evennia/game/gamesrc/objects/baseobjects.py

"""
These are the base object typeclasses, a convenient shortcut to the
objects in src/objects/objects.py. You can start building your game
from these bases if you want.

To change these defaults to point to some other object, 
change some or all of these variables in settings.py: 
BASE_OBJECT_TYPECLASS 
BASE_CHARACTER_TYPECLASS 
BASE_ROOM_TYPECLASS 
BASE_EXIT_TYPECLASS
BASE_PLAYER_TYPECLASS

Some of the main uses for these settings are not hard-coded in
Evennia, rather they are convenient defaults for in-game commands
(which you may change) Example would be build commands like '@dig'
knowing to create a particular room-type object).

New instances of Objects (inheriting from these typeclasses)
are created with src.utils.create.create_object(typeclass, ...)
where typeclass is the python path to the class you want to use. 
"""
from ev import Object as BaseObject
from ev import Character as BaseCharacter
from ev import Room as BaseRoom
from ev import Exit as BaseExit
from ev import Player as BasePlayer

class Object(BaseObject):
    """
    This is the root typeclass object, implementing an in-game Evennia
    game object, such as having a location, being able to be
    manipulated or looked at, etc. If you create a new typeclass, it
    must always inherit from this object (or any of the other objects
    in this file, since they all actually inherit from BaseObject, as
    seen in src.object.objects).

    The BaseObject class implements several hooks tying into the game
    engine. By re-implementing these hooks you can control the
    system. You should never need to re-implement special Python
    methods, such as __init__ and especially never __getattribute__ and
    __setattr__ since these are used heavily by the typeclass system
    of Evennia and messing with them might well break things for you.
    

    * Base properties defined/available on all Objects 

     key (string) - name of object 
     name (string)- same as key
     aliases (list of strings) - aliases to the object. Will be saved to database as AliasDB entries but returned as strings.
     dbref (int, read-only) - unique #id-number. Also "id" can be used.
     dbobj (Object, read-only) - link to database model. dbobj.typeclass points back to this class
     typeclass (Object, read-only) - this links back to this class as an identified only. Use self.swap_typeclass() to switch.
     date_created (string) - time stamp of object creation
     permissions (list of strings) - list of permission strings 
    
     player (Player) - controlling player (will also return offline player)
     location (Object) - current location. Is None if this is a room
     home (Object) - safety start-location
     sessions (list of Sessions, read-only) - returns all sessions connected to this object
     has_player (bool, read-only)- will only return *connected* players
     contents (list of Objects, read-only) - returns all objects inside this object (including exits)
     exits (list of Objects, read-only) - returns all exits from this object, if any
     destination (Object) - only set if this object is an exit. 
     is_superuser (bool, read-only) - True/False if this user is a superuser
    
    * Handlers available 
 
     locks - lock-handler: use locks.add() to add new lock strings
     db - attribute-handler: store/retrieve database attributes on this self.db.myattr=val, val=self.db.myattr
     ndb - non-persistent attribute handler: same as db but does not create a database entry when storing data 
     scripts - script-handler. Add new scripts to object with scripts.add()
     cmdset - cmdset-handler. Use cmdset.add() to add new cmdsets to object
     nicks - nick-handler. New nicks with nicks.add().

    * Helper methods (see src.objects.objects.py for full headers) 

     search(ostring, global_search=False, attribute_name=None, use_nicks=False, location=None, ignore_errors=False, player=False)
     execute_cmd(raw_string)
     msg(message, from_obj=None, data=None)
     msg_contents(message, exclude=None, from_obj=None, data=None)
     move_to(destination, quiet=False, emit_to_obj=None, use_destination=True)
     copy(new_key=None)
     delete()
     is_typeclass(typeclass, exact=False)
     swap_typeclass(new_typeclass, clean_attributes=False, no_default=True)
     access(accessing_obj, access_type='read', default=False)
     check_permstring(permstring)
     
    * Hooks (these are class methods, so their arguments should also start with self): 

     basetype_setup()     - only called once, used for behind-the-scenes setup. Normally not modified.
     basetype_posthook_setup() - customization in basetype, after the object has been created; Normally not modified.

     at_object_creation() - only called once, when object is first created. Object customizations go here. 
     at_object_delete() - called just before deleting an object. If returning False, deletion is aborted. Note that all objects
                          inside a deleted object are automatically moved to their <home>, they don't need to be removed here. 

     at_init()            - called whenever typeclass is cached from memory, at least once every server restart/reload                
     at_cmdset_get()      - this is called just before the command handler requests a cmdset from this object     
     at_first_login()     - (player-controlled objects only) called once, the very first time user logs in. 
     at_pre_login()       - (player-controlled objects only) called every time the user connects, after they have identified, before other setup
     at_post_login()      - (player-controlled objects only) called at the end of login, just before setting the player loose in the world. 
     at_disconnect()      - (player-controlled objects only) called just before the user disconnects (or goes linkless)
     at_server_reload()   - called before server is reloaded
     at_server_shutdown() - called just before server is fully shut down

     at_before_move(destination)             - called just before moving object to the destination. If returns False, move is cancelled.
     announce_move_from(destination)         - called in old location, just before move, if obj.move_to() has quiet=False
     announce_move_to(source_location)       - called in new location, just after move, if obj.move_to() has quiet=False
     at_after_move(source_location)          - always called after a move has been successfully performed.
     at_object_leave(obj, target_location)   - called when an object leaves this object in any fashion
     at_object_receive(obj, source_location) - called when this object receives another object

     at_before_traverse(traversing_object)                 - (exit-objects only) called just before an object traverses this object
     at_after_traverse(traversing_object, source_location) - (exit-objects only) called just after a traversal has happened. 
     at_failed_traverse(traversing_object)      - (exit-objects only) called if traversal fails and property err_traverse is not defined.
     
     at_msg_receive(self, msg, from_obj=None, data=None) - called when a message (via self.msg()) is sent to this obj. 
                                                           If returns false, aborts send.
     at_msg_send(self, msg, to_obj=None, data=None) - called when this objects sends a message to someone via self.msg(). 
     
     return_appearance(looker) - describes this object. Used by "look" command by default
     at_desc(looker=None)      - called by 'look' whenever the appearance is requested.      
     at_get(getter)            - called after object has been picked up. Does not stop pickup.
     at_drop(dropper)          - called when this object has been dropped.
     at_say(speaker, message)  - by default, called if an object inside this object speaks

     """
    pass


class Character(BaseCharacter):
    """
    This is the default object created for a new user connecting - the
    in-game player character representation. The basetype_setup always
    assigns the default_cmdset as a fallback to objects of this type.
    The default hooks also hide the character object away (by moving
    it to a Null location whenever the player logs off (otherwise the
    character would remain in the world, "headless" so to say). 
    """
    pass 

class Room(BaseRoom):
    """
    Rooms are like any object, except their location is None
    (which is default). Usually this object should be 
    assigned to room-building commands by use of the 
    settings.BASE_ROOM_TYPECLASS variable.
    """
    pass

class Exit(BaseExit):
    """
    Exits are connectors between rooms. Exits defines the
    'destination' property and sets up a command on itself with the
    same name as the Exit object - this command allows the player to
    traverse the exit to the destination just by writing the name of
    the object on the command line.

    Relevant hooks: 
    at_before_traverse(traveller) - called just before traversing
    at_after_traverse(traveller, source_loc) - called just after traversing
    at_failed_traverse(traveller) - called if traversal failed for some reason. Will
                                    not be called if the attribute 'err_traverse' is 
                                    defined, in which case that will simply be echoed.
    """
    pass

class Player(BasePlayer):
    """
    This class describes the actual OOC player (i.e. the user connecting 
    to the MUD). It does NOT have visual appearance in the game world (that

    is handled by the character which is connected to this). Comm channels
    are attended/joined using this object. 
    
    It can be useful e.g. for storing configuration options for your game, but 
    should generally not hold any character-related info (that's best handled
    on the character level).

    Can be set using BASE_PLAYER_TYPECLASS.


    * available properties 

     key (string) - name of player
     name (string)- wrapper for user.username
     aliases (list of strings) - aliases to the object. Will be saved to database as AliasDB entries but returned as strings.
     dbref (int, read-only) - unique #id-number. Also "id" can be used.
     dbobj (Player, read-only) - link to database model. dbobj.typeclass points back to this class
     typeclass (Player, read-only) - this links back to this class as an identified only. Use self.swap_typeclass() to switch.
     date_created (string) - time stamp of object creation
     permissions (list of strings) - list of permission strings 

     user (User, read-only) - django User authorization object
     obj (Object) - game object controlled by player. 'character' can also be used.
     sessions (list of Sessions) - sessions connected to this player
     is_superuser (bool, read-only) - if the connected user is a superuser

    * Handlers 

     locks - lock-handler: use locks.add() to add new lock strings
     db - attribute-handler: store/retrieve database attributes on this self.db.myattr=val, val=self.db.myattr
     ndb - non-persistent attribute handler: same as db but does not create a database entry when storing data 
     scripts - script-handler. Add new scripts to object with scripts.add()
     cmdset - cmdset-handler. Use cmdset.add() to add new cmdsets to object
     nicks - nick-handler. New nicks with nicks.add().

    * Helper methods

     msg(outgoing_string, from_obj=None, data=None)
     swap_character(new_character, delete_old_character=False)
     execute_cmd(raw_string)
     search(ostring, global_search=False, attribute_name=None, use_nicks=False, location=None, ignore_errors=False, player=False)
     is_typeclass(typeclass, exact=False)
     swap_typeclass(new_typeclass, clean_attributes=False, no_default=True)
     access(accessing_obj, access_type='read', default=False)
     check_permstring(permstring)

    * Hook methods (when re-implementation, remember methods need to have self as first arg)

     basetype_setup()
     at_player_creation() 

     - note that the following hooks are also found on Objects and are
       usually handled on the character level:

     at_init() 
     at_cmdset_get()
     at_first_login()
     at_post_login()
     at_disconnect()
     at_message_receive()
     at_message_send()
     at_server_reload()
     at_server_shutdown()

    """
    pass