QueryTopic class | actor.t[5553]

A QueryTopic is a kind of SpecialTopic that extends the range of questions that the player (character) can ask an NPC from ASK ABOUT so-and-so to ASK WHO/WHAT/WHY/WHERE/WHETHER/IF/HOW so-and-so. The type of question to be matched (who/what/why/when etc.) needs to be defined on a QueryTopic's qType property (so that it can be matched by the QueryTopic's grammar). The remainder of the question is the Topic a particular QueryTopic matches.

`class QueryTopic : SpecialTopic`

Superclass Tree (in declaration order)

`QueryTopic`
`SpecialTopic`
`ActorTopicEntry`
`ReplaceRedirector`
`Redirector`
`object`
`TopicEntry`
`object`

Subclass Tree

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Global Objects

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Summary of Properties

`includeInList qtype`

Inherited from `SpecialTopic` :
`askMatchObj autoName rex tellMatchObj`

Inherited from `ActorTopicEntry` :
`activated activateKeyTopics active agenda agendaPath arouseKeyTopics aTag autoSuppress autoSuppressSubTopics autoUseAgenda convKeys curiosityAroused getActor impliesGreeting keyTopics lastConvResponse lcrScriptClass listOrder mayAddSubtopics name nextStep suggestAs timesInvoked tTag wasConversational`

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Inherited from `TopicEntry` :
`isActive matchExactCase matchObj matchPattern matchScore narrator scoreBoost topicMatched`

Summary of Methods

`buildName initializeTopicEntry matchTopic`

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Inherited from `ActorTopicEntry` :
`activate addToConvKeyTable baseHandleTopic curiositySatisfied deactivate filterTopicSuggestions fText getKeyTopics handleTopic infTag isConversational isReachable nodeActive qualifiedDesc revTag showKeyTopics timesToSuggest tryAgenda tryNextStep useAgenda`

Inherited from `ReplaceRedirector` :
`redirect`

Inherited from `Redirector` :
`askMissingLiteral doInstead doNested doOtherAction`

Inherited from `TopicEntry` :
`addTopic factText informFact informNewFact interpret revealFact revealNewFact scoreBooster topicResponse`

Properties

`includeInList` OVERRIDDEN | `actor.t[5661]`

A QueryTopic belongs in the queryTopics list of its TopicDatabase

`qtype` | `actor.t[5593]`

The list of query types we match, e.g. 'where'. To match multiple types list them divided by a vertical bar, e.g. 'if|whether'

Methods

`buildName ( )`OVERRIDDEN | `actor.t[5637]`

When we build the name of a QueryTopic (for use in a list of topic suggestions) we need to include the query type (qType).

`initializeTopicEntry ( )`OVERRIDDEN | `actor.t[5596]`

no description available

`matchTopic (top)`OVERRIDDEN | `actor.t[5559]`

Check whether this QueryTopic matches the question asked. For it to do so it must match not only the topic but the qType (query type)

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