ircbot.modules

Class Channels

Implemented Interfaces:
Comparable, IRCBotModule

public class Channels
extends AbstractIRCBotModule

Constructor Summary

Channels()

Method Summary

String
action(IRCMessage message)
action is invoked by the bot when someone types a message starting with a member of getCommands().
String
getAuthor()
IRCChannel
getChannel(String name)
Collection
getChannels()
String
getDescription(String topic, Language lang)
getDescription is called to get the information printed by the !help command.
String
getModuleName()
getModuleName is called to get the name of this module.
int
getProbability()
getProbability is called to determine which module to choose to express a random thought whenever the bot feels like doing that.
String
join(IRCChannel channel)
void
joinOnline()
String
leave(IRCChannel channel)
String
parseMessage(IRCMessage message)
parseMessage is called by the bot with every message that is sent to the IRC channel with the exception for messages beginning with a command prefix, and messages sent by the bot itself.
String
randomThought(IRCChannel channel, Person sender)
An IRC bot might think that it has been too quiet in a channel for too long, or it may just feel like saying something at any given time.
void
saveState(SaveState state)
saveState is called when a module is unloaded from the bot or whenever the IRC command !save is issued.

Methods inherited from class ircbot.AbstractIRCBotModule

activateEvent, addCommand, compareTo, getCommands, getModuleHandler, getProbability, loadState, parseMessage, randomThought, saveState, scheduleEvent, scheduleEvent, setModuleHandler, toString

Constructor Details

Channels

public Channels()

Method Details

action

public String action(IRCMessage message)
action is invoked by the bot when someone types a message starting with a member of getCommands().
Specified by:
action in interface IRCBotModule
Parameters:
message - The original message sent to the channel. Provided if some command needs further information from it, like for instance the nick of the sender.
Returns:
A String containing a message to be sent to the IRC channel as a reply to the command invocation or null if no reply is needed.

getAuthor

public String getAuthor()
Specified by:
getAuthor in interface IRCBotModule

getChannel

public IRCChannel getChannel(String name)

getChannels

public Collection getChannels()

getDescription

public String getDescription(String topic,
                             Language lang)
getDescription is called to get the information printed by the !help command.
Specified by:
getDescription in interface IRCBotModule
Parameters:
topic - Either the string returned by getModuleName().toLowerCase() or a member of getCommands(). The convention says that the call getDescription(getModuleName().toLowerCase()) should return a brief description about the module. This information should not overlap with information given by calls where the topic is a member of getCommands().
lang - What language to use for the reply.
Returns:
A String containing all the info needed to use this module, tailored to the given topic. If the topic is unexpected, the return value should be null.

getModuleName

public String getModuleName()
getModuleName is called to get the name of this module. The name is used when building the list of loaded modules. A module name may contain capital letters.
Specified by:
getModuleName in interface IRCBotModule
Returns:
A String containing the name of this module.

getProbability

public int getProbability()
getProbability is called to determine which module to choose to express a random thought whenever the bot feels like doing that.
Specified by:
getProbability in interface IRCBotModule
Overrides:
getProbability in interface AbstractIRCBotModule
Returns:
An integer value between 0 and 100 which represents the probability (percentage) that this module will be chosen to express a random thought. If your module has a broad variety of what is said and can be chosen several times in a row without getting boring, you should return a high probability (100 or just below). If your module does not have any random thoughts return a low probability (0).

join

public String join(IRCChannel channel)

joinOnline

public void joinOnline()

leave

public String leave(IRCChannel channel)

parseMessage

public String parseMessage(IRCMessage message)
parseMessage is called by the bot with every message that is sent to the IRC channel with the exception for messages beginning with a command prefix, and messages sent by the bot itself. If the implementing module does not care about the communication in the channel, this method should immediately return null without looking at the message.
Specified by:
parseMessage in interface IRCBotModule
Overrides:
parseMessage in interface AbstractIRCBotModule
Parameters:
message - The message sent to the IRC channel.
Returns:
A String containing a reply to the message, or null if nothing should be sent to the IRC channel.

randomThought

public String randomThought(IRCChannel channel,
                            Person sender)
An IRC bot might think that it has been too quiet in a channel for too long, or it may just feel like saying something at any given time. To get something to say a random module is chosen and its randomThought is invoked.
Specified by:
randomThought in interface IRCBotModule
Overrides:
randomThought in interface AbstractIRCBotModule
Parameters:
channel - The channel that is too quiet.
sender - The bot who asked for this thought.
Returns:
A String containing a random thought or null if this module has nothing nice to say.

saveState

public void saveState(SaveState state)
saveState is called when a module is unloaded from the bot or whenever the IRC command !save is issued. Use it to save any settings or other data needed for this modules operation. If this module does not keep any data that needs to be stored for later sessions, this method should be empty. Use the SaveState.add method to put new data into the state. Each data object that is to be stored in the state should be tagged with a unique identifier. The identifier will be padded with the name of the module so that identifiers in different modules will not clash.
Specified by:
saveState in interface IRCBotModule
Overrides:
saveState in interface AbstractIRCBotModule
Parameters:
state - The state to write to.