AceComm-3.0-Extended

AceComm-3.0-Extended is an additional module for AceComm-3.0 that allows you to send and receive add-on messages over the Battle.net chat system.

Import the AceComm-3.0-Extended module in addition to AceComm-3.0 to be able to use the Battle.net-specific functions.

MyModule = LibStub("AceAddon-3.0"):NewAddon("MyModule", "AceComm-3.0", "AceComm-3.0-Extended")

AceCommExtended:RegisterBNetComm(prefix, method)

Register for add-on traffic over Battle.net on a specified prefix.

Parameters

• prefix : A printable character (\032-\255) classification of the message (typically AddonName or AddonNameEvent), max 16 characters.
• method : Callback to call on message reception: Function reference, or method name (string) to call on self. Defaults to "OnCommReceived". The same arguments as AceComm:RegisterComm are provided (prefix, message, distribution, sender): distribution is "WHISPER" and sender is the Battle.net game account ID.

AceCommExtended:SendBNetCommMessage(prefix, text, target, prio, callbackFn, callbackArg)

Send an add-on message over Battle.net chat.

Parameters

• prefix : A printable character (\032-\255) classification of the message (typically AddonName or AddonNameEvent).
• text : Data to send, nils (\000) not allowed. Any length.
• target : Battle.net game account ID.
• prio : OPTIONAL: ChatThrottleLib priority, "BULK", "NORMAL" or "ALERT". Defaults to "NORMAL".
• callbackFn : OPTIONAL: callback function to be called as each chunk is sent. receives 3 args: the user supplied arg (see next), the number of bytes sent so far, and the number of bytes total to send.
• callbackArg