Entity:create_event

Instantiates and creates a new Event associated with this entity.

Usage

entity:create_event(class, ...)

Arguments

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

Returns

Name	Type	Description
event	Event	Event that was created by this call.

Examples

local DamageEvent = Class("DamageEvent", crystal.Event);
DamageEvent.init = function(self, amount)
  self.amount = amount;
end

local ecs = crystal.ECS:new();
local entity = ecs:spawn(crystal.Entity);
local event = entity:create_event(DamageEvent, 50);
assert(event.amount == 50);