Struct Ref 

pub struct Ref<'w, T>
where
    T: ?Sized,
{ /* private fields */ }

Shared borrow of an entity’s component with access to change detection. Similar to Mut but is immutable and so doesn’t require unique access.

Examples

These two systems produce the same output.

fn how_many_changed_1(query: Query<(), Changed<MyComponent>>) {
    println!("{} changed", query.iter().count());
}

fn how_many_changed_2(query: Query<Ref<MyComponent>>) {
    println!("{} changed", query.iter().filter(|c| c.is_changed()).count());
}

Implementations

impl<'w, T> Ref<'w, T>

where T: ?Sized,

pub fn into_inner(self) -> &'w T

Returns the reference wrapped by this type. The reference is allowed to outlive self, which makes this method more flexible than simply borrowing self.

pub fn map<U>(self, f: impl FnOnce(&T) -> &U) -> Ref<'w, U>

where U: ?Sized,

Map Ref to a different type using f.

This doesn’t do anything else than call f on the wrapped value. This is equivalent to Mut::map_unchanged.

pub fn new( value: &'w T, added: &'w Tick, changed: &'w Tick, last_run: Tick, this_run: Tick, caller: MaybeLocation<&'w &'static Location<'static>>, ) -> Ref<'w, T>

Create a new Ref using provided values.

This is an advanced feature, Refs are designed to be created by engine-internal code and consumed by end-user code.

• value - The value wrapped by Ref.
• added - A [Tick] that stores the tick when the wrapped value was created.
• changed - A [Tick] that stores the last time the wrapped value was changed.
• last_run - A [Tick], occurring before this_run, which is used as a reference to determine whether the wrapped value is newly added or changed.
• this_run - A [Tick] corresponding to the current point in time – “now”.

pub fn set_ticks(&mut self, last_run: Tick, this_run: Tick)

Overwrite the last_run and this_run tick that are used for change detection.

This is an advanced feature. Refs are usually created by engine-internal code and consumed by end-user code.

Trait Implementations

impl<'w, T> AsRef<T> for Ref<'w, T>

fn as_ref(&self) -> &T

Converts this type into a shared reference of the (usually inferred) input type.

impl<'w, T> Clone for Ref<'w, T>

where T: ?Sized,

fn clone(&self) -> Ref<'w, T>

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl<T> ContiguousQueryData for Ref<'_, T>

where T: Component,

type Contiguous<'w, 's> = ContiguousRef<'w, T>

Item returned by [ContiguousQueryData::fetch_contiguous]. Represents a contiguous chunk of memory.

unsafe fn fetch_contiguous<'w, 's>( _state: &'s <Ref<'_, T> as WorldQuery>::State, fetch: &mut <Ref<'_, T> as WorldQuery>::Fetch<'w>, entities: &'w [Entity], ) -> <Ref<'_, T> as ContiguousQueryData>::Contiguous<'w, 's>

Fetch [ContiguousQueryData::Contiguous] which represents a contiguous chunk of memory (e.g., an array) in the current [Table]. This must always be called after [WorldQuery::set_table].

impl<'w, T> Debug for Ref<'w, T>

where T: Debug + ?Sized,

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error>

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<'w, T> Deref for Ref<'w, T>

where T: ?Sized,

type Target = T

The resulting type after dereferencing.

fn deref(&self) -> &<Ref<'w, T> as Deref>::Target

Dereferences the value.

impl<'w, T> DetectChanges for Ref<'w, T>

where T: ?Sized,

fn is_added(&self) -> bool

Returns true if this value was added after the system last ran.

fn is_changed(&self) -> bool

Returns true if this value was added or mutably dereferenced either since the last time the system ran or, if the system never ran, since the beginning of the program.

fn is_added_after(&self, other: Tick) -> bool

Returns true if this value was added after the other tick.

fn is_changed_after(&self, other: Tick) -> bool

Returns true if this value was added or mutably dereferenced after the other tick.

fn last_changed(&self) -> Tick

Returns the change tick recording the time this data was most recently changed.

fn added(&self) -> Tick

Returns the change tick recording the time this data was added.

fn changed_by(&self) -> MaybeLocation

The location that last caused this to change.

impl<'w, T> From<Mut<'w, T>> for Ref<'w, T>

where T: ?Sized,

fn from(mut_ref: Mut<'w, T>) -> Ref<'w, T>

Converts to this type from the input type.

impl<'w, T> From<Res<'w, T>> for Ref<'w, T>

where T: Resource,

fn from(res: Res<'w, T>) -> Ref<'w, T>

Convert a Res into a Ref. This allows keeping the change-detection feature of Ref while losing the specificity of Res for resources.

impl<'w, 'a, T> IntoIterator for &'a Ref<'w, T>

where &'a T: IntoIterator,

type Item = <&'a T as IntoIterator>::Item

The type of the elements being iterated over.

type IntoIter = <&'a T as IntoIterator>::IntoIter

Which kind of iterator are we turning this into?

fn into_iter(self) -> <&'a Ref<'w, T> as IntoIterator>::IntoIter

Creates an iterator from a value.

impl<'__w, T> QueryData for Ref<'__w, T>

where T: Component,

const IS_READ_ONLY: bool = true

True if this query is read-only and may not perform mutable access.

const IS_ARCHETYPAL: bool = true

Returns true if (and only if) this query data relies strictly on archetypes to limit which entities are accessed by the Query.

type ReadOnly = Ref<'__w, T>

The read-only variant of this [QueryData], which satisfies the [ReadOnlyQueryData] trait.

type Item<'w, 's> = Ref<'w, T>

The item returned by this [WorldQuery] This will be the data retrieved by the query, and is visible to the end user when calling e.g. Query<Self>::get.

fn shrink<'wlong, 'wshort, 's>( item: <Ref<'__w, T> as QueryData>::Item<'wlong, 's>, ) -> <Ref<'__w, T> as QueryData>::Item<'wshort, 's>

where 'wlong: 'wshort,

This function manually implements subtyping for the query items.

unsafe fn fetch<'w, 's>( _state: &'s <Ref<'__w, T> as WorldQuery>::State, fetch: &mut <Ref<'__w, T> as WorldQuery>::Fetch<'w>, entity: Entity, table_row: TableRow, ) -> Option<<Ref<'__w, T> as QueryData>::Item<'w, 's>>

Fetch Self::Item for either the given entity in the current [Table], or for the given entity in the current [Archetype]. This must always be called after [WorldQuery::set_table] with a table_row in the range of the current [Table] or after [WorldQuery::set_archetype] with an entity in the current archetype. Accesses components registered in [WorldQuery::update_component_access].

fn iter_access( state: &<Ref<'__w, T> as WorldQuery>::State, ) -> impl Iterator<Item = EcsAccessType<'_>>

Returns an iterator over the access needed by [QueryData::fetch]. Access conflicts are usually checked in [WorldQuery::update_component_access], but in certain cases this method can be useful to implement a way of checking for access conflicts in a non-allocating way.

fn provide_extra_access( _state: &mut Self::State, _access: &mut Access, _available_access: &Access, )

Offers additional access above what we requested in update_component_access. Implementations may add additional access that is a subset of available_access and does not conflict with anything in access, and must update access to include that access.

impl<T> ReleaseStateQueryData for Ref<'_, T>

where T: Component,

fn release_state<'w>( item: <Ref<'_, T> as QueryData>::Item<'w, '_>, ) -> <Ref<'_, T> as QueryData>::Item<'w, 'static>

Releases the borrow from the query state by converting an item to have a 'static state lifetime.

impl<'__w, T> WorldQuery for Ref<'__w, T>

where T: Component,

const IS_DENSE: bool

Returns true if (and only if) every table of every archetype matched by this fetch contains all of the matched components.

type Fetch<'w> = RefFetch<'w, T>

Per archetype/table state retrieved by this [WorldQuery] to compute Self::Item for each entity.

type State = ComponentId

State used to construct a Self::Fetch. This will be cached inside QueryState, so it is best to move as much data / computation here as possible to reduce the cost of constructing Self::Fetch.

fn shrink_fetch<'wlong, 'wshort>( fetch: <Ref<'__w, T> as WorldQuery>::Fetch<'wlong>, ) -> <Ref<'__w, T> as WorldQuery>::Fetch<'wshort>

where 'wlong: 'wshort,

This function manually implements subtyping for the query fetches.

unsafe fn init_fetch<'w, 's>( world: UnsafeWorldCell<'w>, _: &ComponentId, last_run: Tick, this_run: Tick, ) -> RefFetch<'w, T>

Creates a new instance of Self::Fetch, by combining data from the World with the cached Self::State. Readonly accesses resources registered in [WorldQuery::update_component_access].

unsafe fn set_archetype<'w>( fetch: &mut RefFetch<'w, T>, component_id: &ComponentId, _archetype: &'w Archetype, table: &'w Table, )

Adjusts internal state to account for the next [Archetype]. This will always be called on archetypes that match this [WorldQuery].

unsafe fn set_table<'w>( fetch: &mut RefFetch<'w, T>, _: &ComponentId, table: &'w Table, )

Adjusts internal state to account for the next [Table]. This will always be called on tables that match this [WorldQuery].

fn update_component_access(_: &ComponentId, access: &mut FilteredAccess)

Adds any component accesses to the current entity used by this [WorldQuery] to access.

fn init_state(world: &mut World) -> ComponentId

Creates and initializes a State for this [WorldQuery] type.

fn get_state( components: &Components, ) -> Option<<Ref<'__w, T> as WorldQuery>::State>

Attempts to initialize a State for this [WorldQuery] type using read-only access to [Components].

fn matches_component_set( _: &ComponentId, set_contains_id: &impl Fn(ComponentId) -> bool, ) -> bool

Returns true if this query matches a set of components. Otherwise, returns false.

fn init_nested_access( _state: &Self::State, _system_name: Option<&str>, _component_access_set: &mut FilteredAccessSet, _world: UnsafeWorldCell<'_>, )

Adds any component accesses to other entities used by this [WorldQuery].

fn update_archetypes(_state: &mut Self::State, _world: UnsafeWorldCell<'_>)

Called when the query state is updating its archetype cache. This can be used by nested queries to update their internal archetype caches.

impl<T> ArchetypeQueryData for Ref<'_, T>

where T: Component,

impl<'w, T> Copy for Ref<'w, T>

where T: ?Sized,

impl<'__w, T> IterQueryData for Ref<'__w, T>

where T: Component,

impl<'__w, T> ReadOnlyQueryData for Ref<'__w, T>

where T: Component,

impl<'__w, T> SingleEntityQueryData for Ref<'__w, T>

where T: Component,