Objects

The JS API has several object types that you'll encounter regularly when developing scripts...

JS API Objects

Each object has a number of properties that defines its specific attributes. For more information, see the links below:

Note: PLAYER_DATA & RESEARCH_DATA constants were added in Warzone 3.1 Beta 11.

Object documentation	.type property	Notes	Availability

Object documentation	.type property	Notes	Availability
Area object	AREA	An object defining top-left and bottom-right co-ordinates for an area of the map.	3.1 b1+
Droid object	DROID	Describes a droid (unit) on the map or being produced in a factory. Inherits Game object fields.	3.1 b1+
Feature object	FEATURE	A map feature such as a tree, log cabin, oil barrel, artefact or oil derrick, etc. Inherits Game object fields.	3.1 b1+
Group Object	GROUP	Information about a group defined in labels.ini.	3.2+
Structure object	STRUCTURE	A building or defence structure on the map that's owned by a human, AI or scavenger player. Inherits Game object fields.	3.1 b1+
Player object	PLAYER_DATA	Contains information about a specific player.	3.1 b1+
Position object	POSITION	Contains the x,y co-ordinate of a specific location on the map.	3.1 b1+
Research object	RESEARCH_DATA	Contains information about a specific technology.	3.1 b1+
Template Object		Contains information about a template (see Components & Templates)	3.2+
Weapon Object		Contains information about a weapon (see getWeaponInfo())	3.2+

Javascript makes it easy to create custom objects and arrays – here's some useful links if you're new to Javascript:

Working with objects – introduction to Javascript objects
Object Oriented Javascript – introduction to OOP in Javascript (see also Inheritance Model in Util API)
Arrays – introduction to Javascript arrays and they splendid features such as: forEach(), some() and filter()