🛠️ Moonshine Utilities

Collection of utilities for Bevy.

Features

Expect<T>

A decorator for QueryData which panics if it doesn't match.

This helps avoid silent failures in systems due to missing components:

use bevy::prelude::*;
use moonshine_util::prelude::*;

#[derive(Component)]
struct A;

#[derive(Component)]
struct B;

#[derive(Bundle)]
struct AB {
    a: A, // Every `A` is expected to have a `B`
    b: B,
}

fn bad_system(mut commands: Commands) {
    commands.spawn(A); // BUG: Spawn A witout B!
}

fn unsafe_system(mut query: Query<(&A, &B)>) {
    for (a, b) in query.iter() {
        // An instance of `A` does exist, but this system skips over it silently!
    }
}

fn safe_system(mut query: Query<(&A, Expect<&B>)>) {
    for (a, b) in query.iter() {
        // This system will panic if an `A` instance is missing a `B`!
    }
}

Normally, expected components would just be added as required components. However, in some cases it may not be possible to add the required components, such as when dealing with third party crates or generic code.

Note that Expect<T> may also be used as a required component:

use bevy::prelude::*;
use moonshine_util::prelude::*;

#[derive(Component)]
struct A;

#[derive(Component)]
#[require(Expect<A>)] // Expect `A` to be present
struct B;

In this context, Expect<T> will panic if B is ever inserted into an entity without A.

Get<T> and FromQuery

An ergonomic and generic way to process repetitive query patterns:

use bevy::prelude::*;
use moonshine_util::prelude::*;

struct Height(f32);

impl MapQuery for Height {
    type Query = &'static GlobalTransform;
    type Output = Self;

    fn map(data: &GlobalTransform) -> Self {
        Self(data.translation().y)
    }
}

fn average_height(query: Query<Get<Height>>) -> Height {
    // Transforms are so yesterday!
    let mut total_height = 0.0;
    let mut count = 0;
    for Height(h) in query.iter() {
        total_height += h;
        count += 1;
    }

    Height(total_height / count as f32)
}

HierarchyQuery

A convenient SystemParam for traversing and querying entity hierarchies:

use bevy::prelude::*;
use moonshine_util::hierarchy::HierarchyQuery;

#[derive(Component)]
struct Needle;

#[derive(Component)]
struct Haystack;

fn spawn_haystack(mut commands: Commands) {
    // A complex hierarchy ...
    commands.spawn(Haystack).with_children(|x| {
        x.spawn_empty().with_children(|y| {
            y.spawn_empty().with_children(|z| {
                z.spawn(Needle);
            });
        });
    });
}

fn find_needle(
    haystack: Query<Entity, With<Haystack>>,
    needle_query: Query<Entity, With<Needle>>,
    hierarchy: HierarchyQuery
) {
    let haystack = haystack.single().unwrap();
    for needle in hierarchy.descendants_deep(haystack) {
        // ...
    }
}

Some useful functions include:

• fn parent(&self, Entity) -> Option<Entity>
• fn children(&self, Entity) -> Iterator<Item = Entity>
• fn ancestors(&self, Entity) -> Iterator<Item = Entity>
• fn descendants_wide(&self, Entity) -> Iterator<Item = Entity>
• fn descendants_deep(&self, Entity) -> Iterator<Item = Entity>

See documentation for details.

For even more convenient hierarchy traversal, check out 🌴 Moonshine Object.

RunSystemLoop

A trait similar to RunSystemOnce which allows you to run a system loop for testing purposes:

use bevy::prelude::*;
use moonshine_util::diagnostics::RunSystemLoop;

let mut world = World::new();
let outputs = world.run_system_loop(2, |mut commands: Commands| {
    commands.spawn_empty().id()
});

assert_eq!(outputs.len(), 2);

assert!(world.get_entity(outputs[0]).is_ok());
assert!(world.get_entity(outputs[1]).is_ok());

SingleEvent

A trait designed to behave like standard Bevy events. Unlike standard events, a SingleEvent may only be handled by a single observer. This allows the single observer to consume and mutate the event data as needed.

use bevy::prelude::*;
use moonshine_util::prelude::*;

struct BigEvent(/* ... */);

impl SingleEvent for BigEvent {}

fn big_event_plugin(app: &mut App) {
    // Panics if there is another single observer registered for `BigEvent`:
    app.add_single_observer(on_big_event);
}

fn trigger_big_event(mut commands: Commands) {
    commands.trigger_single(BigEvent(/* ... */));
}

fn on_big_event(trigger: SingleTrigger<BigEvent>) {
    let event: BigEvent = trigger.consume().unwrap();
    /* ... */
}

Utility Systems

A growing collection of simple and generic systems useful for constructing larger system pipelines:

• has_event<T: Event>
• has_resource<T: Resource>
• remove_resource<T: Resource>
• remove_resource_immediate<T: Resource>
• remove_all_components<T: Component>

See documentation for details and usage examples.

This crate is also included as part of 🍸 Moonshine Core.

Changes

Version 0.3.2

• Added SingleEvent feature

Support

Please post an issue for any bugs, questions, or suggestions.

You may also contact me on the official Bevy Discord server as @Zeenobit.