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<body>
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<div class="document" id="dfhack-lua-api">
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<h1 class="title">DFHack Lua API</h1>
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<div class="contents topic" id="contents">
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<p class="topic-title first">Contents</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#df-structure-wrapper" id="id1">DF structure wrapper</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#typed-object-references" id="id2">Typed object references</a><ul>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#primitive-references" id="id3">Primitive references</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#struct-references" id="id4">Struct references</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#container-references" id="id5">Container references</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#bitfield-references" id="id6">Bitfield references</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#named-types" id="id7">Named types</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#global-functions" id="id8">Global functions</a></li>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="df-structure-wrapper">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">DF structure wrapper</a></h1>
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<p>DF structures described by the xml files in library/xml are exported
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to lua code as a tree of objects and functions under the <tt class="docutils literal">df</tt> global,
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which broadly maps to the <tt class="docutils literal">df</tt> namespace in C++.</p>
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<p><strong>WARNING</strong>: The wrapper provides almost raw access to the memory
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of the game, so mistakes in manipulating objects are as likely to
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crash the game as equivalent plain C++ code would be. E.g. NULL
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pointer access is safely detected, but dangling pointers aren't.</p>
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<p>Objects managed by the wrapper can be broadly classified into the following groups:</p>
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<ol class="arabic">
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<li><p class="first">Typed object pointers (references).</p>
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<p>References represent objects in DF memory with a known type.</p>
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<p>In addition to fields and methods defined by the wrapped type,
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every reference has some built-in properties and methods.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p class="first">Untyped pointers</p>
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<p>Represented as lightuserdata.</p>
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<li><p class="first">Named types</p>
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enum and bitfield types. They host nested named types, static
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methods, builtin properties & methods, and, for enums and bitfields,
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the bi-directional mapping between key names and values.</p>
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<li><p class="first">The <tt class="docutils literal">global</tt> object</p>
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<p><tt class="docutils literal">df.global</tt> corresponds to the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">df::global</span></tt> namespace, and
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behaves as a mix between a named type and a reference, containing
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both nested types and fields corresponding to global symbols.</p>
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<p>In addition to the <tt class="docutils literal">global</tt> object and top-level types the <tt class="docutils literal">df</tt>
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global also contains a few global builtin utility functions.</p>
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<div class="section" id="typed-object-references">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Typed object references</a></h2>
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<p>The underlying primitive lua object is userdata with a metatable.
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Every structured field access produces a new userdata instance.</p>
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<p>All typed objects have the following built-in features:</p>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">ref1 == ref2</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">tostring(ref)</tt></p>
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<p>References implement equality by type & pointer value, and string conversion.</p>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">pairs(ref)</tt></p>
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<p>Returns an iterator for the sequence of actual C++ field names
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and values. Fields are enumerated in memory order. Methods and
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lua wrapper properties are not included in the iteration.</p>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">ref._kind</tt></p>
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<p>Returns one of: <tt class="docutils literal">primitive</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">struct</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">container</tt>,
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or <tt class="docutils literal">bitfield</tt>, as appropriate for the referenced object.</p>
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<p>Returns the named type object or a string that represents
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<p>Returns <em>size, address</em></p>
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">ref:new()</tt></p>
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<p>Allocates a new instance of the same type, and copies data
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">ref:delete()</tt></p>
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<p>Destroys the object with the C++ <tt class="docutils literal">delete</tt> operator.
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If destructor is not available, returns <em>false</em>.</p>
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<p><strong>WARNING</strong>: the lua reference object remains as a dangling
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<p>Assigns data from object to ref. Object must either be another
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<div class="section" id="primitive-references">
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<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3">Primitive references</a></h3>
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<p>They behave as structs with one field <tt class="docutils literal">value</tt> of the right type.</p>
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<div class="section" id="struct-references">
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<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4">Struct references</a></h3>
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<p>Struct references are used for class and struct objects.</p>
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<p>They implement the following features:</p>
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<p>Valid fields of the structure may be accessed by subscript.</p>
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<p>This shadowing order is necessary because vtable-based classes
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ref:vmethod(args...)</span></tt></p>
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<p>Named virtual methods are also exposed, subject to the same
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<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">pairs(ref)</tt></p>
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<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5">Container references</a></h3>
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<p>Containers represent vectors and arrays, possibly resizable.</p>
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||||
<p>A container field can associate an enum to the container
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||||
reference, which allows accessing elements using string keys
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||||
instead of numerical indices.</p>
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<p>Implemented features:</p>
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||||
<ul>
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||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">ref._enum</tt></p>
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||||
<p>If the container has an associated enum, returns the matching
|
||||
named type object.</p>
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||||
</li>
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||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">#ref</tt></p>
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||||
<p>Returns the <em>length</em> of the container.</p>
|
||||
</li>
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||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">ref[index]</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Accesses the container element, using either a <em>0-based</em> numerical
|
||||
index, or, if an enum is associated, a valid enum key string.</p>
|
||||
<p>Accessing an invalid index is an error, but some container types
|
||||
may return a default value, or auto-resize instead for convenience.
|
||||
Currently this relaxed mode is implemented by df-flagarray aka BitArray.</p>
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||||
</li>
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||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">ref._field(index)</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Like with structs, returns a pointer to the array element, if possible.
|
||||
Flag and bit arrays cannot return such pointer, so it fails with an error.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">pairs(ref)</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">ipairs(ref)</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>If the container has no associated enum, both behave identically,
|
||||
iterating over numerical indices in order. Otherwise, ipairs still
|
||||
uses numbers, while pairs tries to substitute enum keys whenever
|
||||
possible.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">ref:resize(new_size)</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Resizes the container if supported, or fails with an error.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">ref:insert(index,item)</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Inserts a new item at the specified index. To add at the end,
|
||||
use <tt class="docutils literal">#ref</tt> as index.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">ref:erase(index)</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Removes the element at the given valid index.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="section" id="bitfield-references">
|
||||
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6">Bitfield references</a></h3>
|
||||
<p>Bitfields behave like special fixed-size containers.
|
||||
The <tt class="docutils literal">_enum</tt> property points to the bitfield type.</p>
|
||||
<p>Numerical indices correspond to the shift value,
|
||||
and if a subfield occupies multiple bits, the
|
||||
<tt class="docutils literal">ipairs</tt> order would have a gap.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="section" id="named-types">
|
||||
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7">Named types</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>Named types are exposed in the <tt class="docutils literal">df</tt> tree with names identical
|
||||
to the C++ version, except for the <tt class="docutils literal">::</tt> vs <tt class="docutils literal">.</tt> difference.</p>
|
||||
<p>All types and the global object have the following features:</p>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">type._kind</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Evaluates to one of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">struct-type</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">class-type</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">enum-type</span></tt>,
|
||||
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bitfield-type</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal">global</tt>.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">type._identity</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Contains a lightuserdata pointing to the underlying
|
||||
DFHack::type_instance object.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<p>Types excluding the global object also support:</p>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">type:sizeof()</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Returns the size of an object of the type.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">type:new()</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Creates a new instance of an object of the type.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">type:is_instance(object)</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Returns true if object is same or subclass type, or a reference
|
||||
to an object of same or subclass type. It is permissible to pass
|
||||
nil, NULL or non-wrapper value as object; in this case the
|
||||
method returns nil.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<p>In addition to this, enum and bitfield types contain a
|
||||
bi-directional mapping between key strings and values, and
|
||||
also map <tt class="docutils literal">_first_item</tt> and <tt class="docutils literal">_last_item</tt> to the min and
|
||||
max values.</p>
|
||||
<p>Struct and class types with instance-vector attribute in the
|
||||
xml have a <tt class="docutils literal">type.find(key)</tt> function that wraps the find
|
||||
method provided in C++.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="section" id="global-functions">
|
||||
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8">Global functions</a></h2>
|
||||
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">df</tt> table itself contains the following functions and values:</p>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">NULL</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">df.NULL</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Contains the NULL lightuserdata.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">df.isnull(obj)</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Evaluates to true if obj is nil or NULL; false otherwise.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">df.isvalid(obj[,allow_null])</span></tt></p>
|
||||
<p>For supported objects returns one of <tt class="docutils literal">type</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">voidptr</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">ref</tt>.</p>
|
||||
<p>If <em>allow_null</em> is true, and obj is nil or NULL, returns <tt class="docutils literal">null</tt>.</p>
|
||||
<p>Otherwise returns <em>nil</em>.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">df.sizeof(obj)</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>For types and refs identical to <tt class="docutils literal">obj:sizeof()</tt>.
|
||||
For lightuserdata returns <em>nil, address</em></p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">df.new(obj)</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">df.delete(obj)</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">df.assign(obj, obj2)</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Equivalent to using the matching methods of obj.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">df._displace(obj,index[,step])</span></tt></p>
|
||||
<p>For refs equivalent to the method, but also works with
|
||||
lightuserdata (step is mandatory then).</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
<li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">df.is_instance(type,obj)</tt></p>
|
||||
<p>Equivalent to the method, but also allows a reference as proxy for its type.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
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|
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|
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