EntityData Class

Provides an access to the game entity data.

The EntityData class implementation can be found in the data/framework/game/game_data.h file.

EntityData Class

Members

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void setDescription (string description)

Sets an entity description.

Arguments

• string description - Entity description.

string getDescription()

Returns an entity description.

Return value

Entity description.

void setEntityFile(string path)

Sets a relative path to an entity file.

Arguments

• string path - Relative path to an entity file.

string getEntityFile(int is_absolute = false)

Returns a path to the *.entityfile relative todata_path.

Arguments

• int is_absolute - Flag indicating if an absolute file path is returned. 1 to return an absolute file path; otherwise 0.

Return value

Path to the *.entityfile.

GameData getGameData()

Returns an instance of the GameData class, to which an entity belongs to.

Return value

GameData class instance.

void setLogicFile(string path)

Sets a relative path to the logic file.

Arguments

• string path - Relative path to the *.hfile.

string getLogicFile(int is_absolute = false)

Returns a relative path to the logic file of the entity.

Arguments

• int is_absolute - Flag indicating if an absolute file path is returned. 1 to return an absolute file path; otherwise 0.

Return value

Path to the *.hfile.

int setName(string name)

Sets an entity name.

Arguments

• string name - Entity name.

Return value

1 if the new name is set successfully; otherwise 0.

string getName()

Returns an entity name.

Return value

Entity name.

void setNodeFile(string path)

Sets a relative path to the *.nodefile.

Arguments

• string path - Relative path to the *.nodefile.

string getNodeFile(int is_absolute = false)

Returns a path to the *.nodefile relative todata_path.

Arguments

• int is_absolute - Flag indicating if an absolute file path is returned. 1 to return an absolute file path; otherwise 0.

Return value

Path to the *.nodefile.

void setPropertyFile(string path)

Sets a relative path to the property file.

Arguments

• string path - Relative path to the *.propfile.

string getPropertyFile(int is_absolute = false)

Returns a relative path to the property file of the entity.

Arguments

• int is_absolute - Flag indicating if an absolute file path is returned. 1 to return an absolute file path; otherwise 0.

Return value

Path to the *.propfile.

EntityData(GameData game_data, string name)

Constructor. Creates a new EntityData class instance.

Arguments

• GameData game_data - Instance of the GameData class, to which the entity belongs to.
• string name - Entity name.

int loadData(Xml xml)

Reads entity data from the Xml class instance.

Arguments

• Xml xml - Data on the entity.

Return value

1 if data is loaded successfully; otherwise 0.

void saveData(Xml xml)

Writes data on the entity to the instance of the Xml class.

Arguments

• Xml xml - Instance of the Xml class to write data.