Index iterators

By our gameplay, all caught pokémons are returned back to the map. We do this for all pokémons on the map every 60 seconds using respawn() method. We iterate through pokémons by status using Tarantool index iterator function index_object:pairs() and reset the statuses of all “caught” pokémons back to “active” using box.space.pokemons:update().

respawn = function(self)
    fiber.name('Respawn fiber')
    for _, tuple in box.space.pokemons.index.status:pairs(
           self.state.CAUGHT) do
        box.space.pokemons:update(
            tuple[self.ID],
            {{'=', self.STATUS, self.state.ACTIVE}}
        )
    end
 end

For readability, we introduce named fields:

ID = 1, STATUS = 2,

The complete implementation of start() now looks like this:

-- create game object
start = function(self)
    -- create spaces and indexes
    box.once('init', function()
       box.schema.create_space('pokemons')
       box.space.pokemons:create_index(
           "primary", {type = 'hash', parts = {1, 'unsigned'}}
       )
       box.space.pokemons:create_index(
           "status", {type = "tree", parts = {2, 'str'}}
       )
    end)

    -- create models
    local ok_m, pokemon = avro.create(schema.pokemon)
    local ok_p, player = avro.create(schema.player)
    if ok_m and ok_p then
        -- compile models
        local ok_cm, compiled_pokemon = avro.compile(pokemon)
        local ok_cp, compiled_player = avro.compile(player)
        if ok_cm and ok_cp then
            -- start the game
            self.pokemon_model = compiled_pokemon
            self.player_model = compiled_player
            self.respawn()
            log.info('Started')
            return true
         else
            log.error('Schema compilation failed')
         end
    else
        log.info('Schema creation failed')
    end
    return false
end

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Index iterators