Platform.runes.GetRuneTypeObservation

Call as

addon.Platform:GetRuneTypeObservation(index)

Available directly through addon; no dependency is needed.

What it does

Observe one exact native rune slot using GetRuneType with its single index argument. Require a readable finite positive integral type; known future numeric types remain distinct from the selected type, and Death is an exact type rather than a wildcard. Missing, failed, restricted or malformed observations remain unavailable. No class, unit, count or inferred base-rune query is added.

Arguments

Name	Type	What it does
`self`	`RMPlatform`	Rotation Master platform adapter (implicit with colon calls).
`index`	`number`	Exact integral native rune slot from 1 through 6.

Returns

1	`number \| nil`	Readable finite positive integral rune type, or nil when unavailable.
2	`string \| nil`	Policy, slot-validation or required observation availability reason for a nil type.

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
`GetRuneType`

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 death = 0
for index = 1, 6 do
  local runeType = addon.Platform:GetRuneTypeObservation(index)
  if runeType == nil then return nil end
  if runeType == 4 then death = death + 1 end -- 4 is a Death rune
end
return death >= 2

Dependencies

numberField → Platform.runes.numberField
validIndex → Platform.runes.validIndex

Source

Platform/runes.lua, line 48. Read only in game; Duplicate makes an editable copy.

Platform.runes.GetRuneTypeObservation(self, index)

    local policy=self:GetCombatDataPolicy()
    if policy~='probe' and policy~='restricted' then return nil,'unsupported-policy' end
    local valid,reason=validIndex(self,index)
    if not valid then return nil,reason end
    local api=GetRuneType
    if type(api)~='function' then return nil,'missing-api' end
    local ok,value=pcall(api,index)
    if not ok then return nil,'api-error' end
    local runeType,why=numberField(self,value,'rune-type-unavailable')
    if runeType==nil then return nil,why end
    if runeType<=0 or runeType%1~=0 then return nil,'invalid-api-result' end
    return runeType

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