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RitnProtoItemSubgroup

Data-stage manipulator for data.raw["item-subgroup"][<name>] (crafting rows). Inherits from RitnPrototype. Lets you declare a new subgroup and reassign it.

Warning — Factorio 1.x API: this class hasn't been revised since Factorio 2.0. Usable but not validated for 2.0 — see Factorio 2.0 migration.
Source classes/prototypes/ItemSubgroup.lua
Stage data
Access require(ritnlib.defines.class.prototype.subgroup)
Inherits from RitnPrototype
object_name "RitnProtoItemSubgroup"

Constructor

RitnProtoItemSubgroup(subgroup_name) → RitnProtoItemSubgroup

Deep-copies data.raw["item-subgroup"][subgroup_name] into prototype if it exists.

Parameters - subgroup_name :: string — subgroup name.

Methods

:extend(name, group, order) → RitnProtoItemSubgroup

Declares a new item-subgroup via data:extend({...}).

Parameters: name :: string · group :: string (parent item-group) · order :: string.

:changeGroup(group, order?) → RitnProtoItemSubgroup

Reassigns the subgroup to a different parent group (and optional order).

:changeOrder(order) → RitnProtoItemSubgroup

Updates the order field.

The generic mutators are inherited from RitnPrototype.

Usage example

Declare subgroups (RitnElectronic/prototypes/category.lua):

local RitnProtoSubgroup = require(ritnlib.defines.class.prototype.subgroup)
RitnProtoSubgroup:extend("electronic-product", "ritn-electronic", "c")
RitnProtoSubgroup:extend("ritn-module", "ritn-electronic", "h")

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