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Initialize
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public static function initialize(apiKey:String, s2Address:String):void;
Initializes the singleton instance of WarpClient with the appKey of the zone and the IP address of the AppWarp S2 server. It is required before you can call any other API.

Parameters

apiKey - The  Application  key  of the zone its created from the admin dashboard.
s2Address - The IP address of the server where the AppWarp S2 zone is hosted.

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void

Get Instance
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public static function getInstance():WarpClient
Gets the Singleton instance of WarpClient

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void

Connect
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public function connect(username:String, authData:String):void;
Sets up an authenticated session with the Application zone on the server specified when the singleton was initialized. The username passed in this method must be unique across all other concurrently connected users. If two users with the same name try to connect at the same time, then the first one will win and the seconds one will get an auth error. The result of the operation is provided in the onConnectDone callback of the ConnectionRequestListener.

Parameters

username - Username of the player

authData - custom data for validation by the zone adaptor on the server

Returns

void

Disconnect
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public function disconnect():void;
Disconnects the connection with the AppWarp server. The result for this request will be provided in the onDisConnectDone callback of the ConnectionRequestListener

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void

Join Lobby
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public function joinLobby():void;
Sends a join lobby request to the server. Result of the request is provided in the onJoinLobbyDone callback of the registered LobbyRequestListener objects.

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void

Leave Lobby
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public function leaveLobby():void;
Sends a leave lobby request to the server. Result of the request is provided in the onLeaveLobbyDone callback of the registered LobbyRequestListener objects.

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void

Subscribe Lobby
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public function subscribeLobby():void;
Sends a subscribe lobby request to the server. Result of the request is provided in the onSubscribeLobbyDone callback of the registered LobbyRequestListener objects. Users which have subscribed to the lobby receive chat events from other users in the lobby as well as join/leave notifications about all players to and fro the lobby and all the rooms. In addition, lobby subscribers get notifications when a new room is created or deleted. All these notification events are given in the registered NotifyListener objects.

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void

Unsubscribe Lobby
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public function unsubscribeLobby():void;
Sends a unsubscribe lobby request to the server. Result of the request is provided in the onUnsubscribeLobbyDone callback of the LobbyRequestListener.

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void

Join Room
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public function joinRoom(roomId:String):void;
Sends a join room request to the server. Result of the request is provided in the onJoinRoomDone callback of the registered RoomRequestListener objects. A user can only be joined in one location (room or lobby) at a time. If a user joins a room, it will automatically be removed from its current location.

Parameters

roomId - Id of the room to be joined

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void

Join Room WithN User
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public function joinRoomWithNUser(userCount:int):void;
Sends a join room request to the server with the condition that the room must have at least the given number of users. Result of the request is provided in the onJoinRoomDone callback of the registered RoomRequestListener. This is useful is supporting quick play modes.

Parameters

userCount- number of users in room to be joined

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void

Join Room With Properties
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public function joinRoomWithProperties(tableProperties:Object):void;
Sends a join room request to the server with the condition that the room must have a matching set of property value pairs associated with it. This is useful in match making. Result of the request is provided in the onJoinRoomDone callback of the registered RoomRequestListener.

Parameters

tableProperties- properties of the room to be joined

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void

Leave Room
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public function leaveRoom(roomId:String):void;
Sends a leave room request to the server. Result of the request is provided in the onLeaveRoomDone callback of the registered RoomRequestListener.

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roomId - Id of the room to be left

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void

init UDP
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public function initUDP():void;
Initializes the UDP connection with the server. This must be called once after the client is successfully connected with the server (connect API) and before you can use the sendUdpUpdate API. Note that this will throw VerifyError when running in the browser as only desktop, android and iOS AIR Runtimes support datagram sockets.

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void

set recovery allowance
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public static function setrecoveryallowance(time:int):void;
Sets the time allowed to the client to recover from an intermittent connection loss. This must be set before the initial connect API is called as that associates the value on the server for the given connection.

Parameters

time - the time (in seconds) allowed to the client to recover from intermittent connection loss

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void

recover connection
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public function recoverConnection():void;
Attempts to recover from an intermittent connection error. If successful, the client will be placed in the same room as before the loss and all its subscriptions will be maintained. The other subscribed users of the room, will receive onUserResumed notification. This can only be called if an established session was lost due to a connectivity error and the client got onConnectDone with a recoverable connection error code. The connection must be restored within the recovery allowance period, after which the server considers the session to be over (non-recoverable).

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void

Create Room
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public function createRoom(name:String, owner:String, maxUsers:int, tableProperties:Object):void;
Sends a create room request to the server with the given meta data. Result of the request is provided in the onCreateRoomDone callback of the registered ZoneRequestListener objects. If successful, this will create a dynamic room at the server. These rooms lifetime is limited till the time users are inside it. Read more about Rooms here.

Parameters

name - name of the room
owner - administrator of the room
maxUsers - number of maximum users allowed in the room
tableProperties - properties of room for matchmaking (pass null if not required)

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void

Create Turn Room
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public function createTurnRoom(name:String, owner:String, maxUsers:int, tableProperties:Object, turnTime:int):void;
Sends a create turnbased room request to the server with the given meta data and turn time. Result of the request is provided in the onCreateRoomDone callback of the registered ZoneRequestListener objects. If successful, this will create a dynamic turn based room at the server. These rooms lifetime is limited till the time users are inside it. Read more about Rooms here.

Parameters

name - name of the room
owner - administrator of the room
maxUsers - number of maximum users allowed in the room
tableProperties - properties of room for matchmaking (pass null if not required)
turnTime - the time (seconds) given for each turn

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void

Delete Room
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public function deleteRoom(roomId:String):void;
Sends a delete room request to the server. Result of the request is provided in the onDeleteRoomDone callback of the registered ZoneRequestListener objects. Only dynamic rooms can be deleted through this API. Static rooms (created from AppHQ) can not be deleted through this. Read more about Rooms here.

Parameters

roomId - Id of the room to be deleted

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void

Subscribe Room
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public function subscribeRoom(roomId:String):void;
Sends a subscribe room request to the server. Result of the request is provided in the onSubscribeRoomDone callback of the registered RoomRequestListener objects. Once subscribed, the client will receive all notifications from the room such as chat, update and property change events. In addition the client will also receive notifications when a user joins or leaves the subscribed room. These notifications are given in the registered NotifyListener objects.

Parameters

roomId - Id of the room to be subscribed

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‘void’

Unsubscribe Room
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public function unsubscribeRoom(roomId:String):void;
Sends a unsubscribe room request to the server. Result of the request is provided in the onUnSubscribeRoomDone callback of the registered RoomRequestListener objects.

Parameters

roomId - Id of the room to be subscribed

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void

Send Chat
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public function sendChat(message:String):void;
Sends a chat message to the room (or lobby) in which the user is currently joined. Result of the request is provided in the onSendChatDone callback of the registered ChatRequestListener objects. All users who are subscribed to the location in which the message is sent will get a onChatReceived event on their registered NotifyListener objects.

Parameters

message - message to be send

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void

Send Update
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public function sendUpdate(update:ByteArray):void;
Sends a byte array update message to room in which the user is currently joined. Result of the request is provided in the onSendUpdateDone callback of the registered UpdateRequestListener objects. All users who are subscribed to the room in which the update is sent will get a onUpdatePeersReceived event on their registered NotifyListener objects. This is useful if developers want to send their own binary encoded data across and is useful in minimizing the payload exchanged between the clients and AppWarp cloud server. The frequency at which these messages can be processed is not restricted by the server. However, the latency involved is largely determined by the client’s bandwidth and location with respect to the cloud server.

Parameters

update - binary data to be send

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void

Send UDP Update
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public function sendUdpUpdate(update:ByteArray):void;
Sends over UDP a byte array update message to room in which the user is currently joined. Since UDP is unreliable, no response callback is given for this request. All users who are subscribed to the room in which the update is sent will get a onUpdatePeersReceived event on their registered NotifyListener objects. This is useful if developers want to send their own binary encoded data across and is useful in minimizing the payload exchanged between the clients and AppWarp cloud server. The frequency at which these messages can be processed is not restricted by the server. However, the latency involved is largely determined by the client’s bandwidth and the location with respect to the cloud server. Before using this, you must call initUDP API.

Parameters

update - binary data to be send

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void

Get Live Room Info
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public function getLiveRoomInfo(roomId:String):void;
Retrieves the live information of the given room from the server. Result is provided in the onGetLiveRoomInfoDone callback of the registered RoomRequestListener objects. The information includes the names of the currently joined users, the rooms properties and any associated customData. This is useful in getting a snapshot of a rooms state.

Parameters

roomId - Id of the room

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void

Get Live User Info
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public function getLiveUserInfo(username:String):void;
Retrieves the live information of the user from the server. Result is provided in the onGetLiveUserInfo callback of the registered ZoneRequestListener objects. The information (if user is online) includes the current location of the user and any associated custom data. It is useful in building scenarios where you want to find if a users friends are online or not and then join their room if found online.

Parameters

username - user who's information is requested

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void

Get Live Lobby Info
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public function getLiveLobbyInfo():void;
Retrieves live information of the lobby from the server. Result is provided in the onGetLiveLobbyInfo callback of the registered LobbyRequestListener objects. The information returned includes the names of the users who are currently joined in the lobby.

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void

Set Custom User Data
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public function setCustomUserData(userName:String, customData:String):void;
Updates the custom data associated with the given user on the server (if the given user is online). Result is provided in the onSetCustomUserDataDone callback of the registered ZoneRequestListener objects. It can be useful in setting status messages or avatar url’s etc for online users.

Parameters

userName - user for whom custom data has to be update
customData - custom data that will be set for the user

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void

Set Custom Room Data
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Updates the custom data associated with the given room on the server. The result is provided in the onSetCustomRoomDataDone callback of the registered RoomRequestListener objects. It is recommended you use the room’s properties where ever possible. Use this when you need to associate data with a room which can not be represented as key value pairs. 
public function SetCustomRoomData(roomId:String, customRoomData:String):void;

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roomId - Id of the room
customRoomData - custom data that will be set for the room

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void

Update Room Properties
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public function updateRoomProperties(roomID:String, tableProperties:Object, removeArray:Array);
Updates the properties associated with the given room on the server. Result is provided in the onUpdatePropertyDone callback of the registered RoomRequestListener objects. Properties which are not found on the server, will be added while properties which are already present will simply be updated with the new values. You can also specify the list of properties that you want to remove from the remove. This request (if successful) will also result in an onUserChangeRoomProperty notification on the registered NotifyListener objects to be triggered for all subscribed users of the room.

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roomId - Id of the room
tableProperties - properties that will be set for the room
removeArray - properties that will be removed for the room

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void

Get Online Users
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public function getOnlineUsers():void;
Retrieves usernames of all the users connected (online) to the server. Result is provided in the onGetOnlineUsers callback of the registered ZoneRequestListener objects.

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void

Get All Rooms
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public function getAllRooms():void;
Retrieves the room ids of all the rooms on the server. Result is provided in the onGetAllRoomsDone callback of the registered ZoneRequestListener objects. To get a filtered list of rooms, use the GetRoomWithNUser or GetRoomWithProperties APIs.

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void

Get Room WithN User
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public function getRoomWithNUser(userCount:int):void;
Retrieves information of the rooms that contain at least n users in them. Result is provided in the onGetMatchedRoomsDone callback of the registered ZoneRequestListener objects. This is useful in building a filtered list of rooms.

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userCount- number of users in room to be joined

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void

Get Room With Properties
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public function getRoomWithProperties(properties:Object):void;
Retrieves information of the room that contain properties which match with the given properties. Result is provided in the onGetMatchedRoomsDone callback of the registered ZoneRequestListener objects. This is useful in building a filtered list of rooms.

Parameters

properties- properties of the room to be joined

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void

Set Zone Request Listener
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public function setZoneRequestListener(listener:ZoneRequestListener):void;
Registers the given listener object to the list of objects on which callbacks will be invoked when a response from the server is received for zone level requests such as create/delete room or live user info requests. The object must implement the ZoneRequestListener interface.

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listener - method for listening to the request

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void

Set Room Request Listener
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public function setRoomRequestListener(listener:RoomRequestListener):void;
Registers the given listener object to the list of objects on which callbacks will be invoked when a response from the server is received for requests pertaining to a room. The object must implement the RoomRequestListener interface.

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listener - method for listening to the request

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void

Set Lobby Request Listener
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public function setLobbyRequestListener(listener:LobbyRequestListener):void;
Registers the given listener object to the list of objects on which callbacks will be invoked when a response from the server is received for lobby level request. The object must implement the LobbyRequestListener interface.

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listener - method for listening to the request

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void

Set Notification Listener
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public function setNotificationListener(listener:NotificationListener):void;
Registers the given listener object to the list of objects on which callbacks will be invoked when a notification is received from the server from any subscribed location (room or lobby). The object must implement the NotifyListener interface.

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listener - method for listening to the request

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void

Set Connection Request Listener
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public function addConnectionRequestListener(listener:ConnectionRequestListener):void;
Registers the given listener object to the list of objects on which callbacks will be invoked when a response from the server is received for Connect and Disconnect APIs. The object must implement the ConnectionRequestListener interface.

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listener - method for listening to the request

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void

Set Update Request Listener
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Registers the given listener object to the list of objects on which callbacks will be invoked when a response from the server is received for a SendUpdate request. The object must implement the UpdateRequestListener interface. 
public function AddUpdateRequestListener(listener:UpdateRequestListener):void;

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listener - listener object

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void

Set Chat Request Listener
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Registers the given listener object to the list of objects on which callbacks will be invoked when a response from the server is received for a SendChat request. The object must implement the ChatRequestListener interface. 
public function AddChatRequestListener(listener:ChatRequestListener):void;

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listener - listener object

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void

Send Move
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public function sendMove(moveData:String):void;
Sends a move message to the turn based room in which the user is currently joined. Result of the request is provided in the onSendMoveDone callback of the registered TurnBasedRoomListener object. All users who are subscribed to the location in which the message is sent will get a onMoveCompleted event on their registered NotifyListener objects.

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moveData - data associated with the move to be sent

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void

Start Game
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public function startGame():void;
Sends a start game request to the turn based room in which the user is currently joined. Result of the request is provided in the onStartGameDone callback of the registered TurnBasedRoomListener object. If successful, all users who are subscribed to the room in which the message is sent will get a onGameStarted event on their registered NotifyListener objects.

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void

Stop Game
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public function stopGame():void;
Sends a stop game request to the turn based room in which the user is currently joined. Result of the request is provided in the onStopGameDone callback of the registered TurnBasedRoomListener object. If successful, all users who are subscribed to the room in which the message is sent will get a onGameStopped event on their registered NotifyListener objects.

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void

Get Move History
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public function getMoveHistory():void;
Sends a move history fetch request to the turn based room in which the user is currently joined. Result of the request is provided in the onGetMoveHistoryDone callback of the registered TurnBasedRoomListener object. If successful, the event will also contain an array of the last (upto 5) moves in the room.

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void