What's the *statFrame* that is being referred in PaperDollFrame.lua?

Eungavi · 02-26-18, 04:06 AM

So, I'm trying to add some extra info on CharacterStatsPane and had a brief look at PaperDollFrame.lua.
Each stats have their updateFunc which has statFrame as first parameter and it seems to be a FramePoolObject that I am not certainly familiar with.

Could I get some brief explanation on what it is and how it works?

Thank you in advance!

Xodiv · 02-27-18, 10:22 PM

A FramePool is ... a pool of re-usable frames.

See: http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55626

and SharedXML/Pools.lua

In your case they are CharacterStateFrameTemplate frames.

Code:

local statFrame = CharacterStatsPane.statsFramePool:Acquire();

Pulls out one, as if it had said

Code:

local statFrame = CreateFrame("FRAME", nil, CharacterStatsPane, "CharacterStateFrameTemplate")

but without the overhead of making one from scratch every time.

Eungavi · 02-28-18, 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by Xodiv

A FramePool is ... a pool of re-usable frames.

See: http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=55626

and SharedXML/Pools.lua

In your case they are CharacterStateFrameTemplate frames.

Code:

local statFrame = CharacterStatsPane.statsFramePool:Acquire();

Pulls out one, as if it had said

Code:

local statFrame = CreateFrame("FRAME", nil, CharacterStatsPane, "CharacterStateFrameTemplate")

but without the overhead of making one from scratch every time.

That's interesting

So, the frame pool manages itself of objects as long as we provide create and reset function?
Sounds very handy!