Entities

The entity is a general purpose object

You can nest Entities inside an Entity (addChild-function) but you can also add Components (using the add-function). You cannot extend a Entity. The Entities define the hierarchy and order of the 'displaylist'/rendering order.

In Flambe, every entity has these important functions:

• addChild(entity:Entity) Adds a child Entity (to nest entities)
• removeChild(entity:Entity) Remove a child Entity
• add(component:Component) Add a component to this entity. Any previous component of this type will be replaced.
• remove(component:Component) Remove a component from this entity.
• get(componentClass:Class) Gets a component of a given type from this entity.
• getComponent(name:String) Gets a component by name from this entity.
• has(componentClass:Class) Checks if this entity has a component of the given type.
• disposeChildren() Dispose all of this entity's children, without touching its own components or removing itself from its parent.
• dispose() Removes this entity from its parent, and disposes all its components and children.

Entity API Docs