overte/examples/entityScripts/detectGrabExample.js

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//
// detectGrabExample.js
// examples/entityScripts
//
// Created by Brad Hefta-Gaub on 9/3/15.
// Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
//
// This is an example of an entity script which when assigned to an entity, will detect when the entity is being grabbed by the hydraGrab script
//
// Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
// See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
//
(function() {
Script.include("../libraries/utils.js");
var _this;
// this is the "constructor" for the entity as a JS object we don't do much here, but we do want to remember
// our this object, so we can access it in cases where we're called without a this (like in the case of various global signals)
DetectGrabbed = function() {
_this = this;
};
DetectGrabbed.prototype = {
// update() will be called regulary, because we've hooked the update signal in our preload() function
// we will check out userData for the grabData. In the case of the hydraGrab script, it will tell us
// if we're currently being grabbed and if the person grabbing us is the current interfaces avatar.
// we will watch this for state changes and print out if we're being grabbed or released when it changes.
update: function() {
var GRAB_USER_DATA_KEY = "grabKey";
// because the update() signal doesn't have a valid this, we need to use our memorized _this to access our entityID
var entityID = _this.entityID;
// we want to assume that if there is no grab data, then we are not being grabbed
var defaultGrabData = { activated: false, avatarId: null };
// this handy function getEntityCustomData() is available in utils.js and it will return just the specific section
// of user data we asked for. If it's not available it returns our default data.
var grabData = getEntityCustomData(GRAB_USER_DATA_KEY, entityID, defaultGrabData);
// if the grabData says we're being grabbed, and the owner ID is our session, then we are being grabbed by this interface
if (grabData.activated && grabData.avatarId == MyAvatar.sessionUUID) {
// remember we're being grabbed so we can detect being released
_this.beingGrabbed = true;
// print out that we're being grabbed
print("I'm being grabbed...");
} else if (_this.beingGrabbed) {
// if we are not being grabbed, and we previously were, then we were just released, remember that
// and print out a message
_this.beingGrabbed = false;
print("I'm was released...");
}
},
// preload() will be called when the entity has become visible (or known) to the interface
// it gives us a chance to set our local JavaScript object up. In this case it means:
// * remembering our entityID, so we can access it in cases where we're called without an entityID
// * connecting to the update signal so we can check our grabbed state
preload: function(entityID) {
this.entityID = entityID;
Script.update.connect(this.update);
},
// unload() will be called when our entity is no longer available. It may be because we were deleted,
// or because we've left the domain or quit the application. In all cases we want to unhook our connection
// to the update signal
unload: function(entityID) {
Script.update.disconnect(this.update);
},
};
// entity scripts always need to return a newly constructed object of our type
return new DetectGrabbed();
})