Pipeline

Pipelines order and schedule systems for execution. More...

Classes
struct	ecs_pipeline_desc_t

Macros
#define	FLECS_PIPELINE_H
#define	ECS_PIPELINE_DEFINE(world, id_, ...)
#define	ECS_PIPELINE(world, id, ...)
#define	ecs_pipeline(world, ...)    ecs_pipeline_init(world, &(ecs_pipeline_desc_t) __VA_ARGS__ )

Typedefs
typedef struct ecs_pipeline_desc_t	ecs_pipeline_desc_t

Functions
FLECS_API ecs_entity_t	ecs_pipeline_init (ecs_world_t *world, const ecs_pipeline_desc_t *desc)
	Create a custom pipeline.
FLECS_API void	ecs_set_pipeline (ecs_world_t *world, ecs_entity_t pipeline)
	Set a custom pipeline. More...
FLECS_API ecs_entity_t	ecs_get_pipeline (const ecs_world_t *world)
	Get the current pipeline. More...
FLECS_API bool	ecs_progress (ecs_world_t *world, ecs_ftime_t delta_time)
	Progress a world. More...
FLECS_API void	ecs_set_time_scale (ecs_world_t *world, ecs_ftime_t scale)
	Set time scale. More...
FLECS_API void	ecs_reset_clock (ecs_world_t *world)
	Reset world clock. More...
FLECS_API void	ecs_run_pipeline (ecs_world_t *world, ecs_entity_t pipeline, ecs_ftime_t delta_time)
	Run pipeline. More...
FLECS_API void	ecs_set_threads (ecs_world_t *world, int32_t threads)
	Set number of worker threads. More...
FLECS_API void	ecs_set_task_threads (ecs_world_t *world, int32_t task_threads)
	Set number of worker task threads. More...
FLECS_API bool	ecs_using_task_threads (ecs_world_t *world)
	Returns true if task thread use have been requested.
FLECS_API void	FlecsPipelineImport (ecs_world_t *world)

Detailed Description

Pipelines order and schedule systems for execution.

Macro Definition Documentation

ECS_PIPELINE

#define ECS_PIPELINE	(		world,
			id,
			...
	)

Value:

    ecs_entity_t id = 0, ecs_id(id) = 0; ECS_PIPELINE_DEFINE(world, id, __VA_ARGS__);\
    (void)id;\
    (void)ecs_id(id);

Definition at line 60 of file pipeline.h.

ecs_pipeline

#define ecs_pipeline	(		world,
			...
	)		ecs_pipeline_init(world, &(ecs_pipeline_desc_t) __VA_ARGS__ )

Definition at line 65 of file pipeline.h.

ECS_PIPELINE_DEFINE

#define ECS_PIPELINE_DEFINE	(		world,
			id_,
			...
	)

Value:

    { \
        ecs_pipeline_desc_t desc = {0}; \
        ecs_entity_desc_t edesc = {0}; \
        edesc.id = id_;\
        edesc.name = #id_;\
        desc.entity = ecs_entity_init(world, &edesc);\
        desc.query.filter.expr = #__VA_ARGS__; \
        id_ = ecs_pipeline_init(world, &desc); \
        ecs_id(id_) = id_;\
    } \
    ecs_assert(id_ != 0, ECS_INVALID_PARAMETER, NULL);

Definition at line 47 of file pipeline.h.

FLECS_PIPELINE_H

#define FLECS_PIPELINE_H

Definition at line 39 of file pipeline.h.

Function Documentation

ecs_get_pipeline()

FLECS_API ecs_entity_t ecs_get_pipeline

(

const ecs_world_t *

world

)

Get the current pipeline.

This operation gets the current pipeline.

Parameters

world

The world.

Returns

The current pipeline.

ecs_progress()

FLECS_API bool ecs_progress	(	ecs_world_t *	world,
		ecs_ftime_t	delta_time
	)

Progress a world.

This operation progresses the world by running all systems that are both enabled and periodic on their matching entities.

An application can pass a delta_time into the function, which is the time passed since the last frame. This value is passed to systems so they can update entity values proportional to the elapsed time since their last invocation.

When an application passes 0 to delta_time, ecs_progress will automatically measure the time passed since the last frame. If an application does not uses time management, it should pass a non-zero value for delta_time (1.0 is recommended). That way, no time will be wasted measuring the time.

Parameters

world	The world to progress.
delta_time	The time passed since the last frame.

Returns

false if ecs_quit has been called, true otherwise.

ecs_reset_clock()

FLECS_API void ecs_reset_clock

(

ecs_world_t *

world

)

Reset world clock.

Reset the clock that keeps track of the total time passed in the simulation.

Parameters

world

The world.

ecs_run_pipeline()

FLECS_API void ecs_run_pipeline	(	ecs_world_t *	world,
		ecs_entity_t	pipeline,
		ecs_ftime_t	delta_time
	)

Run pipeline.

This will run all systems in the provided pipeline. This operation may be invoked from multiple threads, and only when staging is disabled, as the pipeline manages staging and, if necessary, synchronization between threads.

If 0 is provided for the pipeline id, the default pipeline will be ran (this is either the builtin pipeline or the pipeline set with set_pipeline()).

When using progress() this operation will be invoked automatically for the default pipeline (either the builtin pipeline or the pipeline set with set_pipeline()). An application may run additional pipelines.

Parameters

world	The world.
pipeline	The pipeline to run.

ecs_set_pipeline()

FLECS_API void ecs_set_pipeline	(	ecs_world_t *	world,
		ecs_entity_t	pipeline
	)

Set a custom pipeline.

This operation sets the pipeline to run when ecs_progress is invoked.

Parameters

world	The world.
pipeline	The pipeline to set.

ecs_set_task_threads()

FLECS_API void ecs_set_task_threads	(	ecs_world_t *	world,
		int32_t	task_threads
	)

Set number of worker task threads.

ecs_set_task_threads is similar to ecs_set_threads, except threads are treated as short-lived tasks and will be created and joined around each update of the world. Creation and joining of these tasks will use the os_api_t tasks APIs rather than the the standard thread API functions, although they may be the same if desired. This function is useful for multithreading world updates using an external asynchronous job system rather than long running threads by providing the APIs to create tasks for your job system and then wait on their conclusion. The operation may be called multiple times to reconfigure the number of task threads used, but never while running a system / pipeline. Calling ecs_set_task_threads will also end the use of threads setup with ecs_set_threads and vice-versa

ecs_set_threads()

FLECS_API void ecs_set_threads	(	ecs_world_t *	world,
		int32_t	threads
	)

Set number of worker threads.

Setting this value to a value higher than 1 will start as many threads and will cause systems to evenly distribute matched entities across threads. The operation may be called multiple times to reconfigure the number of threads used, but never while running a system / pipeline. Calling ecs_set_threads will also end the use of task threads setup with ecs_set_task_threads and vice-versa

ecs_set_time_scale()

FLECS_API void ecs_set_time_scale	(	ecs_world_t *	world,
		ecs_ftime_t	scale
	)

Set time scale.

Increase or decrease simulation speed by the provided multiplier.

Parameters

world	The world.
scale	The scale to apply (default = 1).