Component

Api for manipulating game object components (WIP)

Namespace: dmGameObject
Include: #include <dmsdk/gameobject/component.h>
TYPES
ComponentAddToUpdate Component add to update function. Only components ...
ComponentCreate Component create function. Should allocate all nec...
ComponentDeleteWorld Component world destroy function
ComponentDestroy Component destroy function. Should deallocate all ...
ComponentFinal Component finalize function. Should clean up as it...
ComponentGet A simple way to get the component instance from th...
ComponentGetProperty Callback for retrieving a property value of the co...
ComponentInit Component init function. Should set the components...
ComponentIterProperties Callback when iterating over the properties for a ...
ComponentNewWorld Component world create function
ComponentOnInput Component on-input function. Called when input is ...
ComponentOnMessage Component on-message function. Called when message...
ComponentSetProperties Set a property set for the component.
ComponentSetProperty Callback for setting a property value of the compo...
ComponentsFixedUpdate Component fixed update function. Updates all compo...
ComponentsPostUpdate Component post update function. The component stat...
ComponentsRender Component render function.
ComponentsUpdate Component update function. Updates all component o...
HComponentType Component type handle. It holds the life time func...
STRUCTS
struct ComponentAddToUpdateParams Parameters to ComponentAddToUpdate callback.
struct ComponentCreateParams Parameters to ComponentCreate callback.
struct ComponentDeleteWorldParams Parameters to ComponentDeleteWorld callback.
struct ComponentDestroyParams Parameters to ComponentDestroy callback.
struct ComponentFinalParams Parameters to ComponentFinal callback.
struct ComponentGetParams Parameters to ComponentGet callback.
struct ComponentGetPropertyParams Parameters to ComponentGetProperty callback.
struct ComponentInitParams Parameters to ComponentInit callback.
struct ComponentNewWorldParams Parameters to ComponentNewWorld callback.
struct ComponentOnInputParams Parameters to ComponentOnInput callback.
struct ComponentOnMessageParams Parameters to ComponentOnMessage callback.
struct ComponentOnReloadParams Parameters to ComponentOnReload callback.
struct ComponentSetPropertiesParams Parameters to ComponentSetProperties callback.
struct ComponentSetPropertyParams Parameters to ComponentSetProperty callback.
struct ComponentsPostUpdateParams Parameters for ComponentsPostUpdate callback.
struct ComponentsRenderParams Parameters to ComponentsRender callback.
struct ComponentsUpdateParams Parameters to ComponentsUpdate callback.
struct ComponentsUpdateResult Parameters to ComponentsUpdate callback.
struct ComponentTypeCreateCtx Context used when registering a new component type
FUNCTIONS
void ComponentOnReload(const dmGameObject::ComponentOnReloadParams& params) Called when the resource the component is based on...
void* ComponentTypeGetContext(HComponentType type) get the component type global context
uint32_t ComponentTypeGetTypeIndex(HComponentType type) Get the component type index. Used for with e.g. d...
void ComponentTypeSetAddToUpdateFn(HComponentType type, ComponentAddToUpdate fn) set the component add-to-update callback
void ComponentTypeSetChildIteratorFn(HComponentType type, dmGameObject::FIteratorChildren fn) set the component child iterator function
void ComponentTypeSetContext(HComponentType type, void* context) set the component type global context
void ComponentTypeSetCreateFn(HComponentType type, ComponentCreate fn) set the component create callback
void ComponentTypeSetDeleteWorldFn(HComponentType type, ComponentDeleteWorld fn) set the world destroy callback
void ComponentTypeSetDestroyFn(HComponentType type, ComponentDestroy fn) set the component destroy callback
void ComponentTypeSetFinalFn(HComponentType type, ComponentFinal fn) set the component finalize callback
void ComponentTypeSetFixedUpdateFn(HComponentType type, ComponentsFixedUpdate fn) set the component update callback
void ComponentTypeSetGetFn(HComponentType type, ComponentGet fn) set the component get callback
void ComponentTypeSetGetPropertyFn(HComponentType type, ComponentGetProperty fn) set the component get property callback
void ComponentTypeSetHasUserData(HComponentType type, bool has_user_data) set the component type need for a per component instance user data
void ComponentTypeSetInitFn(HComponentType type, ComponentInit fn) set the component init callback
void ComponentTypeSetNewWorldFn(HComponentType type, ComponentNewWorld fn) set the new world callback
void ComponentTypeSetOnInputFn(HComponentType type, ComponentOnInput fn) set the component on-input callback
void ComponentTypeSetOnMessageFn(HComponentType type, ComponentOnMessage fn) set the component on-message callback
void ComponentTypeSetOnReloadFn(HComponentType type, ComponentOnReload fn) set the component on-reload callback
void ComponentTypeSetPostUpdateFn(HComponentType type, ComponentsPostUpdate fn) set the component post update callback
void ComponentTypeSetPrio(HComponentType type, uint16_t prio) set the component type prio order
void ComponentTypeSetPropertyIteratorFn(HComponentType type, dmGameObject::FIteratorProperties fn) set the component property iterator function
void ComponentTypeSetReadsTransforms(HComponentType type, bool reads_transforms) set the component type transform dependency flag
void ComponentTypeSetRenderFn(HComponentType type, ComponentsRender fn) set the component render callback
void ComponentTypeSetSetPropertiesFn(HComponentType type, ComponentSetProperties fn) set the component set properties callback
void ComponentTypeSetSetPropertyFn(HComponentType type, ComponentSetProperty fn) set the component set property callback
void ComponentTypeSetUpdateFn(HComponentType type, ComponentsUpdate fn) set the component update callback
MACROS
DM_DECLARE_COMPONENT_TYPE(symbol, name, create_fn, destroy_fn) Register a new component type

Functions

ComponentOnReload

void ComponentOnReload(const dmGameObject::ComponentOnReloadParams& params)

Called when the resource the component is based on has been reloaded.

PARAMETERS

const dmGameObject::ComponentOnReloadParams& params the parameters

ComponentTypeGetContext

void* ComponentTypeGetContext(HComponentType type)

get the component type global context

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type

RETURNS

void* component type global context

ComponentTypeGetTypeIndex

uint32_t ComponentTypeGetTypeIndex(HComponentType type)

Get the component type index. Used for with e.g. dmGameObject::GetWorld()/GetContext()

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type

RETURNS

uint32_t The type index.

ComponentTypeSetAddToUpdateFn

void ComponentTypeSetAddToUpdateFn(HComponentType type, ComponentAddToUpdate fn)

Set the component add-to-update callback. Called for each component instal, when the game object is spawned.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentAddToUpdate fn callback

ComponentTypeSetChildIteratorFn

void ComponentTypeSetChildIteratorFn(HComponentType type, dmGameObject::FIteratorChildren fn)

set the component child iterator function. Called during inspection

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
dmGameObject::FIteratorChildren fn child iterator function

ComponentTypeSetContext

void ComponentTypeSetContext(HComponentType type, void* context)

Set the component type global context. Usually set when registering the component type.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
void* context component type global context

ComponentTypeSetCreateFn

void ComponentTypeSetCreateFn(HComponentType type, ComponentCreate fn)

Set the component create callback. Called when a component instance is created.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentCreate fn callback

ComponentTypeSetDeleteWorldFn

void ComponentTypeSetDeleteWorldFn(HComponentType type, ComponentDeleteWorld fn)

Set the world destroy callback. Called when a collection (i.e. a "world") is destroyed.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentDeleteWorld fn callback

ComponentTypeSetDestroyFn

void ComponentTypeSetDestroyFn(HComponentType type, ComponentDestroy fn)

Set the component destroy callback. Called when a component instance is destroyed.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentDestroy fn callback

ComponentTypeSetFinalFn

void ComponentTypeSetFinalFn(HComponentType type, ComponentFinal fn)

Set the component finalize callback. Called on each gameobject's components, during a gameobject's finalization.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentFinal fn callback

ComponentTypeSetFixedUpdateFn

void ComponentTypeSetFixedUpdateFn(HComponentType type, ComponentsFixedUpdate fn)

Set the component update callback. Called when it's time to update all component instances.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentsFixedUpdate fn callback

ComponentTypeSetGetFn

void ComponentTypeSetGetFn(HComponentType type, ComponentGet fn)

Set the component get callback. Called when the scripts want to retrieve the individual component user data given an url.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentGet fn callback

ComponentTypeSetGetPropertyFn

void ComponentTypeSetGetPropertyFn(HComponentType type, ComponentGetProperty fn)

Set the component get property callback. Called when accessing a property via go.get()

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentGetProperty fn callback

ComponentTypeSetHasUserData

void ComponentTypeSetHasUserData(HComponentType type, bool has_user_data)

Set the component type need for a per component instance user data. Defaults to true.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
bool has_user_data does each component instance need user data

ComponentTypeSetInitFn

void ComponentTypeSetInitFn(HComponentType type, ComponentInit fn)

Set the component init callback. Called on each gameobject's components, during a gameobject's initialization.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentInit fn callback

ComponentTypeSetNewWorldFn

void ComponentTypeSetNewWorldFn(HComponentType type, ComponentNewWorld fn)

Set the new world callback. Called when a collection (i.e. a "world") is created.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentNewWorld fn callback

ComponentTypeSetOnInputFn

void ComponentTypeSetOnInputFn(HComponentType type, ComponentOnInput fn)

Set the component on-input callback. Called once per frame, before the Update function.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentOnInput fn callback

ComponentTypeSetOnMessageFn

void ComponentTypeSetOnMessageFn(HComponentType type, ComponentOnMessage fn)

Set the component on-message callback. Called multiple times per frame, to flush messages.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentOnMessage fn callback

ComponentTypeSetOnReloadFn

void ComponentTypeSetOnReloadFn(HComponentType type, ComponentOnReload fn)

Set the component on-reload callback. Called when the resource of a component instance is reloaded.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentOnReload fn callback

ComponentTypeSetPostUpdateFn

void ComponentTypeSetPostUpdateFn(HComponentType type, ComponentsPostUpdate fn)

Set the component post update callback. Called for each collection after the update, before the render.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentsPostUpdate fn callback

ComponentTypeSetPrio

void ComponentTypeSetPrio(HComponentType type, uint16_t prio)

Set the component type prio order. Defines the update order of the component types.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
uint16_t prio prio order

ComponentTypeSetPropertyIteratorFn

void ComponentTypeSetPropertyIteratorFn(HComponentType type, dmGameObject::FIteratorProperties fn)

set the component property iterator function. Called during inspection

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
dmGameObject::FIteratorProperties fn property iterator function

ComponentTypeSetReadsTransforms

void ComponentTypeSetReadsTransforms(HComponentType type, bool reads_transforms)

Set the component type transform dependency flag. If this flag is set, it might trigger an dmGameObject::UpdateTransforms() (if there are dirty transforms)

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
bool reads_transforms transform dependency flag

ComponentTypeSetRenderFn

void ComponentTypeSetRenderFn(HComponentType type, ComponentsRender fn)

Set the component render callback. Called when it's time to render all component instances.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentsRender fn callback

ComponentTypeSetSetPropertiesFn

void ComponentTypeSetSetPropertiesFn(HComponentType type, ComponentSetProperties fn)

Set the component set properties callback. Called when the component instance is being spwned.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentSetProperties fn callback

ComponentTypeSetSetPropertyFn

void ComponentTypeSetSetPropertyFn(HComponentType type, ComponentSetProperty fn)

Set the component set property callback. Called when accessing a property via go.set()

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentSetProperty fn callback

ComponentTypeSetUpdateFn

void ComponentTypeSetUpdateFn(HComponentType type, ComponentsUpdate fn)

Set the component update callback. Called when it's time to update all component instances.

PARAMETERS

HComponentType type the type
ComponentsUpdate fn callback

Structs

ComponentAddToUpdateParams

TYPE

struct ComponentAddToUpdateParams

Parameters to ComponentAddToUpdate callback.

MEMBERS

HCollection m_Collection Collection handle
HInstance m_Instance Game object instance
void* m_World Component world
void* m_Context User context
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer

ComponentCreateParams

TYPE

struct ComponentCreateParams

Parameters to ComponentCreate callback.

MEMBERS

HInstance m_Instance Game object instance
dmVMath::Point3 m_Position Local component position
dmVMath::Quat m_Rotation Local component rotation
dmVMath::Vector3 m_Scale Local component scale
PropertySet m_PropertySet Set of properties
void* m_Resource Component resource
void* m_World Component world, as created in the ComponentNewWorld callback
void* m_Context User context
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer
uint16_t m_ComponentIndex Index of the component type being created (among all component types)

ComponentDeleteWorldParams

TYPE

struct ComponentDeleteWorldParams

Parameters to ComponentDeleteWorld callback.

MEMBERS

m_Context [type void*] Context for the component type
m_World [type void*] The pointer to the world to destroy

ComponentDestroyParams

TYPE

struct ComponentDestroyParams

Parameters to ComponentDestroy callback.

MEMBERS

HCollection m_Collection Collection handle
HInstance m_Instance Game object instance
void* m_World Component world
void* m_Context User context
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer

ComponentFinalParams

TYPE

struct ComponentFinalParams

Parameters to ComponentFinal callback.

MEMBERS

HCollection m_Collection Collection handle
HInstance m_Instance Game object instance
void* m_World Component world
void* m_Context User context
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer

ComponentGetParams

TYPE

struct ComponentGetParams

Parameters to ComponentGet callback.

MEMBERS

HComponentWorld m_World Component world
HComponentInternal m_UserData Component internal representation

ComponentGetPropertyParams

TYPE

struct ComponentGetPropertyParams

Parameters to ComponentGetProperty callback.

MEMBERS

void* m_Context Context for the component type
void* m_World Component world
HInstance m_Instance Game object instance
dmhash_t m_PropertyId Id of the property
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer
PropertyOptions m_Options Options for getting the property

ComponentInitParams

TYPE

struct ComponentInitParams

Parameters to ComponentInit callback.

MEMBERS

HCollection m_Collection Collection handle
HInstance m_Instance Game object instance
void* m_World Component world
void* m_Context User context
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer

ComponentNewWorldParams

TYPE

struct ComponentNewWorldParams

Parameters to ComponentNewWorld callback.

MEMBERS

void* m_Context Context for the component type
uint8_t m_ComponentIndex Component type index that can be used later with GetWorld()
uint32_t m_MaxInstances Max component game object instance count (if applicable)
void** m_World Out-parameter of the pointer in which to store the created world
uint32_t m_MaxComponentInstances Max components count of this type in current collection counted at the build stage. If component in factory then value is 0xFFFFFFFF

ComponentOnInputParams

TYPE

struct ComponentOnInputParams

Parameters to ComponentOnInput callback.

MEMBERS

HInstance m_Instance Instance handle
const InputAction* m_InputAction Information about the input that occurred (note that input being released is also treated as input)
void* m_Context User context
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer

ComponentOnMessageParams

TYPE

struct ComponentOnMessageParams

Parameters to ComponentOnMessage callback.

MEMBERS

HInstance m_Instance Instance handle
void* m_World World
void* m_Context User context
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer
dmMessage::Message* m_Message Message

ComponentOnReloadParams

TYPE

struct ComponentOnReloadParams

Parameters to ComponentOnReload callback.

MEMBERS

HInstance m_Instance Instance handle
void* m_Resource Resource that was reloaded
void* m_World Component world
void* m_Context User context
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer

ComponentSetPropertiesParams

TYPE

struct ComponentSetPropertiesParams

Parameters to ComponentSetProperties callback.

MEMBERS

HInstance m_Instance Instance handle
PropertySet m_PropertySet Property set to use
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer

ComponentSetPropertyParams

TYPE

struct ComponentSetPropertyParams

Parameters to ComponentSetProperty callback.

MEMBERS

void* m_Context Context for the component type
void* m_World Component world
HInstance m_Instance Game object instance
dmhash_t m_PropertyId Id of the property
uintptr_t* m_UserData User data storage pointer
PropertyVar m_Value New value of the property
PropertyOptions m_Options Options for setting the property

ComponentsPostUpdateParams

TYPE

struct ComponentsPostUpdateParams

Parameters for ComponentsPostUpdate callback.

MEMBERS

HCollection m_Collection Collection handle
void* m_World Component world
void* m_Context User context

ComponentsRenderParams

TYPE

struct ComponentsRenderParams

Parameters to ComponentsRender callback.

MEMBERS

HCollection m_Collection Collection handle
void* m_World Component world
void* m_Context User context

ComponentsUpdateParams

TYPE

struct ComponentsUpdateParams

Parameters to ComponentsUpdate callback.

MEMBERS

HCollection m_Collection Collection handle
const UpdateContext* m_UpdateContext Update context
void* m_World Component world
void* m_Context User context

ComponentsUpdateResult

TYPE

struct ComponentsUpdateResult

Parameters to ComponentsUpdate callback.

MEMBERS

bool m_TransformsUpdated True if a component type updated any game object transforms

ComponentTypeCreateCtx

TYPE

struct ComponentTypeCreateCtx

Context used when registering a new component type

MEMBERS

dmConfigFile::HConfig m_Config The config file
dmResource::HFactory m_Factory The resource factory
dmGameObject::HRegister m_Register The game object registry
dmScript::HContext m_Script The shared script context
dmHashTable64 m_Contexts Mappings between names and contextx

Types

ComponentAddToUpdate

Component add to update function. Only components called with this function should be included in the update passes.

ComponentCreate

Component create function. Should allocate all necessary resources for the component. The game object instance is guaranteed to have its id, scene hierarchy and transform data updated when this is called.

ComponentDeleteWorld

Component world destroy function

ComponentDestroy

Component destroy function. Should deallocate all necessary resources.

ComponentFinal

Component finalize function. Should clean up as it is called when the component is disabled.

ComponentGet

A simple way to get the component instance from the user_data (which was set during creation)

ComponentGetProperty

Callback for retrieving a property value of the component.

ComponentInit

Component init function. Should set the components initial state as it is called when the component is enabled.

ComponentIterProperties

Callback when iterating over the properties for a component.

ComponentNewWorld

Component world create function

ComponentOnInput

Component on-input function. Called when input is sent to this component

ComponentOnMessage

Component on-message function. Called when message is sent to this component

ComponentSetProperties

Set a property set for the component.

ComponentSetProperty

Callback for setting a property value of the component.

ComponentsFixedUpdate

Component fixed update function. Updates all component of this type for all game objects

ComponentsPostUpdate

Component post update function. The component state should never be modified in this function.

ComponentsRender

Component render function.

ComponentsUpdate

Component update function. Updates all component of this type for all game objects

HComponentType

Component type handle. It holds the life time functions for a type.

Macros

DM_DECLARE_COMPONENT_TYPE

Register a new component type

symbol The unique C++ symbol name
name name of the component type (i.e. the resource suffix)
create_fn The type configuration function. May not be 0.
destroy_fn The type destruction function. May be 0.