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ShopItemsFrame

ShopItemsFrame​

Description

Shop items frame for the in-game menu shop. Displays purchasable items of a common category in a horizontal list layout.

Parent

TabbedMenuFrameElement

Functions

buildCellDatabase​

Description

Creates a table that contains all different list items. Section headers are excluded and saved separately. These cells are later cloned to form the completed list

Definition

buildCellDatabase()

Code

function ShopItemsFrame:buildCellDatabase()
    for k, clone in pairs( self.detailsTemplates) do
        clone:delete()
        self.detailsTemplates[k] = nil
    end
    self.detailsTemplates = { }

    for i = # self.attributesLayout.elements, 1 , - 1 do
        local element = self.attributesLayout.elements[i]
        local name = element.name

        self.detailsTemplates[name] = element:clone()
        self.detailsCache[name] = { }
    end
end

dequeueDetailsCell​

Description

Get a cell with given type name. If there are cells with the correct name in the cellCache, we use those, otherwise a new one is created

Definition

dequeueDetailsCell(string name)

Arguments

stringnameName of the cell

Return Values

stringAcell instance with the requested name

Code

function ShopItemsFrame:dequeueDetailsCell(name)
    if self.detailsTemplates[name] = = nil then
        return nil
    end

    local cell

    local cache = self.detailsCache[name]
    if #cache > 0 then
        cell = cache[#cache]
        cache[#cache] = nil
    else
            cell = self.detailsTemplates[name]:clone()
        end

        self.attributesLayout:addElement(cell)

        return cell
    end

queueDetailsCell​

Description

Release a cell to the cache after resetting it

Definition

queueDetailsCell(table cell)

Arguments

tablecellThe cell to be added to the cache

Code

function ShopItemsFrame:queueDetailsCell(cell)
    local cache = self.detailsCache[cell.name]
    cache[#cache + 1 ] = cell

    self.attributesLayout:removeElement(cell)

    cell:unlinkElement()
end