Design Patterns

Design patterns are commonly used in association with data structures. The Data Structures package includes a different design pattern implementations commonly used in Unity games.

SingletonBehavior

A singleton behavior that can be used to ensure that only one instance of a class is created.

class ExampleBehavior : SingletonBehavior<ExampleBehavior>

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UpdateBehavior

Allows a behavior to change the update mode without extra overhead or performance costs.

class ExampleBehavior : UpdateBehavior

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Modules

Manages a list of registered entity modules.

Modules<ExampleModule> modules = new Modules<ExampleModule>(8);

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ObjectPool

Reuses objects from a shared pool to prevent instantiating new objects. The object pool can have a set capacity or it can grow in size.

ObjectPool<ExampleObject> pool = new ObjectPool<ExampleObject>(8);

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ValueAccumulator

Accumulates a set of stored values into a single total value. Supported types:

• Double
• Float
• Int
• Quaternion
• Vector2
• Vector2Int
• Vector3
• Vector3Int
• Vector4