Helper class to maintain a constant buffer of GameObjects ready to use, and reuse. More...

Inheritance diagram for NullPointerGame.Extras.ContentPool:

Public Member Functions
GameObject	Instantiate ()
	Takes an element from the buffer and returns it. if there is no more elements in the buffer an expansion will be produced. More...

void	Destroy (GameObject itemToDestroy)
	Returns the GameObject to the buffer. More...

void	Destroy (IEnumerable< GameObject > itemsToDestroy)
	Returns all the GameObjects to the Buffer More...

Public Attributes
GameObject	template
	GameObject to use as a template for the buffer. More...

Transform	alivesContainer
	Transform container for the instanced and alive GameObjects More...

Transform	bufferContainer
	Transform container for the unused GameObjects More...

int	minBuffer = 10
	Minimal amount of created GameObjects for the buffer More...

int	expandBuffer = 4
	If the quantity of requested game object is reached, the buffer will expand by this quantity. More...

List< GameObject >	buffer = new List<GameObject>()

Detailed Description

Helper class to maintain a constant buffer of GameObjects ready to use, and reuse.

Member Function Documentation

◆ Destroy() [1/2]

void NullPointerGame.Extras.ContentPool.Destroy ( GameObject itemToDestroy )

Returns the GameObject to the buffer.

Parameters

itemToDestroy The GameObject to be returned to the buffer.

◆ Destroy() [2/2]

void NullPointerGame.Extras.ContentPool.Destroy ( IEnumerable< GameObject > itemsToDestroy )

Returns all the GameObjects to the Buffer

Parameters

itemsToDestroy The list of GameObjects to return to the Buffer.

◆ Instantiate()

GameObject NullPointerGame.Extras.ContentPool.Instantiate ( )

Takes an element from the buffer and returns it. if there is no more elements in the buffer an expansion will be produced.

Returns: The usable GameObject returned by the buffer.

Member Data Documentation

◆ alivesContainer

Transform NullPointerGame.Extras.ContentPool.alivesContainer

Transform container for the instanced and alive GameObjects

◆ buffer

List<GameObject> NullPointerGame.Extras.ContentPool.buffer = new List<GameObject>()

◆ bufferContainer

Transform NullPointerGame.Extras.ContentPool.bufferContainer

Transform container for the unused GameObjects

◆ expandBuffer

int NullPointerGame.Extras.ContentPool.expandBuffer = 4

If the quantity of requested game object is reached, the buffer will expand by this quantity.

◆ minBuffer

int NullPointerGame.Extras.ContentPool.minBuffer = 10

Minimal amount of created GameObjects for the buffer

◆ template

GameObject NullPointerGame.Extras.ContentPool.template

GameObject to use as a template for the buffer.

Public Member Functions

Public Attributes