Class EntityFactory

Namespace: ValveResourceFormat.Renderer.Entities
Assembly: Renderer.dll

Turns a classname into a live entity. Source's entity factory dictionary: every simulated classname registers here, and anything absent from the table is not one the entity system implements.

public static class EntityFactory

Inheritance

object ← EntityFactory

Remarks

The table is filled in statically rather than by scanning types, to stay trim-safe and AOT-compatible. Add a classname here and hands it to instead of loading it as a static scene node.

Methods

Create(EntitySystem, EntitySpawnInfo)

Creates and spawns the entity for a classname. The entity is fully set up when this returns, but is not in the world yet; is what puts it there.

public static BaseEntity? Create(EntitySystem system, EntitySpawnInfo spawnInfo)

Parameters

system EntitySystem

spawnInfo EntitySpawnInfo

Returns

BaseEntity?

The spawned entity, or null when the classname is not implemented.

IsRegistered(string)

Whether this classname is simulated by the entity system.

public static bool IsRegistered(string classname)

Parameters

classname string

Returns

bool

Register<T>(string, EntityCreator)

Registers a classname the entity system should simulate, and builds the entity class's table of

handlers. Safe to call while maps are loading, though the static

constructor below is where the entity system's own classnames are declared.

public static void Register<T>(string classname, EntityCreator creator) where T : BaseEntity

Parameters

classname string

The classname to link, matched case-insensitively.

creator EntityCreator

Constructs the entity.

Type Parameters

T

The entity class the classname spawns.