Feature object

[Antonio Cascales]

Hi everyone:


   Could someone explain how the objects that inherit from $ feature
work and how to make the verbs defined in it accessible to those players
to whom this object is added?


  I have searched the internet for examples but have not found any, and
with the help I am not able to get it.


   Thank you very much and greetings.

[lisdude]

Sure, I can give it a whirl.

To make feature verbs accessible, they need to be executable: @chmod $my_feature:some_verb +x

As to how features work...

Without getting into the hairier details, MOO's last ditch command parsing attempt occurs in the 'huh()' verb on the player's location. Typically this just defers to '$command_utils:do_huh()', which then calls a cascading series of huh verbs on the player, their location, etc. What we're looking for is in 'player:my_huh()', which happens to be the first attempt made by '$command_utils:do_huh()'.

Actually from here it's not very interesting. You can @list $player:my_huh to see exactly how feature verbs are found, but in a nutshell: It goes through your .features property looking for valid objects. It then asks the object if it has a verb by calling 'object:has_feature_verb()', or if something goes wrong, it falls back to calling '$object_utils:has_callable_verb()'. When it finds the verb, it calls it.

It's also convention to move your feature into $feature_warehouse but this doesn't seem to be a requirement.


Quick, but sure to be exciting, example:

>@create $feature called Pointless Matching Feature                                                                                                                                  
You now have Pointless Matching Feature with object number #112 and parent Generic Feature Object (#74).                                                                             
>@verb #112:@match any any any rxd                                                                                                                                                   
Verb added (1).                                                                                                                                                                      
>@prog #112:@match                                                                                                                                                                   
Now programming Pointless Matching Feature:@match(1).                                                                                                                                
[Type lines of input; `?' for help; end with `.', `@abort' or `@edit'.]
>match = player:my_match_object(argstr);                                                                                                                                             
>if ($command_utils:object_match_failed(match, argstr))                                                                                                                              
>return;                                                                                                                                                                             
>endif                                                                                                                                                                               
>player:tell("'", argstr, "' matches to ", $string_utils:nn(match), ".");                                                                                                            
>.                                                                                                                                                                                   
0 errors.                                                                                                                                                                            
Verb programmed.  
>@add-feature #112                                                                                                                                                                   
#112 (Pointless Matching Feature) added as a feature.
>@match me                                                                                                                                                                           
'me' matches to Wizard (#2).

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[Antonio Cascales]

Hello again:

   Thanks Lisdude for the explanation. You're very kind.

   greetings.