Struct amethyst_core::Named

pub struct Named {
    pub name: Cow<'static, str>,
}

A component that gives a name to an Entity.

There are two ways you can get a name for an entity:

• Hard-coding the entity name in code, in which case the name would be a &'static str.
• Dynamically generating the string or loading it from a data file, in which case the name would be a String.

To support both of these cases smoothly, Named stores the name as Cow<'static, str>. You can pass either a &'static str or a String to Named::new, and your code can generally treat the name field as a &str without needing to know whether the name is actually an owned or borrowed string.

Examples

Creating a name from string constant:

use amethyst::core::{Named, WithNamed};
use amethyst::ecs::prelude::*;

let mut world = World::new();
world.register::<Named>();

world
    .create_entity()
    .named("Super Cool Entity")
    .build();

Creating a name from a dynamically generated string:

use amethyst::core::{Named, WithNamed};
use amethyst::ecs::prelude::*;

let mut world = World::new();
world.register::<Named>();

for entity_num in 0..10 {
    world
        .create_entity()
        .named(format!("Entity Number {}", entity_num))
        .build();
}

Accessing a named entity in a system:

use amethyst::core::Named;
use amethyst::ecs::prelude::*;

pub struct NameSystem;

impl<'s> System<'s> for NameSystem {
    type SystemData = (
        Entities<'s>,
        ReadStorage<'s, Named>,
    );

    fn run(&mut self, (entities, names): Self::SystemData) {
        for (entity, name) in (&*entities, &names).join() {
            println!("Entity {:?} is named {}", entity, name.name);
        }
    }
}

Fields

name: Cow<'static, str>

The name of the entity this component is attached to.

Methods

impl Named

pub fn new<S>(name: S) -> Self where
    S: Into<Cow<'static, str>>, 

Constructs a new Named from a string.

Examples

From a string constant:

use amethyst::core::Named;

let name_component = Named::new("Super Cool Entity");

From a dynamic string:

use amethyst::core::Named;

let entity_num = 7;
let name_component = Named::new(format!("Entity Number {}", entity_num));

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Named

fn clone(&self) -> Named

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for Named

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Serialize for Named

fn serialize<__S>(&self, __serializer: __S) -> Result<__S::Ok, __S::Error> where
    __S: Serializer, 

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Named

fn deserialize<__D>(__deserializer: __D) -> Result<Self, __D::Error> where
    __D: Deserializer<'de>, 

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl Component for Named

type Storage = DenseVecStorage<Self>

Associated storage type for this component.