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getStorageSafe

Definition

-- @/lua/vehicle/energyStorage.lua:218

local function getStorageSafe(name)
  local storage = energyStorages[name]
  if storage then
    return storage
  else
    log("D", "energyStorage.getStorageSafe", string.format("Didn't find storage '%s', returning nilStorage.", name))
    --log("D", "energyStorage.getStorageSafe", debug.traceback())
    --return our nilStorage that accepts all indexes and can be called without errors
    return M.nilStorage
  end
end

Callers

  --in this case an error is thrown if "abc" is not a valid storage.
  --Using energyStorage.getStorageSafe() instead returns a magic table that
  --happily accepts all indexes and can be called without throwing errors (if no real storage is found)