what does joinVoiceChannel return when there's already an active voice connection?

so the guide says

If you try to call joinVoiceChannel on another channel in the same guild in which there is already an active voice connection, the existing voice connection switches over to the new channel.

does it return the same VoiceConnection object as before changing channels (therefore, it already has event listeners attached, if any) or is it a new VoiceConnection with the old one destroyed?

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duck•2y ago

I believe it's the same VoiceConnection object

NutchapolOP•2y ago

i've tested just to be sure but yes, it's the same object thanks i ran

function connectToVC(channelId) {
    console.log(`connecting to vc ${channelId}`)
    const voiceConnection = joinVoiceChannel({
        guildId: targetGuild.id,
        channelId,
        adapterCreator: targetGuild.voiceAdapterCreator,
    })
    // assume i have targetGuild fetched somewhere else

    if (connectionExisted) {
        return
    }

    voiceConnection.subscribe(audioPlayer)
    voiceConnection.on('stateChange', (oldState, newState) => {
        console.log(`voice connection ${oldState.status} -> ${newState.status}`)
    })
    console.log(`voice connection ${voiceConnection._state.status}`)
    console.log(voiceConnection)
}

connectToVC(123123132123)
connectToVC(456456465456)
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function connectToVC(channelId) {
    console.log(`connecting to vc ${channelId}`)
    const voiceConnection = joinVoiceChannel({
        guildId: targetGuild.id,
        channelId,
        adapterCreator: targetGuild.voiceAdapterCreator,
    })
    // assume i have targetGuild fetched somewhere else

    if (connectionExisted) {
        return
    }

    voiceConnection.subscribe(audioPlayer)
    voiceConnection.on('stateChange', (oldState, newState) => {
        console.log(`voice connection ${oldState.status} -> ${newState.status}`)
    })
    console.log(`voice connection ${voiceConnection._state.status}`)
    console.log(voiceConnection)
}

connectToVC(123123132123)
connectToVC(456456465456)
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connectToVC(456456465456)
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connectToVC(456456465456)

then saw that there's more listeners for stateChange in voiceConnection's list of listeners

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what does joinVoiceChannel return when there's already an active voice connection?