ComponentManager Class Reference

#include <ComponentManager.h>

Public Member Functions
	ComponentManager (const std::string &filename)
	The main constructor of the ComponentManager, created the components based of the file's description.
	ComponentManager (std::shared_ptr< Component > component)
	Create a ComponentManager with a reference component.
const std::string &	getName ()
	Return the name of the component managed by this instance.
const std::string &	getType (const std::string &data)
	Return a string which give the type of the data.
void	subscribe (int entity)
	Subscribe an entity to this component.
void	subscribe (int entity, dataVector data)
	Subscribe an entity to this component with specific values.
void	unsubscribe (int entity)
	Remove the link between an entity and its component.
std::vector< int >	getEntities (bool checkState)
	Return the list of entities linked in this component's manager.
std::shared_ptr< Component >	getComponent (int entity)
	Return the component of a specific entity.
bool	hasEntity (int entity)
	Return true if the given entity possess this component, false otherwise.
bool	getState (int entity)
	Return the actual state of the given entity's component, true or false.
void	setState (int entity, bool newState)
	Set the state of the given entity's component.
void	give (int giver, int receiver, bool copy)
	Give the ownership, or make a copy, of an entity's component to another component.
void	toString (std::ostream &stream)
	Add to the given buffer, the serialized version of this ComponentManager, which will consist of the list of entities' ID + their components data.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ComponentManager() [1/2]

ComponentManager::ComponentManager

(

const std::string &

filename

)

The main constructor of the ComponentManager, created the components based of the file's description.

Parameters

filename

Full path towards the component's file.

ComponentManager() [2/2]

ComponentManager::ComponentManager

(

std::shared_ptr< Component >

component

)

Create a ComponentManager with a reference component.

The resulting file will be named after the component's name.

Useful when you making on-the-fly components creation.

Parameters

component

The reference component of this manager, a copy will be created.

Member Function Documentation

getComponent()

std::shared_ptr< Component > ComponentManager::getComponent

(

int

entity

)

Return the component of a specific entity.

Parameters

entity

The ID of the entity.

getEntities()

std::vector< int > ComponentManager::getEntities

(

bool

checkState

)

Return the list of entities linked in this component's manager.

checkState will tell this method if you want the state of the entities' components to be verify, entities with a state at "false" will not be returned.

Parameters

int	checkState

getName()

const std::string & ComponentManager::getName

(

)

Return the name of the component managed by this instance.

getState()

bool ComponentManager::getState

(

int

entity

)

Return the actual state of the given entity's component, true or false.

Parameters

entity

The ID of the entity.

getType()

const std::string & ComponentManager::getType

(

const std::string &

data

)

Return a string which give the type of the data.

Wrapper of the component's method for the save action.

Parameters

data	Data's name.

give()

void ComponentManager::give	(	int	giver,
		int	receiver,
		bool	copy )

Give the ownership, or make a copy, of an entity's component to another component.

Parameters

giver	The ID of the entity which give its component.
receiver	The ID of the entity which take the component.
copy	If true the component is just copied, otherwise the giver doesn't have the component anymore.

hasEntity()

bool ComponentManager::hasEntity

(

int

entity

)

Return true if the given entity possess this component, false otherwise.

Parameters

entity

The ID of the entity.

setState()

void ComponentManager::setState	(	int	entity,
		bool	newState )

Set the state of the given entity's component.

Parameters

entity	The ID of the entity.
newState	The entity's component new state.

subscribe() [1/2]

void ComponentManager::subscribe

(

int

entity

)

Subscribe an entity to this component.

Will give this entity's component the default values of its data's types.

Parameters

entity

The ID of the entity to subscribe.

subscribe() [2/2]

void ComponentManager::subscribe	(	int	entity,
		dataVector	data )

Subscribe an entity to this component with specific values.

Parameters

entity	The ID of the entity to subscribe.
data	A vector with the data's names and values.

See also

dataVector

toString()

void ComponentManager::toString

(

std::ostream &

stream

)

Add to the given buffer, the serialized version of this ComponentManager, which will consist of the list of entities' ID + their components data.

Parameters

stream

The stream on which the serialized version of the ComponentManager is append to.

unsubscribe()

void ComponentManager::unsubscribe

(

int

entity

)

Remove the link between an entity and its component.

Parameters

entity

The ID of the entity to unsubscribe.

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