Entity:add_component

Instantiates and adds a new Component to this entity.

Usage

entity:component(class, ...)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
class	string or component class	The component class to instantiate, as a string or as a reference.
...	any	Arguments that are passed to the component’s constructor.

Returns

Name	Type	Description
component	Component	Component that was created by this call.

Examples

local Arm = Class("Arm", crystal.Component);
Arm.init = function(self, side)
  self.side = side;
end

local ecs = crystal.ECS:new();
local entity = ecs:spawn(crystal.Entity);
local left_arm = entity:add_component(Arm, "left");
local right_arm = entity:add_component("Arm", "right");
assert(right_arm.side == "right");