The following is the code that will let you access rexbot code from the botAPI

I've been scratching my head trying to figure out how to access the RexBot code from inworld.

Obviously when things are stable and the game AI is built in to the RexBot code it should run smoothly, but there will be need for hooks into the bot itself from inworld so that I can test it. That leads to the need for me to be able to access the methods and properties of the RexBot code from within the botAPI. Basically they exhibit two different interfaces. Rexbot is IClientAPI and botAPI doesn't have IClientAPI.

Luckily however, we can get access to the Rexbot code through the botmanager code. What I had to do was add a function to the botmanager code which pulled out the appropriate rexbot from the internal private m_bots collection of bots. From there I can get access to the public members.
Which is exactly what I need to do in order to be able to easily test. So *now* I believe I'm well on the way to being able to make the changes I want to make.

public void botSetState(string bot, string State)
{
//this is a test case of being able to get access to a property
//of the actual rexbot itself through the botAPI
IBotManager manager = World.RequestModuleInterface();
if (manager != null)
{
RexBot rxbot;
rxbot = (RexBot)manager.GetBot(UUID.Parse(bot));
//follow up with this
switch (State.ToLower())
{
case "walking":
rxbot.State = RexBot.RexBotState.Walking;
break;
case "idle":
rxbot.State = RexBot.RexBotState.Idle;
break;
case "flying":
rxbot.State = RexBot.RexBotState.Flying;
break;

default:
rxbot.State = RexBot.RexBotState.Unknown;
break;
}
}

}