ObjectTag#refreshState

src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizencore/flags/AbstractFlagTracker.java

@@ -168,7 +168,11 @@ else if (attribute.getAttributeWithoutParam(2).equals("expiration")) {
             attribute.fulfill(1);
             return new DurationTag((time.millis() - TimeTag.now().millis()) / 1000.0);
         }
-        return getFlagValue(attribute.getParam());
+        ObjectTag retVal = getFlagValue(attribute.getParam());
+        if (retVal == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return retVal.refreshState();
     }
 
     public TimeTag doFlagExpirationTag(Attribute attribute) {

src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizencore/objects/ObjectTag.java

@@ -255,4 +255,12 @@ default boolean tryAdvancedMatcher(String matcher) {
         }
         return advancedMatches(matcher);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * If this object has unusual behavior when being read back (eg from a flag or def tag), override this method to apply that behavior.
+     * For example, noted objects might re-get the current note value instead of returning a broken formerly-noted raw object.
+     */
+    default ObjectTag refreshState() {
+        return this;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizencore/objects/notable/NoteManager.java

@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ public static boolean isSaved(Notable object) {
         return objectToName.containsKey(object);
     }
 
-    public static boolean isExactSavedObject(Notable object) {
-        String id = objectToName.get(object);
-        if (id == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        return nameToObject.get(id) == object;
-    }
-
     public static Notable getSavedObject(String id) {
         return nameToObject.get(CoreUtilities.toLowerCase(id));
     }

src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizencore/tags/core/DefinitionTagBase.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public DefinitionTagBase() {
                 return null;
             }
             if (attribute.attributes.length == 1) {
-                return def;
+                return def.refreshState();
             }
             return CoreUtilities.fixType(def, attribute.context);
         };

src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizencore/utilities/CoreUtilities.java

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public static ObjectTag fixType(ObjectTag input, TagContext context) {
         if (input instanceof ElementTag && !((ElementTag) input).isPlainText) {
             return ObjectFetcher.pickObjectFor(input.toString(), context);
         }
-        return input;
+        return input.refreshState();
     }
 
     public static void autoPropertyMechanism(ObjectTag object, Mechanism mechanism) {