DataComponent Class Reference

DataComponent class to centrally store data about an entity such as stats. More...

#include <DataComponent.h>

Public Member Functions
	DataComponent ()
	The data component only has a default constructor.
template<typename T>
void	setEntry (const std::string &key, const T &value)
	Set a key-value pair of any type in the data map.
template<typename T>
std::optional< T >	getEntry (std::string key) const
	Get a value of type T from the data map.

Detailed Description

DataComponent class to centrally store data about an entity such as stats.

Member Function Documentation

getEntry()

template<typename T>

std::optional< T > DataComponent::getEntry ( std::string key ) const

inline

Get a value of type T from the data map.

e.g.

getEntry<int>("speed").value();

in this case the key is "speed" and the value is returned as an integer

the value() or value_or() is NEEDED to handle the optional return type

Parameters

key	The name to retrieve the value from

Returns

An optional of type T containing the value if it exists and matches in typeid, otherwise std::nullopt

setEntry()

template<typename T>

void DataComponent::setEntry ( const std::string & key, const T & value )

inline

Set a key-value pair of any type in the data map.

e.g.

setEntry("speed", 180);

in this case the key is "speed" and the value is set to an integer of 180

Parameters

key	The name to store the value under
value	The value to store of type T

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• include/DataComponent.h