Use call_hook_function() in handler_active()

Simplify mudpy.misc.handler_active() by making it a wrapper around
the more general mudpy.misc.call_hook_function() which was
originally derived from it.

diff --git a/mudpy/misc.py b/mudpy/misc.py
index ec331a4..ecab471 100644 (file)
--- a/mudpy/misc.py
+++ b/mudpy/misc.py
@@ -1918,33 +1918,14 @@ def handler_active(user):
         command = find_command(command_name)
 
         # if it's allowed, do it
-        ran = False
+        result = None
         if actor.can_run(command):
-            # dereference the relative object path for the requested function
-            # TODO(fungi) use call_hook_function() here instead
-            action = mudpy
             action_fname = command.get("action", command.key)
-            for component in action_fname.split("."):
-                try:
-                    action = getattr(action, component)
-                    ran = True
-                except AttributeError:
-                    log('Could not find action function "%s" for command "%s"'
-                        % (action_fname, command_name))
-                    action = None
-                    break
-            if action:
-                try:
-                    action(actor, parameters)
-                except Exception:
-                    log('Command string "%s" from user %s raised an '
-                        'exception...\n%s' % (
-                            input_data, actor.owner.account.get("name"),
-                            traceback.format_exc()))
-                    mudpy.command.error(actor, input_data)
+            if action_fname:
+                result = call_hook_function(action_fname, (actor, parameters))
 
         # if the command was not run, give an error
-        if not ran:
+        if not result:
             mudpy.command.error(actor, input_data)
 
     # if no input, just idle back with a prompt