extends array
  26. *
  27. *           static method enqueue takes string message, real time returns nothing
  28. *           static method insert takes string message, real time returns nothing
  29. *           static method push takes string message, real time returns nothing
  30. *           static method add takes string message, real time returns nothing
  31. *               - Enqueues a message to be displayed.
  32. *
  33. *           static method clear takes nothing returns nothing
  34. *               - Clears the message queue.
  35. *
  36. *           static method enable takes nothing returns nothing
  37. *           static method disable takes nothing returns nothing
  38. *               - When the system is disabled, incoming messages will be ignored.
  39. *
  40. **********************************/
  41. library MessageQueue
  42.  
  43.     globals
  44.         private constant real DEFAULT_X = 0
  45.         private constant real DEFAULT_Y = 0
  46.     endglobals
  47.    
  48.     struct MessageQueue extends array
  49.         private static player localPlayer
  50.         private static timer t = CreateTimer()
  51.         private static boolean enabled = true
  52.         private static integer count = 0
  53.         private static real duration = 0
  54.         private static string text = ""
  55.        
  56.         private static method display takes nothing returns nothing
  57.             call DisplayTimedTextToPlayer(localPlayer, DEFAULT_X, DEFAULT_Y, duration, text)
  58.         endmethod
  59.        
  60.         static method enable takes nothing returns nothing
  61.             set enabled = true
  62.         endmethod
  63.         static method disable takes nothing returns nothing
  64.             set enabled = false
  65.         endmethod
  66.        
  67.         static method enqueue takes string message, real time returns nothing
  68.             if enabled then
  69.                 if count == 0 then
  70.                     /*
  71.                     *   We have to start the timer since this is the first message
  72.                     *   to be enqueued in the queue.
  73.                     */
  74.                     call TimerStart(t, 0, false, function thistype.display)
  75.                    
  76.                     /*
  77.                     *   We can safely just set the values
  78.                     */
  79.                     set duration = time
  80.                     set text = message
  81.                     set count = 1
  82.                 else
  83.                     /*
  84.                     *   If the current message has been given a greater duration
  85.                     *   than the one currently in use, then we set the current
  86.                     *   duration to this new one.
  87.                     */
  88.                     if time > duration then
  89.                         set duration = time
  90.                     endif
  91.                    
  92.                     /*
  93.                     *   We add the text to the queue with a line-break
  94.                     *   to simulate multiple calls of DisplayTimedTextToPlayer.
  95.                     */
  96.                     set text = text + "\n" + message
  97.                     set count = count + 1
  98.                 endif
  99.             endif
  100.         endmethod
  101.        
  102.         static method push takes string message, real time returns nothing
  103.             call enqueue(message, time)
  104.         endmethod
  105.        
  106.         static method add takes string message, real time returns nothing
  107.             call enqueue(message, time)
  108.         endmethod
  109.        
  110.         static method insert takes string message, real time returns nothing
  111.             call enqueue(message, time)
  112.         endmethod
  113.        
  114.         static method clear takes nothing returns nothing
  115.             /*
  116.             *   This will reset the queue.
  117.             */
  118.             set text = ""
  119.             set duration = 0
  120.             set count = 0
  121.             call PauseTimer(t)
  122.         endmethod
  123.        
  124.         private static method onInit takes nothing returns nothing
  125.             /*
  126.             *   GetLocalPlayer() calls may cause crashes in global blocks.
  127.             */
  128.             set localPlayer = GetLocalPlayer()
  129.         endmethod
  130.     endstruct
  131.    
  132. endlibrary

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