From 0c12f8d38bbf323d82cda9cc5f784e393938bd7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brychan Dempsey <brychand@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:42:35 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Added create and destroy functions

---
 .../ECS.java                                  | 30 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/javaecs/src/main/java/nz/ac/massey/programming_project_159333_s1_2021/ECS.java b/javaecs/src/main/java/nz/ac/massey/programming_project_159333_s1_2021/ECS.java
index 88a9f5e..fe275d9 100644
--- a/javaecs/src/main/java/nz/ac/massey/programming_project_159333_s1_2021/ECS.java
+++ b/javaecs/src/main/java/nz/ac/massey/programming_project_159333_s1_2021/ECS.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class ECS {
     // Components are either primitive types or class/struct definitions, with an additional list associating
     // the entities the component is assigned to
     List<Object> components = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<List<Object>> componentAssociations = new ArrayList<>();
     // Systems are user-defined functions that are called by the game engine, usually at a regular interval such 
     // as between every render frame. It must be able to find all instances of a specific component, in order
     // to update/read its data. A component  
@@ -23,8 +24,35 @@ public class ECS {
     int componentIndex = 0;
     int systemIndex = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * Takes the next element off the list of unassigned entities
+     * @return the value of the new entity
+     */
     Integer createEntity(){
-        
+        int newEntity = entities.remove(0);
+        if (componentAssociations.size() <= newEntity){
+            for (int i = componentAssociations.size(); i < newEntity+1 - componentAssociations.size(); i++) {
+                componentAssociations.add(i, new ArrayList<>());
+            }
+        }
+        componentAssociations.add(newEntity, element);
+        return newEntity;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds the entity back to the list of unassigned entities,
+     * and empty all component associations
+     * @param entity
+     */
+    void destroyEntity(int entity){
+        entities.add(entity);
+        componentAssociations.set(entity, new ArrayList<>());
+    }
+
+    void init(int maxEntities){
+        for (int i = 0; i < maxEntities; i++) {
+            entities.add(i);
+        }
     }
 
 }
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