[Opensim-users] Proposal for a new OSSL function

[R.Gunther]

One thing that llGetObject detail is missing is to get the prim size. so 
if this command get add. i hope the add the object size too.


On 2015-03-13 20:00, Chris wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a proposal for a new OSSL function that could possibly prove 
> useful: osGetObjectNameDetails()
>
> I would have sent this to the opensim-dev mailing list but I'm unsure 
> now of where this is located and how to sign up for that list since 
> the old mailing list locations are now gone. Can someone please point 
> me in the right direction? :)
>
> This proposal has also been posted at 
> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/OSSL_Proposals
>
> Thank you in advance for the consideration!
>
> ----------
> Function:
> ----------
>
> list osGetObjectNameDetails(list names, list params);
> list osGetObjectNameDetails(list names, float range, list params);
>
> -------------
> Description:
> -------------
>
> Would work similarly to llGetObjectDetails() but has the advantage of 
> specifying for an object's name (or list of names) instead of by key. 
> If more than one name match is found then the return list will have 
> those matches (or groups of matches if more than one parameter is 
> supplied) sorted in order from nearest to furthest from the prim 
> calling osGetObjectNameDetails. By default this would scan the entire 
> region but optionally a range can be specified to only search within a 
> certain radius similar to llSensor().
>
> This has potential, for most single item situations at least, 
> eliminate the need for an llSensor() call and also eliminate the need 
> for a sensor event thus reducing code complexity and make for very 
> easy and very quick data collection to be further processed upon.
>
> ---------
> Example:
> ---------
>
> list objDetails;
>
> default
> {
>     state_entry()
>     {
>         //Example 1:
>         //For this example assume this prim is located at <128, 125, 
> 30> and we have two objects named 'Chair'.
>         //'Chair' #1 is located at <128, 128, 30> and owned by avatar 
> UUID 5f9c7c6c-f2c9-4196-8d8d-07cdeb71821a
>         //'Chair' #2 is located at <128, 130, 30> and owned by avatar 
> UUID 1c612fb2-748c-4a1a-ad57-27f488210c06
>
>         objDetails = osGetObjectNameDetails(["Chair"], OBJECT_NAME | 
> OBJECT_POS | OBJECT_OWNER);
>
>         llOwnerSay(llDumpList2String(objDetails, ", "));
>
>         //llOwnerSay() output should be: Chair, <128, 128, 30>, 
> 5f9c7c6c-f2c9-4196-8d8d-07cdeb71821a, Chair, <128, 130, 30>, 
> 1c612fb2-748c-4a1a-ad57-27f488210c06
>
> //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>
>
>         //Example 2:
>         //For this example assume everything stays the same as in 
> Example 1 except that we're specifying a range.
>
>         objDetails = osGetObjectNameDetails(["Chair"], 5.0, 
> OBJECT_NAME | OBJECT_POS | OBJECT_OWNER);
>
>         llOwnerSay(llDumpList2String(objDetails, ", "));
>
>         //llOwnerSay() output should be: Chair, <128, 128, 30>, 
> 5f9c7c6c-f2c9-4196-8d8d-07cdeb71821a
>
> //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>
>
>         //Example 3:
>         //For this example assume this prim is located at <128, 125, 
> 30> and we have two objects: 'Chair 1' and 'Chair 2'.
>         //'Chair 1' is located at <128, 128, 30> and owned by avatar 
> UUID 5f9c7c6c-f2c9-4196-8d8d-07cdeb71821a
>         //'Chair 2' is located at <128, 130, 30> and owned by avatar 
> UUID 1c612fb2-748c-4a1a-ad57-27f488210c06
>
>         objDetails = osGetObjectNameDetails(["Chair 1", "Chair 2"], 
> OBJECT_NAME | OBJECT_POS | OBJECT_OWNER);
>
>         llOwnerSay(llDumpList2String(objDetails, ", "));
>
>         //llOwnerSay() output should be: Chair 1, <128, 128, 30>, 
> 5f9c7c6c-f2c9-4196-8d8d-07cdeb71821a, Chair 2, <128, 130, 30>, 
> 1c612fb2-748c-4a1a-ad57-27f488210c06
>
> //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>
>
>         //Example 4:
>         //For this example assume everything stays the same as in 
> Example 3 except that we're specifying a range.
>
>         objDetails = osGetObjectNameDetails(["Chair 1", "Chair 2"], 
> 5.0, OBJECT_NAME | OBJECT_POS | OBJECT_OWNER);
>
>         llOwnerSay(llDumpList2String(objDetails, ", "));
>
>         //llOwnerSay() output should be: Chair 1, <128, 128, 30>, 
> 5f9c7c6c-f2c9-4196-8d8d-07cdeb71821a
>     }
> }
>