Wiley-World.of.Warcraft.Programming.A.Guide.and.Reference.for.Creating.WoW.Addons

Chapter 27 ■ API Reference 651GetAddOnMemoryUsageReturns the amount of memory used by an addon.mem = GetAddOnMemoryUsage(“name“) or GetAddOnMemoryUsage(index)The value returned is from a cache only updated when callingUpdateAddOnMemoryUsage().Arguments:name—Name of an addon (name of the addon’s folder and TOC file, not the Titlefound in the TOC) (string)index—Index of an addon in the addon list (between 1 and GetNumAddOns())(number)Returns:mem—Memory usage of the addon (in kilobytes) (number)GetAddOnMetadataReturns the value of certain fields in an addon’s TOC file.data = GetAddOnMetadata(“name“, “header“) or iGetAddOnMetadata(index, “header“)Arguments:name—Name of an addon (name of the addon’s folder and TOC file, not the Titlefound in the TOC) (string)index—Index of an addon in the addon list (between 1 and GetNumAddOns())(number)header—Name of a header from the addon’s TOC file; only certainheaders can be queried: Author, Title, Notes, Version, andanyheaderwhosenamestartswith“X-“ (e.g. X-Website, X-Category) (string)Returns:data—Contents of the given TOC file header, or nil if the header does not existor cannot be queried (string)GetAreaSpiritHealerTimeReturns the time remaining until a nearby battleground spirit healer resurrectsall players in its area.timeleft = GetAreaSpiritHealerTime()Returns:timeleft—Seconds remaining before the next area resurrection (number)GetArenaCurrencyReturns the player’s amount of arena points.points = GetArenaCurrency()Returns:points—The player’s current amount of honor points (number)