--[[
	Auctioneer Addon for World of Warcraft(tm).
	Version: 3.9.0.1273 (Kangaroo)
	Revision: $Id: AucAPI.lua 1090 2006-11-24 02:58:29Z mentalpower $

	Auctioneer data access and management.
	Functions central to setting/getting any data from Auctioneer.

	Note to authors of any addons wanting to utilize Auctioneer data:
	If you do not see the function you want here, please ask for it to be added.
	This is the only place that we guarantee the function prototypes will not change.
	If you use any of the internal functions, one day your addon will stop working :)

	License:
		This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
		modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
		as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
		of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

		This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
		but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
		MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
		GNU General Public License for more details.

		You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
		along with this program(see GPL.txt); if not, write to the Free Software
		Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.

	Note:
		This AddOn's source code is specifically designed to work with
		World of Warcraft's interpreted AddOn system.
		You have an implicit licence to use this AddOn with these facilities
		since that is it's designated purpose as per:
		http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#InterpreterIncompat
--]]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Function Prototypes
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
local getVendorBuyPrice;
local getVendorSellPrice;
local getScanAge;
local requestAuctionScan;

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--	Auctioneer.API.GetVendorBuyPrice(itemId)
--
--	This function gets the buy price (how much it costs for the player to buy) from
--	Auctioneer's database of item prices.
--
--	@param itemId The ID portion of the item link (the first of the four numbers).
--	@returns A price if known (may be 0 if known to have no price) or nil if unknown.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function getVendorBuyPrice(itemId)
	if (Informant) then
		local ret = Informant.GetItem(itemId)
		if (ret) then
			return ret.buy
		end
	end
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--	Auctioneer.API.GetVendorSellPrice(itemId)
--
--	This function gets the sell price (how much it the player will get if they sell it)
--	from Auctioneer's database of item prices.
--
--	@param itemId The ID portion of the item link (the first of the four numbers).
--	@returns A price if known (may be 0 if known to have no price) or nil if unknown.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function getVendorSellPrice(itemId)
	if (Informant) then
		local ret = Informant.GetItem(itemId)
		if (ret) then
			return ret.sell
		end
	end
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--	Auctioneer.API.GetScanAge()
--
--	This function gets the time (in seconds) since the last scan was completed.
--	The function will return the time since the last "update" scan,
--	not the time since the last full scan was done.
--
--	This function has no parameters
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function getScanAge()
	return (time() - Auctioneer.SnapshotDB.GetLastUpdate());
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--	Auctioneer.API.RequestAuctionScan()
--
--	This function sends a request so that Auctioneer will do a full Auction House scan
--	the next time the AH window is opened, or inmediately if its already open.
--
--	This function has no parameters
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function requestAuctionScan()
	return Auctioneer.ScanManager.Scan();
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Public API
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Auctioneer.API = {
	GetVendorBuyPrice = getVendorBuyPrice,
	GetVendorSellPrice = getVendorSellPrice,

	GetScanAge = getScanAge,
	RequestAuctionScan = requestAuctionScan;
}

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--Backwards compatiblity, please use the new prototypes whenever possible.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Auctioneer_GetVendorBuyPrice = Auctioneer.API.GetVendorBuyPrice;
Auctioneer_GetVendorSellPrice = Auctioneer.API.GetVendorSellPrice;