In the entity component system, the actor is our main object type. The actor poseesses an entity as and additional modular "blocks" of behavior called components. An actor has only one entity but can have multiple components.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | const shared_ptr<Entity>& | entity this actor controls |
| AddComponent | Method | adds a new component to the actor |
| Copy | Method | makes a copy of the actor |
| GetComponent | Method | gets the component of the specified type, if it exists |
| CreateActor | Function | creates a new actor |
| GetEntityActor | Function | retrieves an entity's actor |
Additional methods may be generated by the preprocessor. These attributes will be created based on the component classes that are present in your project source code files.