TechbloxModdingAPI/TechbloxModdingAPI/Utility/NativeApiExtensions.cs

using Svelto.ECS;

namespace TechbloxModdingAPI.Utility
{
    public static class NativeApiExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Attempts to query an entity and returns an optional that contains the result if succeeded.
        /// <b>This overload does not take initializer data into account.</b>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="entitiesDB">The entities DB</param>
        /// <param name="egid">The EGID to query</param>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The component type to query</typeparam>
        /// <returns>An optional that contains the result on success or is empty if not found</returns>
        public static OptionalRef<T> QueryEntityOptional<T>(this EntitiesDB entitiesDB, EGID egid)
            where T : unmanaged, IEntityComponent
        {
            return entitiesDB.TryQueryEntitiesAndIndex<T>(egid, out uint index, out var array)
                ? new OptionalRef<T>(array, index)
                : new OptionalRef<T>(); 
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Attempts to query an entity and returns the result in an optional reference.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="entitiesDB">The entities DB to query from</param>
        /// <param name="obj">The ECS object to query</param>
        /// <param name="group">The group of the entity if the object can have multiple</param>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The component to query</typeparam>
        /// <returns>A reference to the component or a dummy value</returns>
        public static OptionalRef<T> QueryEntityOptional<T>(this EntitiesDB entitiesDB, EcsObjectBase obj, ExclusiveGroupStruct group = default)
            where T : unmanaged, IEntityComponent
        {
            EGID id = group == ExclusiveGroupStruct.Invalid ? obj.Id : new EGID(obj.Id.entityID, group);
            var opt = QueryEntityOptional<T>(entitiesDB, id);
            return opt ? opt : new OptionalRef<T>(obj, true);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Attempts to query an entity and returns the result or a dummy value that can be modified.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="entitiesDB">The entities DB to query from</param>
        /// <param name="obj">The ECS object to query</param>
        /// <param name="group">The group of the entity if the object can have multiple</param>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The component to query</typeparam>
        /// <returns>A reference to the component or a dummy value</returns>
        public static ref T QueryEntityOrDefault<T>(this EntitiesDB entitiesDB, EcsObjectBase obj, ExclusiveGroupStruct group = default)
            where T : unmanaged, IEntityComponent
        {
            EGID id = group == ExclusiveGroupStruct.Invalid ? obj.Id : new EGID(obj.Id.entityID, group);
            var opt = QueryEntityOptional<T>(entitiesDB, id);
            if (opt) return ref opt.Get();
            if (obj.InitData.Valid) return ref obj.InitData.Initializer(id).GetOrCreate<T>();
            return ref opt.Get(); //Default value
        }
    }
}