Currently the entity and components are stored in std::vectors and an Entity uses an index to access that std::vector. This causes issues because the developer needs to always consider the case where an Entity does not have a component to prevent out of bounds accesses which throw exceptions / cause crashes.
To deal with this an EntityManager should be created that provides access to the Entity and Component storage. The accessor functions will handle the checks to ensure that an Entity actually has a component before the calling code tries to access the component and use it.
Currently the entity and components are stored in
std::vectors and anEntityuses an index to access thatstd::vector. This causes issues because the developer needs to always consider the case where anEntitydoes not have a component to prevent out of bounds accesses which throw exceptions / cause crashes.To deal with this an
EntityManagershould be created that provides access to theEntityandComponentstorage. The accessor functions will handle the checks to ensure that anEntityactually has a component before the calling code tries to access the component and use it.