GetCommandHandlers

This function is used to retrieve a list of all the registered command handlers of a given resource (or of all resources).

Syntax

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table getElementsByType ( [ resource theResource ] ) 

Optional Arguments

• theResource: The resource from which you wish to retrieve all command handlers. Or leave it empty to retrieve command handlers of all resources.

Returns

Returns a table containing all the commands of the given resource or a table with subtables containing the command and theResource pointer ( { "command", theResource } ). See examples below if you don't understand it.

Example

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This example add a command to output list of all commands in the chat.

addCommandHandler( "commands", 
	function(player)
		local commandsList = {} --table to store commands
		
		--store/sort commands in the table where key is resource and value is table with commands
		for _, subtable in pairs( getCommandHandlers() ) do
			local commandName = subtable[1]
			local theResource = subtable[2]
			
			if not commandsList[theResource] then
				commandsList[theResource] = {}
			end
			
			table.insert( commandsList[theResource], commandName )
		end
		
		--output sorted information in the chat
		for theResource, commands in pairs( commandsList ) do
			local resourceName = getResourceInfo( theResource, "name" ) or getResourceName( theResource ) --try to get full name, if no full name - use short name
			outputChatBox( "== "..resourceName.. " ==", player, 0, 255, 0 )
			
			--output list of commands
			for _, command in pairs( commands ) do
				outputChatBox( "/"..command, player, 255, 255, 255 )
			end
		end
	end
)

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This example add a command to output list of all commands for the resource in the chat. Syntax: /commands [resource-name]

addCommandHandler( "commands", 
	function( player, _, resourceName )
		if not resourceName then 
			resourceName = ""
		end
		
		local theResource = getResourceFromName( resourceName )
		
		if not theResource then 
			outputChatBox( "Can't find resource with name \"" .. resourceName .. "\".", player, 255, 0, 0 ) 
			return false 
		end
		
		outputChatBox( "== Commands from \""..resourceName.. "\" resource ==", player, 0, 255, 0 )
		
		local commands = getCommandHandlers( theResource )
		for _, command in pairs( commands ) do
			outputChatBox( "/"..command, player, 255, 255, 255 )
		end
	end
)

See Also

• getMaxPlayers
• getServerConfigSetting
• getServerHttpPort
• getServerName
• getServerPassword
• getServerPort
• isGlitchEnabled
• setGlitchEnabled
• setMaxPlayers
• setServerConfigSetting
• setServerPassword
• shutdown