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    Class Component

    class defining a Cogs component. Defines basic properties of the component - readonly for clients 'type' and 'entity'. All component shares same class definition. The properties for accessing the fields of the component type will be filled in at runtime, e.g. for TransformComponent: getter+setter for: coordinates, position, rotation etc.

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    Constructors

    • Internal: Component constructor

      Parameters

      • type: string

        type of the component. Ex. "TransformComponent"

      • entity: Entity

        Owning entity. Entity only passed when wrapping existing entity.

      Returns Component

    Properties

    isTyped: boolean

    Internal flag set if component is a Cogs Core component.

    Accessors

    • get entity(): Entity

      Gets the optional owning entity

      Returns Entity

    • set entity(entity: Entity): void

      Internal: set owning entity.

      Parameters

      Returns void

    • get name(): string

      Component name == type. For compatibility

      Returns string

    • get type(): string

      Gets the type of the component. Ex. "TransformComponent", "SceneComponent" etc.

      Returns string

    Methods

    • Internal: Creates a new component of the given type (name). Component is wrapped when adding to an entity.

      Parameters

      • type: string

        Type of the component. Ex. "TransformComponent"

      Returns Component

      Created Cogs.js component.

    • Internal: Creates a new component being wrapped as an existing member of the entity

      Parameters

      • type: string

        Type of the component. Ex. "TransformComponent"

      • entity: Entity

        The owning entity

      Returns Component

      Created Cogs.js component.