call "interop" for all plugins having desired type

[serj]

Hello

I want to send a message (call interop method) from a server plugin to all room server plugins who extends a certain class. For that I think I need to get all instances of desired target plugin, but I don't know how to get this list.

Example:
- x rooms use PluginA (room level plugin)
- I have one server plugin: PluginB
- I need to do this:
get all instances of PluginA inside PluginB

thank you
serj

[tcarr]

The way that I've done this in the past is to have the room plugins call the server plugin during init (or at some later specific point) to tell the server plugin that they exist. The server plugin maintains a data structure with the roomIds and zoneIds of the room plugins. When the server plugin needs to call all the room plugins, it iterates through the data structure, and any time that a plugin isn't found for that roomId/zoneId combo, it drops that element from the data structure (room has been destroyed).

If you don't want to maintain the data structure, you have to use getZones and then iterate through every zone, and every room in each zone, trying to find the plugin from the room. If you can cast it into the class you expect, then call the interop method on it.

[serj]

Hello Teressa
Thank you for your answer.

I want to use your second ideea (to get rooms by iterating each zone), but I don't see how this will work, because RoomValue don't extends BasePlugin.
Here is my code:

	public void request(long caller, Map map){
		Collection<ZoneValue> zones = getApi().getZones();
		for(ZoneValue z:zones){
			Collection<RoomValue> rooms = getApi().getRoomsInZone(z.getZoneId());
			for(RoomValue roomValue:rooms){
				//TODO how to cast here because RoomValue don't extend BasePlugin???
				//if(roomValue instanceof BasePlugin){//<--- compile error
				//}
			}
		}
	}

[tcarr]

Ah.... if your room plugins are going to be various classes, you will need to have your data structure also hold the String that is the name of the plugin class.

If the room plugin is in the same extension as the server plugin, the server plugin could then do:

MyRoomPlugin roomPlugin = (MyRoomPlugin) getApi().getRoomPlugin(zoneId, roomId, "MyRoomPlugin");

If all your room plugins that would need this feature extend an intermediate class that has the method that the server plugin needs to invoke, you could change the MyRoomPlugin above to that intermediate class, keeping the string that identifies the plugin.

At this point, you can then invoke any public method on the roomPlugin class.

For room plugins in a different extension, it's almost the same.

EsObject results = getApi().callRoomPlugin(zoneId, roomId, "MyRoomPlugin", parameters);

[tcarr]

Oh that's right, it won't work with the second method. Unless you have just a few possible plugin classes, and you try each of them on each of the rooms. That's far more brute force than I'd want to try.

[serj]

in ElectroServerApi class (what is used by calling getApi() from plugin) there is no method named getRoomPlugin
So, only one solution for this: to add plugins to a colection and iterate it when need

[tcarr]

yes there is. getRoomPlugin

note that this doesn't tell you the name of the plugin - you have to know that. it gets the instance of the plugin that you specify that is attached to the room.

[serj]

I don't have it (see image with all methods), but it's ok. I will use first solution

thank you
serj

[tcarr]

What version of ES4 are you running? getRoomPlugin has been in there for years.

I can help you migrate to the latest version of ES4 if you like. It's easy.

[tcarr]

I see getApi().getRoomPlugin in the server api for ES4.0.4, which is as far back as it's easy for me to check. Either what you are showing is a VERY early version of ES4, or it's ES3.