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'''SecureHandlerAttributeTemplate''' is one of the SecureHandler templates introduced in [[Patch 3.0]]. Those templates exist in order to allow addon code to execute within a restricted environment, where it may perform protected actions but has access only to a limited subset of the API. SecureHandlerAttributeTemplate executes snippets whenever an attribute on the frame (whose name does not begin with "_") changes value.

== Snippets ==
The handler executes the following snippets in a restricted environment:
; _onattributechanged (self, name, value) : The snippet is executed when the an attribute changes value; unless its name begins with an underscore.
:; self : Secure frame handle to the frame.
:; name : String - attribute name.
:; value : Mixed - new attribute value. Note that if the value is not a string, boolean or a number, it'll be replaced with nil -- this a limitation enforced by the restricted environment.

== Example ==
Suppose we wanted to respond to :SetFrameRef() invocations on the frame by handling the frame in some fashion.
 local frame = CreateFrame("FRAME", "MyAttributeFrame", UIParent, "SecureHandlerAttributeTemplate");
 frame:SetAttribute("_onattributechanged", [=[
  if name:match("frameref%-.+") then
   -- value is nil, since the original type is userdata. 
   -- We can fix that by asking for the frame ref:
   value = self:GetFrameRef(name:match("frameref%-(.+)"));
   -- Now handle the name/value pair in some fashion...
   print("SetFrameRef: ", name, value);
  end
 ]=]);
 frame:SetFrameRef("ref", frame);



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