Objects::ObjectComponent

ObjectComponent in Unified Engine

The ObjectComponent class acts as a foundational unit within the Unified Engine. It represents an individual entity or component in the engine. Each ObjectComponent can have both child components and child entities, creating a tree-like structure, which aids in representing hierarchical structures like game objects with their components or parent-child relationships in game scenes.

Class Components

Enum:

• ObjectComponentType: Defines the different types of objects and components that the engine can handle, including game objects, shader objects, cameras, etc.

Protected Members:

• Parent: Points to the parent ObjectComponent of the current object.

• Children: A list of child ObjectComponent entities attached to this object.

• Components: A list of child ObjectComponent components attached to this object.

• Enabled: A boolean flag indicating whether the component is active or not.

• Main: Generic pointer for internal use.

Public Members:

• type: Stores the type of the component (from the ObjectComponentType enum).

Constructors & Destructor:

• ObjectComponent(ObjectComponent* _Parent, ObjectComponentType Type, bool Component = false): Constructs an ObjectComponent with a specified parent, type, and optional component flag.

• ~ObjectComponent(): Destructor for the ObjectComponent.

Methods:

• UpdateC(): Updates the child components of the object.

• Update(): Virtual method to update the state of the ObjectComponent. Intended for overriding.

• RenderC(): Renders the child components of the object.

• Render(): Virtual method to render the ObjectComponent to the screen. Intended for overriding.

• GetCompoentOfType(ObjectComponentType type): Returns the first component of the specified type attached to the object.

• GetCompoentsOfType(ObjectComponentType type): Returns all components of the specified type attached to the object.

• GetChildOfType(ObjectComponentType type): Returns the first child of the specified type attached to the object.

• GetChildrenOfType(ObjectComponentType type): Returns all children of the specified type attached to the object.