Merge branch 'wofsauge:master' into master

eid_api.lua

@@ -297,15 +297,23 @@ function EID:appendToDescription(descObj, appendString)
 	descObj.Description = descObj.Description..appendString
 end
 
+-- returns the description object of a specific entity
+-- falls back to english if the objID isnt available
+function EID:getDescriptionObjByEntity(entity)
+	return EID:getDescriptionObj(entity.Type, entity.Variant, entity.SubType, entity)
+end
+
 -- returns the description object of the specified entity
 -- falls back to english if the objID isnt available
-function EID:getDescriptionObj(Type, Variant, SubType)
+-- entity is optional
+function EID:getDescriptionObj(Type, Variant, SubType, entity)
 	local description = {}
 	description.ObjType = Type
 	description.ObjVariant = Variant
 	description.ObjSubType = SubType
 	description.fullItemString = Type.."."..Variant.."."..description.ObjSubType
 	description.Name = EID:getObjectName(Type, Variant, description.ObjSubType)
+	description.Entity = entity or nil
 
 	local tableEntry = EID:getDescriptionData(Type, Variant, description.ObjSubType)
 	description.Description = tableEntry and tableEntry[3] or EID:getXMLDescription(Type, Variant, description.ObjSubType)