CreateFramePoolCollection()

This function is implemented in FrameXML/Pools.lua.

Creates a FramePoolCollectionMixin, a collection of frame pools each having a different XML template.

collection = CreateFramePoolCollection()

Methods

Pools: FramePoolCollectionMixin:CreatePool(frameType, parent, template [, resetterFunc, forbidden]) - Creates a new pool to generate frames with a template.; FramePoolCollectionMixin:GetOrCreatePool(frameType, parent, template [, resetterFunc, forbidden]) - Returns a pool that generates frames with a template, creating one if necessary.; FramePoolCollectionMixin:CreatePoolIfNeeded(frameType, parent, template [, resetterFunc, forbidden]) - Creates a pool to generate frames with a template, if necessary.; FramePoolCollectionMixin:GetPool(template) - Returns the pool that generates frames with a template (or nil if it has not been created).

Frames: FramePoolCollectionMixin:Acquire(template) - Furnishes a frame from the pool in this collection that is responsible for this template.; FramePoolCollectionMixin:Release(frame) - Releases a frame back to the pool which furnished it.; FramePoolCollectionMixin:ReleaseAllByTemplate(template) - Releases all frames furnished by a pool.; FramePoolCollectionMixin:ReleaseAll() - Releases all frames furnished by any pool in the collection.; FramePoolCollectionMixin:EnumerateActiveByTemplate() - Returns an iterator to cycle through frames sourced from one pool.; FramePoolCollectionMixin:EnumerateActive() - Returns an iterator to cycle through widgets sourced from any pool in the collection.

local pool = CreateFramePool("Frame", nil, "BackdropTemplate")
local frame = pool:Acquire()

Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Renamed as CreateFramePoolCollection() and FramePoolCollectionMixin.^[1]
Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Added as CreatePoolCollection() and PoolCollection.^[2]

^ 2019-03-12, Pools.lua, version 8.1.5.29701, near line 232, archived at Townlong-Yak
^ 2017-08-28, Pools.lua, version 7.3.0.24920, near line 210, archived at Townlong-Yak