An "unlisted proxy" connector acts as a proxy for another connector. We act exactly like the underlying connector, except that we suppress the connector from automatic exit lists. This can be used for cases where an otherwise normal connector is needed but the connector is not to appear in automatic exit lists (such as the status line).
The most common situation where this kind of connector is useful is where multiple directions in a given room all go to the same destination. In these cases, it's often desirable for some of the directions to be unlisted alternatives. The asExit() macro can be used for convenience to set up these direction synonyms.
class
UnlistedProxyConnector : object
Superclass Tree (in declaration order)
UnlistedProxyConnector
object
Subclass Tree
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Global Objects
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Summary of Properties
isConnectorListed
primaryConn
Summary of Methods
construct
dobjFor(TravelVia)
ofKind
propNotDefined
Properties
Our underlying connector. Start out with a default TadsObject rather than nil in case anyone wants to call a property or test inheritance before we're finished with our constructor - this will produce reasonable default behavior without having to test for nil everywhere.
Methods
map any TravelVia action to our underlying connector
As a proxy, we don't want to disguise the fact that we're a proxy, if someone specifically asks, so admist to being of our own true kind; but we also act mostly like our underlying connector, so if someone wants to know if we're one of those, say yes to that as well. So, return true if the inherited version returns true, and also return true if our primary connector would return true.
redirect everything we don't handle to the underlying connector
TADS 3 Library Manual
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