class System

package ash.core

extended by ListIteratingSystem

The base class for a system.

A system is part of the core functionality of the game. After a system is added to the engine, its update method will be called on every frame of the engine. When the system is removed from the engine, the update method is no longer called.

The aggregate of all systems in the engine is the functionality of the game, with the update methods of those systems collectively constituting the engine update loop. Systems generally operate on node lists - collections of nodes. Each node contains the components from an entity in the engine that match the node.

Constructor

new ()

Variables

next:System

Used internally to manage the list of systems within the engine. The next system in the list.

previous:System

Used internally to manage the list of systems within the engine. The previous system in the list.

priority:Int

Used internally to hold the priority of this system within the system list. This is used to order the systems so they are updated in the correct order.

Methods

addToEngine (engine:Engine):Void

Called just after the system is added to the engine, before any calls to the update method. Override this method to add your own functionality.

Parameters:

engine

The engine the system was added to.

removeFromEngine (engine:Engine):Void

Called just after the system is removed from the engine, after all calls to the update method. Override this method to add your own functionality.

Parameters:

engine

The engine the system was removed from.

update (time:Float):Void

After the system is added to the engine, this method is called every frame until the system is removed from the engine. Override this method to add your own functionality.

If you need to perform an action outside of the update loop (e.g. you need to change the systems in the engine and you don't want to do it while they're updating) add a listener to the engine's updateComplete signal to be notified when the update loop completes.

Parameters:

time

The duration, in seconds, of the frame.