GetCommandHandlers

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This function is used to retrieve a list of all the registered command handlers of a given resource (or of all resources). Function also added client-side.

Syntax

table getCommandHandlers ( [ resource theResource ] ) 

Optional Arguments

NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see optional arguments.

  • theResource: The resource from which you wish to retrieve all command handlers. Or leave it empty to retrieve command handlers of all resources.

Returns

Returns a table containing all the commands of the given resource or a table with subtables containing the command and theResource pointer ( { "command", theResource } ). See examples below if you don't understand it.

Example

This example add a command to output list of all commands in the chat.

addCommandHandler( "commands", 
   function(player)
      local commandsList = {} --table to store commands
		
      --store/sort commands in the table where key is resource and value is table with commands
      for _, subtable in pairs( getCommandHandlers() ) do
	 local commandName = subtable[1]
	 local theResource = subtable[2]
			
         if not commandsList[theResource] then
	    commandsList[theResource] = {}
	 end
			
	 table.insert( commandsList[theResource], commandName )
      end
		
      --output sorted information in the chat
      for theResource, commands in pairs( commandsList ) do
	  local resourceName = getResourceInfo( theResource, "name" ) or getResourceName( theResource ) --try to get full name, if no full name - use short name
	  outputChatBox( "== "..resourceName.. " ==", player, 0, 255, 0 )
			
	  --output list of commands
	  for _, command in pairs( commands ) do
	     outputChatBox( "/"..command, player, 255, 255, 255 )
	  end
      end
  end
)

This example add a command to output list of all commands for the resource in the chat. Syntax: /commands [resource-name]

addCommandHandler("commands", 
  function( player, _, resourceName)
     local theResource = (resourceName and getResourceFromName(resourceName)) or resource 
     outputChatBox( "* Commands from "..getResourceName(theResource).." resource", player, 0, 255, 0 )
		
     local commands = getCommandHandlers( theResource )
     for _, command in pairs( commands ) do
        outputChatBox( "/"..command, player, 255, 255, 255 )
     end
  end
)

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