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Nicolas Lebacq c9cc4324d3 NextAction refactoring to eliminate sentinel arrays and pointers (#1923)
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# Description

This PR aims to refactor the NextAction declaration to achieve two
goals:

## Eliminate C-style sentinel arrays

Currently, a double pointer (`NextAction**`) approach is being used.
This an old pre-C++11 (< 2011) trick before `std::vector<>` became a
thing.
This approach is painful for developers because they constantly need to
declare their `NextAction` arrays as:
```cpp
NextAction::array(0, new NextAction("foo", 1.0f), nullptr)
```
Instead of:
```cpp
{ new NextAction("foo", 1.0f) }
```
The first argument of `NextAction::array` is actually a hack. It is used
to have a named argument so `va_args` can find the remaining arguments.
It is set to 0 everywhere but in fact does nothing. This is very
confusing to people unfamiliar with this antiquated syntax.
The last argument `nullptr` is what we call a sentinel. It's a `nullptr`
because `va_args` is looking for a `nullptr` to stop iterating. It's
also a hack and also leads to confusion.

## Eliminate unnecessary pointers for `NextAction`

Pointers can be used for several reasons, to cite a few:
- Indicate strong, absolute identity.
- Provide strong but transferable ownership (unlike references).
- When a null value is acceptable (`nullptr`).
- When copy is expensive.

`NextAction` meets none of these criteria:
- It has no identity because it is purely behavioural.
- It is never owned by anything as it is passed around and never fetched
from a registry.
- The only situations where it can be `nullptr` are errors that should
in fact throw an `std::invalid_argument` instead.
- They are extremely small objects that embark a single `std::string`
and a single `float`.

Pointers should be avoided when not strictly necessary because they can
quickly lead to undefined behaviour due to unhandled `nullptr`
situations. They also make the syntax heavier due to the necessity to
constantly check for `nullptr`. Finally, they aren't even good for
performance in that situation because shifting a pointer so many times
is likely more expensive than copying such a trivial object.

# End goal

The end goal is to declare `NextAction` arrays this way:
```cpp
{ NextAction("foo", 1.0f) }
```

> [!NOTE]
> Additional note: `NextAction` is nothing but a hacky proxy to an
`Action` constructor. This should eventually be reworked to use handles
instead of strings. This would make copying `NextAction` even cheaper
and remove the need for the extremely heavy stringly typed current
approach. Stringly typed entities are a known anti-pattern so we need to
move on from those.
2026-01-06 12:37:39 +01:00

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/*
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* and/or modify it under version 3 of the License, or (at your option), any later version.
*/
#include "DruidActions.h"
#include "Event.h"
#include "Playerbots.h"
#include "ServerFacade.h"
#include "AoeValues.h"
#include "TargetValue.h"
std::vector<NextAction> CastAbolishPoisonAction::getAlternatives()
{
return NextAction::merge({ NextAction("cure poison") },
CastSpellAction::getPrerequisites());
}
std::vector<NextAction> CastAbolishPoisonOnPartyAction::getAlternatives()
{
return NextAction::merge({ NextAction("cure poison on party") },
CastSpellAction::getPrerequisites());
}
Value<Unit*>* CastEntanglingRootsCcAction::GetTargetValue()
{
return context->GetValue<Unit*>("cc target", "entangling roots");
}
bool CastEntanglingRootsCcAction::Execute(Event event) { return botAI->CastSpell("entangling roots", GetTarget()); }
Value<Unit*>* CastHibernateCcAction::GetTargetValue() { return context->GetValue<Unit*>("cc target", "hibernate"); }
bool CastHibernateCcAction::Execute(Event event) { return botAI->CastSpell("hibernate", GetTarget()); }
bool CastStarfallAction::isUseful()
{
if (!CastSpellAction::isUseful())
return false;
// Avoid breaking CC
WorldLocation aoePos = *context->GetValue<WorldLocation>("aoe position");
Unit* ccTarget = context->GetValue<Unit*>("current cc target")->Get();
if (ccTarget && ccTarget->IsAlive())
{
float dist2d = sServerFacade->GetDistance2d(ccTarget, aoePos.GetPositionX(), aoePos.GetPositionY());
if (sServerFacade->IsDistanceLessOrEqualThan(dist2d, sPlayerbotAIConfig->aoeRadius))
return false;
}
// Avoid single-target usage on initial pull
uint8 aoeCount = *context->GetValue<uint8>("aoe count");
if (aoeCount < 2)
{
Unit* target = context->GetValue<Unit*>("current target")->Get();
if (!target || (!botAI->HasAura("moonfire", target) && !botAI->HasAura("insect swarm", target)))
return false;
}
return true;
}
std::vector<NextAction> CastReviveAction::getPrerequisites()
{
return NextAction::merge({ NextAction("caster form") },
ResurrectPartyMemberAction::getPrerequisites());
}
std::vector<NextAction> CastRebirthAction::getPrerequisites()
{
return NextAction::merge({ NextAction("caster form") },
ResurrectPartyMemberAction::getPrerequisites());
}
bool CastRebirthAction::isUseful()
{
return CastSpellAction::isUseful() &&
AI_VALUE2(float, "distance", GetTargetName()) <= sPlayerbotAIConfig->spellDistance;
}
Unit* CastRejuvenationOnNotFullAction::GetTarget()
{
Group* group = bot->GetGroup();
MinValueCalculator calc(100);
for (GroupReference* gref = group->GetFirstMember(); gref; gref = gref->next())
{
Player* player = gref->GetSource();
if (!player)
continue;
if (player->isDead() || player->IsFullHealth())
{
continue;
}
if (player->GetDistance2d(bot) > sPlayerbotAIConfig->spellDistance)
{
continue;
}
if (botAI->HasAura("rejuvenation", player))
{
continue;
}
calc.probe(player->GetHealthPct(), player);
}
return (Unit*)calc.param;
}
bool CastRejuvenationOnNotFullAction::isUseful()
{
return GetTarget();
}