path: root/source/LuaWindow.h

// LuaWindow.h

// Declares the cLuaWindow class representing a virtual window that plugins may create and open for the player





#pragma once

#include "UI/Window.h"





// fwd: Plugin_NewLua.h
class cPlugin_NewLua;





// tolua_begin

/** A window that has been created by a Lua plugin and is handled entirely by that plugin
This object needs extra care with its lifetime management:
- It is created by Lua, so Lua expects to garbage-collect it later
- normal cWindow objects are deleted in their ClosedByPlayer() function if the last player closes them
To overcome this, this object overloads the Destroy functions, which doesn't let the ClosedByPlayer()
delete the window, but rather leaves it dangling, with only Lua having the reference to it.
Additionally, to forbid Lua from deleting this object while it is used by players, the manual bindings for
cPlayer:OpenWindow check if the window is of this class, and if so, make a global Lua reference for this object.
This reference needs to be unreferenced in the Destroy() function.
*/
class cLuaWindow :
	public cWindow
{
	typedef cWindow super;
	
public:
	/// Create a window of the specified type, with a slot grid of a_SlotsX * a_SlotsY size
	cLuaWindow(cWindow::WindowType a_WindowType, int a_SlotsX, int a_SlotsY, const AString & a_Title);
	
	virtual ~cLuaWindow();
	
	/// Returns the internal representation of the contents that are manipulated by Lua
	cItemGrid & GetContents(void) { return m_Contents; }
	
	// tolua_end
	
	/** Sets the plugin reference and the internal Lua object reference index
	used for preventing Lua's GC to collect this class while the window is open
	*/
	void SetLuaRef(cPlugin_NewLua * a_Plugin, int a_LuaRef);
	
	/// Returns true if SetLuaRef() has been called
	bool IsLuaReferenced(void) const;
	
protected:
	/// Contents of the non-inventory part
	cItemGrid m_Contents;
	
	/// The plugin that has opened the window and owns the m_LuaRef
	cPlugin_NewLua * m_Plugin;
	
	/// The Lua object reference, used for keeping the object alive as long as any player has the window open
	int m_LuaRef;
	
	// cWindow overrides:
	virtual void Destroy(void) override;
} ;  // tolua_export