Authors CurseForge

Quote from Mikk

I think I have a better idea. Provide an API similar to http://www.wowwiki.com/API_GetSellValue

local mainName = GetMainName("SomeAlt")
local alts = { GetAltNames("SomeMain") }

Now you maintain your own SVs, and you can have multiple addons providing data, and the API is lolminimal.

An implementation would be something along the lines of:

local oldGetMainName = GetMainName or function() return end
function GetMainName(name)
  if myAddon.db.chars[name] and myAddon.db.chars[name].main then
    return myAddon.db.chars[name].main
  else
    return oldGetMainName(name)
  end
end

Tadaa?

(Note "return" vs "return nil", which becomes important for alt names. "return nil" = 1 entry with nil in it. "return" = 0 values.)


Edit: Oh, and addons both providing and displaying main/alt data, e.g. Prat/Chatter, should of course call GetMainName() themselves, not only look in their own SVs.

-- function for showing main names in the tooltip
function module:getMain(altname)
 if self.db.profile.usealtlib then
  local main = altregistry:GetMain(altname)
  if main then
   return self:formatCharName(main)
  end  
  return false
 end
 
 -- check a main exists for the given alt name
 if not self.Alts[altname] then return false end
 return self.Alts[altname]
end
 

  -- Load shared Alts data
  for alt,main in pairs(self.db.realm.alts) do
   altregistry:SetAlt(main,alt)
  end

Now you maintain your own SVs, and you can have multiple addons providing data, and the API is lolminimal.

Quote from Mikk

Absolutely true... but I don't see how LibAlts solves that either? (Maybe I'm missing something; entirely possible)

Quote from mastermyte

This is why I proposed the UnSet Alt Function with a callback handler. The callback could be used for all addons to update their data when the callback is fired. :cool: This would keep all the data in "synch" without needing a ui relaod.