Platform.points.GetUnitPointFragmentObservation

Call as

addon.Platform:GetUnitPointFragmentObservation(unit, powerType, kind)

Available directly through addon; no dependency is needed.

What it does

Observe a point resource that the client reports in fragments (Mists of Pandaria Burning Embers). Current uses exactly UnitPower(unit,powerType,true) and maximum UnitPowerMax(unit,powerType,true); the result is divided by Blizzard MAX_POWER_PER_EMBER (10), so 35 fragments are 3.5. Probe policy only. Missing, failed, restricted or malformed data remains unavailable; it never falls back to the whole-unit query. No cache is added.

Arguments

Name	Type	What it does
`self`	`RMPlatform`	Rotation Master platform adapter (implicit with colon calls).
`unit`	`string`	Exact nonempty unit token, passed unchanged.
`powerType`	`number`	Explicit readable finite nonnegative integer power selector.
`kind`	`string`	Exactly current for UnitPower or maximum for UnitPowerMax.

Returns

1	`number \| nil`	Finite quantity in whole units with its fractional part; nil when unavailable.
2	`string \| nil`	Policy, query-validation or required observation availability reason for a nil quantity.

Editions

Built In helpers are registered on every edition. What differs is the game API they read; where one is missing the helper falls back or returns nil with a reason.

Not available on that edition (the reason is in the tooltip)
Only while Blizzard's deprecation fallbacks are on

Game API
`UnitPower`
`UnitPowerMax`
`canaccessvalue`

Secret values (Retail and Forever)

On Retail and Forever the game hands addons secret values. This helper checks what it reads (addon.Platform:CanReadValue) and returns nil with a reason such as restricted-value instead of a secret it cannot compare. Treat nil as unavailable, not as false.

Example

local embers = Enum.PowerType.BurningEmbers
if not embers then return nil end
local current = addon.Platform:GetUnitPointFragmentObservation("player", embers, "current")
if current == nil then return nil end
return current >= 3.5

Dependencies

pointFragmentsPerWhole (builtin:Platform/points.lua:pointFragmentsPerWhole)

Source

Platform/points.lua, line 162. Read only in game; Duplicate makes an editable copy.

Platform.points.GetUnitPointFragmentObservation(self, unit, powerType, kind)

    if self:GetCombatDataPolicy()~='probe' then return nil,'unsupported-policy' end
    if not self:CanReadValue(unit) or not self:CanReadValue(powerType) or not self:CanReadValue(kind) then return nil,'restricted-value' end
    if type(unit)~='string' or unit=='' then return nil,'invalid-unit' end
    if type(powerType)~='number' or powerType~=powerType or powerType<0 or powerType==math.huge or powerType%1~=0 then return nil,'invalid-point-power-query' end
    if kind~='current' and kind~='maximum' then return nil,'invalid-point-power-query' end
    local api
    if kind=='current' then api=UnitPower else api=UnitPowerMax end
    if type(api)~='function' then return nil,'missing-api' end
    local ok,result=pcall(api,unit,powerType,true)
    if not ok then return nil,'api-error' end
    if not self:CanReadValue(result) then return nil,'restricted-value' end
    if canaccessvalue and not canaccessvalue(result) then return nil,'restricted-value' end
    if result==nil then return nil,'point-power-unavailable' end
    if type(result)~='number' or result~=result or result==math.huge or result==-math.huge then return nil,'invalid-api-result' end
    return result/pointFragmentsPerWhole

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