[zork]

I have a problem that I cannot solve.

For my UI panel I want a "reset" feature. Thus I have a reset button that can be called to load the database defaults.

The problem I'm having is that as soon as I do this the default data becomes a reference. Thus on a second click on reset it will not work anymore. Because of the reference issue.

Here is my code:

--object container
  local db = CreateFrame("Frame")
  ns.db = db
  db.default = {}
 
  ---------------------------------------------
  --DEFAULTS
  ---------------------------------------------
 
  --default orb setup
  db.default.orb = {
    --health
    ["HEALTH"] = {
      --filling
      filling = {
        texture     = "Interface\\AddOns\\oUF_Diablo\\media\\orb_filling15",
        color       = { r = 1, g = 0, b = 0, },
        colorAuto   = false, --automatic coloring based on class/powertype
      },
    },--health end
    --power
    ["POWER"] = {
      --filling
      filling = {
        texture     = "Interface\\AddOns\\oUF_Diablo\\media\\orb_filling15",
        color       = { r = 0, g = 0, b = 1, },
        colorAuto   = false, --automatic coloring based on class/powertype
      },
    },--power end
  } --default end
 
  db.getDefaultOrbHealth = function() return db.default.orb["HEALTH"] end
  db.getDefaultOrbPower = function() return db.default.orb["POWER"] end
  db.getDefaultOrb = function() return db.default.orb end
 
  ---------------------------------------------
  --CHARACTER DATA
  ---------------------------------------------
 
  --load character data defaults
  db.loadCharacterDataDefaults = function(type)
    if type then
      if type == "HEALTH" then
        OUF_DIABLO_DB_CHAR[type] = db.getDefaultOrbHealth()
        print(addon..": health orb reseted to default")
      elseif type == "POWER" then
        OUF_DIABLO_DB_CHAR[type] = db.getDefaultOrbPower()
        print(addon..": power orb reseted to default")
      end
    else
      OUF_DIABLO_DB_CHAR = db.getDefaultOrb()
      print(addon..": character data defaults loaded")
    end
    db.char = OUF_DIABLO_DB_CHAR
    --update the orb view
    ns.panel.updateOrbView()
  end

OUF_DIABLO_DB_CHAR is my saved variable per character.

Basically when I click the reset button I call

  db.loadCharacterDataDefaults("HEALTH")

I cannot copy the table data via ipairs. Assoc tables cannot be looped. The following will return 0:

print(# db.default.orb["HEALTH"])

Any idea?

Tuller uses sth like

local function copyDefaults(tbl, defaults)
    for k, v in pairs(defaults) do
        if type(v) == 'table' then
            tbl[k] = copyDefaults(tbl[k] or {}, v)
        elseif tbl[k] == nil then
            tbl[k] = v
        end
    end
    return tbl
end

Maybe I'm missing sth...

Oh...his GetDefault funnction is looking like:

function tullaRange:GetDefaults()
    return {
        normal = {1, 1, 1},
        oor = {1, 0.3, 0.1},
        oom = {0.1, 0.3, 1}
    }
end

Hmmm...so this could be an idea. I do not create a default table variable in first place that could get referenced later on.

I will try that.

Perfect that did it!

What I'm now doing is:

--default orb setup
  function db:GetOrbDefaults()
    return {
      --health
      ["HEALTH"] = {
        --filling
        filling = {
          texture     = "Interface\\AddOns\\oUF_Diablo\\media\\orb_filling15",
          color       = { r = 1, g = 0, b = 0, },
          colorAuto   = false, --automatic coloring based on class/powertype
        },
      },--health end
      --power
      ["POWER"] = {
        --filling
        filling = {
          texture     = "Interface\\AddOns\\oUF_Diablo\\media\\orb_filling15",
          color       = { r = 0, g = 0, b = 1, },
          colorAuto   = false, --automatic coloring based on class/powertype
        },
      },--power end
    } --default end
  end