Method TryGetComponent

TryGetComponent(Entity, out T, out bool)

Retrieves the component associated with the specified Entity, if it exists. Then reports if the instance still refers to a valid entity and that it has a component of type T.

Declaration

public bool TryGetComponent(Entity entity, out T componentData, out bool entityExists)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Entity	entity	The entity.
T	componentData	The component of type T for the given entity, if it exists.
bool	entityExists	Denotes whether the given entity exists. Use to differentiate an invalid entity from the entity not having the given buffer.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	True if the entity has a component of type T, and false if it does not.

TryGetComponent(Entity, out T)

Retrieves the component associated with the specified Entity, if it exists. Then reports if the instance still refers to a valid entity and that it has a component of type T.

Declaration

public bool TryGetComponent(Entity entity, out T componentData)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Entity	entity	The entity.
T	componentData	The component of type T for the given entity, if it exists.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	True if the entity has a component of type T, and false if it does not.