From dedd0ebf6ec847b44787cada51a173f1af29e2ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Tai @ Flex" <dch.tai@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 12:14:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add handler for other mods to advise protection

* Allow other mods to register a handler to display protected areas in the hud
* remove the protector mod specific code from this areas code
---
 api.lua | 33 ++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api.lua b/api.lua
index bce3713..6442138 100644
--- a/api.lua
+++ b/api.lua
@@ -1,30 +1,25 @@
+local protection_detectors = {}
 
-local get_protector_area = function(pos)
-	-- Add protector to the hud
-	local res = {}
-	local radius = (tonumber(minetest.setting_get("protector_radius")) or 5)
-	local protectors = minetest.find_nodes_in_area(
-		{x=pos.x -radius , y=pos.y -radius , z=pos.z -radius},
-		{x=pos.x +radius , y=pos.y +radius , z=pos.z +radius},
-		{"protector:protect","protector:protect2"}
-	)
-	for _,npos in pairs(protectors) do
-		local node = minetest.get_node(npos)
-		local meta = minetest.get_meta(npos)
-		local nodeowner = meta:get_string("owner")
-		if minetest.is_protected(pos,nodeowner) then
-			res["protector"] = {name="("..node.name..")",owner=nodeowner}
-			break
-		end
+areas.register_protector_detector = function(handler)
+	protection_detectors[#protection_detectors+1] = handler
+end
+
+local detect_extra_protection = function(pos,res)
+	if #protection_detectors <= 0 then
+		return res
+	end
+
+	for idx=1,#protection_detectors do
+		local func = protection_detectors[idx]
+		res = func(pos,res)
 	end
 	return res
 end
--- //
 
 --- Returns a list of areas that include the provided position.
 function areas:getAreasAtPos(pos)
 	local res = {}
-	--res = get_protector_area(pos)
+	res = detect_extra_protection(pos,res)
 
 	if self.store then
 		local a = self.store:get_areas_for_pos(pos, false, true)