TopicActionBase class | action.t[5517]

Base class for actions that include a "topic" phrase. This is a mix-in class that can be used in different types of topic actions. In all cases, the topic phrase must be assigned to the 'topicMatch' property in grammar rules based on this class.

`class TopicActionBase : object`

Superclass Tree (in declaration order)

`TopicActionBase`
`object`

Subclass Tree

`TopicActionBase`
`TopicAction`
`TopicTAction`
`AskVagueAction`
`predicate(AskVague)`
`predicate(TellVague)`
`ConsultAboutAction`
`predicate(ConsultAbout)`
`predicate(ConsultWhatAbout)`
`ConvTopicTAction`
`AskAboutAction`
`predicate(AskAbout)`
`predicate(AskAboutImplicit)`
`predicate(AskAboutWhat)`
`AskForAction`
`predicate(AskFor)`
`predicate(AskWhomFor)`
`TellAboutAction`
`predicate(TellAbout)`
`predicate(TellAboutImplicit)`
`predicate(TellAboutWhat)`
`TellVagueAction`

Global Objects

(none)

Summary of Properties

`topicList_ topicQualResolver_ topicResolver_`

Summary of Methods

`createTopicResolver getMessageParam getTopic getTopicQualifierResolver getTopicResolver reparseMatchAsTopic resolveTopic setResolvedTopic setTopicMatch`

Properties

`topicList_` | `action.t[5708]`

the resolved topic object list

`topicQualResolver_` | `action.t[5705]`

the topic qualifier resolver

`topicResolver_` | `action.t[5711]`

my cached topic resolver

Methods

`createTopicResolver (issuingActor, targetActor)` | `action.t[5645]`

Create the topic resolver.

`getMessageParam (objName)` | `action.t[5657]`

Get a message parameter by name. We'll return the topic for the keyword 'topic', and inherit the default handling for anything else.

`getTopic ( )` | `action.t[5672]`

get the current topic

`getTopicQualifierResolver (issuingActor, targetActor, reset)` | `action.t[5689]`

Get the resolver for qualifiers we find in the topic phrase (qualifiers that might need resolution include things like possessive adjectives and locational phrases).

`getTopicResolver (issuingActor, targetActor, reset)` | `action.t[5628]`

get the topic resolver

`reparseMatchAsTopic (topic, issuingActor, targetActor)` | `action.t[5588]`

Re-parse a match tree as a topic phrase. Returns a TopicProd match tree, if possible.

`resolveTopic (issuingActor, targetActor, results)` | `action.t[5523]`

Resolve the topic phrase. This resolves the match tree in out 'topicMatch' property, and stores the result in topicList_. This is for use in resolveNouns().

`setResolvedTopic (topic)` | `action.t[5539]`

Set the resolved topic to the given object list. This is for use in setResolvedObjects().

`setTopicMatch (topic)` | `action.t[5555]`

Set the topic match tree. This is for use in setObjectMatches().

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