Platform.points.GetUnitPointIdentityObservation

Call as

addon.Platform:GetUnitPointIdentityObservation(unit, includeClass)

Available directly through addon; no dependency is needed.

What it does

Observe exact selected-unit existence and optionally its class filename for point-resource conditions. Known absence returns exists=false without reading class. Present units require only UnitClass return two when requested; unused localized names and IDs do not affect availability. Required missing, failed, restricted or malformed observations remain unavailable. This does not select a resource or cache identity.

Arguments

Name	Type	What it does
`self`	`RMPlatform`	Rotation Master platform adapter (implicit with colon calls).
`unit`	`string`	Exact unit token passed unchanged to UnitExists and, when required, UnitClass.
`includeClass`	`boolean`	True also requires the present unit class filename; false reads existence only.

Returns

1	`table \| nil`	Readable record with Boolean exists and the requested class filename when present; nil when required data is unavailable.
2	`string \| nil`	Policy, query-validation or required observation availability reason for a nil record.

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
`UnitClass`
`UnitExists`
`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 record = addon.Platform:GetUnitPointIdentityObservation("target", true)
if not record then return nil end
return record.exists and record.class == "ROGUE"

Source

Platform/points.lua, line 87. Read only in game; Duplicate makes an editable copy.

Platform.points.GetUnitPointIdentityObservation(self, unit, includeClass)

    local policy=self:GetCombatDataPolicy()
    if policy~='probe' and policy~='restricted' then return nil,'unsupported-policy' end
    if not self:CanReadValue(unit) or not self:CanReadValue(includeClass) then return nil,'restricted-value' end
    if type(unit)~='string' or unit=='' then return nil,'invalid-unit' end
    if type(includeClass)~='boolean' then return nil,'invalid-point-identity-query' end
    if type(UnitExists)~='function' then return nil,'missing-api' end
    local existsOK,exists=pcall(UnitExists,unit)
    if not existsOK then return nil,'api-error' end
    if not self:CanReadValue(exists) then return nil,'restricted-value' end
    if canaccessvalue and not canaccessvalue(exists) then return nil,'restricted-value' end
    if exists==nil then return nil,'unit-data-unavailable' end
    if type(exists)~='boolean' then return nil,'invalid-api-result' end
    if not exists then return {exists=false} end
    if not includeClass then return {exists=true} end
    if type(UnitClass)~='function' then return nil,'missing-api' end
    local ok,_,class=pcall(UnitClass,unit)
    if not ok then return nil,'api-error' end
    if not self:CanReadValue(class) then return nil,'restricted-value' end
    if canaccessvalue and not canaccessvalue(class) then return nil,'restricted-value' end
    if class==nil then return nil,'point-class-unavailable' end
    if type(class)~='string' or class=='' then return nil,'invalid-api-result' end
    return {exists=true,class=class}

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