Method GetSharedComponentOrderVersion

GetSharedComponentOrderVersion<T>(T)

Gets the version number of the specified shared component.

Declaration

[GenerateTestsForBurstCompatibility(GenericTypeArguments = new Type[]{typeof(BurstCompatibleSharedComponentData)})]
public int GetSharedComponentOrderVersion<T>(T sharedComponent)
    where T : struct, ISharedComponentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	sharedComponent	The unmanaged shared component instance.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	The current version number.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The unmanaged shared component type.

Remarks

This version number is incremented each time there is a structural change involving entities in the chunk of the specified shared component. Such changes include creating or destroying entities or anything that changes the archetype of an entity.

Version numbers can overflow. To compare if one version is more recent than another use a calculation such as:

bool VersionBisNewer = (VersionB - VersionA) > 0;