Modular weapon status bar sequence?

[Matt]

So I've got a chunk of status bar code that looks like this:

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        if(w is "Lumberjack"){
            //draw chainsaw stuff
        }
        else if(w is "HDPistol"){
            //draw pistol stuff
        }
        else if(w is "HDSMG"){ 
...
        }
        else{
            //draw numbers for ammo and secondary ammo as appropriate
 

It looks a bit janky but does the job. However, this means that any time I try to add a new weapon, I have to go back to this function and add another if-then to it. I don't like this because:

1. this one file is going to get unmaintainably long if I include a lot of weapons (e.g., if I wanted to replace a bunch of weapons in another IWAD or TC)

2. it prevents anyone else from doing sub-mods without not only my approval but significant commitment on my part not just incorporating this but maintaining it in the future


Does anyone have a way for me to modularize this, so that basically this code can:

1. Look at the type of weapon that constitutes the readyweapon;
2. Look to that weapon definition to see what status bar function is tied to it; and
3. Execute that function?


Ideally I'd like to be able to do something like:

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extend class HDStatusBar{
 void ZorchCrossbow(){
  ...
 }
}

class ZorchCrossbow:HDWeapon{
 default{
  HDWeapon.SBarFunction "ZorchCrossbow";
  ...
 }
}

and have the original status bar function run ZorchCrossbow() if that is the player's readyweapon.


Or, even better, something like:

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class ZorchCrossbow:HDWeapon{
 override void StatusBarStuff(){
  ...
 }
}  

[Matt]

Browsing the now-locked status bar questions thread I think I'm getting a general idea of the logic I want:


Status bar checks cplayer's Weapon.

If it's a regular weapon, print ammo reading.

If it's a weapon inheriting from "X" class, look for a property in "X"(cplayer.readyweapon) that points to a specific "Status Bar Element" class.

Draw the "Status Bar Element" of the class indicated.


...except I don't know what kind of thinker or class or whateverthingamabob this "Status Bar Element" would be or how to define or call it.


Hlp plzkthx?