minetest/src/serverobject.h

/*
Minetest-c55
Copyright (C) 2010-2011 celeron55, Perttu Ahola <celeron55@gmail.com>

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*/

#ifndef SERVEROBJECT_HEADER
#define SERVEROBJECT_HEADER

#include "common_irrlicht.h"
#include "activeobject.h"
#include "utility.h"

/*

Some planning
-------------

* Server environment adds an active object, which gets the id 1
* The active object list is scanned for each client once in a while,
  and it finds out what objects have been added that are not known
  by the client yet. This scan is initiated by the Server class and
  the result ends up directly to the server.
* A network packet is created with the info and sent to the client.
* Environment converts objects to static data and static data to
  objects, based on how close players are to them.

*/

class ServerEnvironment;
class InventoryItem;

class ServerActiveObject : public ActiveObject
{
public:
	/*
		NOTE: m_env can be NULL, but step() isn't called if it is.
		Prototypes are used that way.
	*/
	ServerActiveObject(ServerEnvironment *env, u16 id, v3f pos);
	virtual ~ServerActiveObject();

	// Create a certain type of ServerActiveObject
	static ServerActiveObject* create(u8 type,
			ServerEnvironment *env, u16 id, v3f pos,
			const std::string &data);
	
	/*
		Some simple getters/setters
	*/
	v3f getBasePosition()
		{return m_base_position;}
	void setBasePosition(v3f pos)
		{m_base_position = pos;}
	ServerEnvironment* getEnv()
		{return m_env;}
	
	/*
		Step object in time.
		Messages added to messages are sent to client over network.

		send_recommended:
			True at around 5-10 times a second, same for all objects.
			This is used to let objects send most of the data at the
			same time so that the data can be combined in a single
			packet.
	*/
	virtual void step(float dtime, bool send_recommended){}
	
	/*
		The return value of this is passed to the client-side object
		when it is created
	*/
	virtual std::string getClientInitializationData(){return "";}
	
	/*
		The return value of this is passed to the server-side object
		when it is created (converted from static to active - actually
		the data is the static form)
	*/
	virtual std::string getStaticData(){return "";}
	
	/*
		Item that the player gets when this object is picked up.
		If NULL, object cannot be picked up.
	*/
	virtual InventoryItem* createPickedUpItem(){return NULL;}
	
	/*
		If the object doesn't return an item, this will be called.
		Return value is tool wear.
	*/
	virtual u16 punch(const std::string &toolname, v3f dir)
	{return 0;}
	
	/*
		Number of players which know about this object. Object won't be
		deleted until this is 0 to keep the id preserved for the right
		object.
	*/
	u16 m_known_by_count;

	/*
		- Whether this object is to be removed when nobody knows about
		  it anymore.
		- Removal is delayed to preserve the id for the time during which
		  it could be confused to some other object by some client.
		- This is set to true by the step() method when the object wants
		  to be deleted.
		- This can be set to true by anything else too.
	*/
	bool m_removed;
	
	/*
		This is set to true when a block should be removed from the active
		object list but couldn't be removed because the id has to be
		reserved for some client.

		The environment checks this periodically. If this is true and also
		m_known_by_count is true, 
	*/
	bool m_pending_deactivation;
	
	/*
		Whether the object's static data has been stored to a block
	*/
	bool m_static_exists;
	/*
		The block from which the object was loaded from, and in which
		a copy of the static data resides.
	*/
	v3s16 m_static_block;
	
	/*
		Queue of messages to be sent to the client
	*/
	Queue<ActiveObjectMessage> m_messages_out;
	
protected:
	// Used for creating objects based on type
	typedef ServerActiveObject* (*Factory)
			(ServerEnvironment *env, u16 id, v3f pos,
			const std::string &data);
	static void registerType(u16 type, Factory f);

	ServerEnvironment *m_env;
	v3f m_base_position;

private:
	// Used for creating objects based on type
	static core::map<u16, Factory> m_types;
};

#endif