hackedvoxels-itempile

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A data structure for groups of identical objects, up to a maximum number. Useful for games. (This module was previously known as "itemstack".)

Can be used standalone but most useful with inventory.

Creating

An item pile can be created simply with an item name and count, for example:

var ItemPile = require('itempile');

var x = new ItemPile('dirt', 10);

represents a quantity of 10 dirt. The item type can be an any comparable object (singleton); these examples use strings. The quantity can be omitted to use a default of "1".

Merging

Piles of the same type can be merged:

var a = new ItemPile('dirt', 10);
var b = new ItemPile('dirt', 20);

a.mergePile(b);

results in a increasing to 30 and b to 0. mergePile returns false if the piles differ in type and cannot be merged, otherwise the number of items that did not fit (excess above the maximum pile size):

var a = new ItemPile('dirt', 1);
var b = new ItemPile('dirt', 80);

a.mergePile(b);

increases the count of a to 64, the default ItemPile.maxStackSize limit, and decreases b to 17. The sum of the two pile counts remains invariant, the quantity has just shifted between the two.

Splitting

Want to take items from a pile? Split the pile, specifying the number of items you want:

var a = new ItemPile('dirt', 64)
var b = a.splitPile(16)

b is a new pile with 16 dirt, a is lowered to the remaining 48 dirt. For convenience you can alternatively pass a decimal fraction (such as 0.5, splits the pile in half), or a negative integer (-1 to take all but one).

Other operations

Merging/splitting are the most important but several other methods are provided, see the unit tests for further examples.

Advanced piles

You can create piles of infinite size:

new ItemPile('diamond', Infinity)

and they behave as you expect, sinking unlimited items when merging and sourcing unlimited items when splitting.

Extra data can be attached to a pile, using the "tags" parameter:

new ItemPile('pick', 1, {damage:0})

License

MIT