Method getValue

src/thread.ts:271–307

(index: number, inputType?: LuaType, userdata?: unknown)

    }

    public getValue(index: number, inputType?: LuaType, userdata?: unknown): any {
        index = this.lua.lua_absindex(this.address, index)

        const type: LuaType = inputType ?? this.lua.lua_type(this.address, index)

        switch (type) {
            case LuaType.None:
                return undefined
            case LuaType.Nil:
                return null
            case LuaType.Number:
                return this.lua.lua_tonumberx(this.address, index, null)
            case LuaType.String:
                return this.lua.lua_tolstring(this.address, index, null)
            case LuaType.Boolean:
                return Boolean(this.lua.lua_toboolean(this.address, index))
            case LuaType.Thread:
                return this.stateToThread(this.lua.lua_tothread(this.address, index))
            default: {
                let metatableName: string | undefined
                if (type === LuaType.Table || type === LuaType.Userdata) {
                    metatableName = this.getMetatableName(index)
                }

                const typeExtensionWrapper = this.typeExtensions.find((wrapper) =>
                    wrapper.extension.isType(this, index, type, metatableName),
                )
                if (typeExtensionWrapper) {
                    return typeExtensionWrapper.extension.getValue(this, index, userdata)
                }

                // Fallthrough if unrecognised user data
                console.warn(`The type '${this.lua.lua_typename(this.address, type)}' returned is not supported on JS`)
                return new Pointer(this.lua.lua_topointer(this.address, index))
            }
        }
    }

    public close(): void {
        if (this.isClosed()) {