bevy/crates/bevy_reflect/src/enums
Gino Valente 3892adcb47
bevy_reflect: Add Type type (#14838)
# Objective

Closes #7622.

I was working on adding support for reflecting generic functions and
found that I wanted to use an argument's `TypeId` for hashing and
comparison, but its `TypePath` for debugging and error messaging.

While I could just keep them separate, place them in a tuple or a local
struct or something, I think I see an opportunity to make a dedicate
type for this.

Additionally, we can use this type to clean up some duplication amongst
the type info structs in a manner similar to #7622.

## Solution

Added the `Type` type. This should be seen as the most basic
representation of a type apart from `TypeId`. It stores both the
`TypeId` of the type as well as its `TypePathTable`.

The `Hash` and `PartialEq` implementations rely on the `TypeId`, while
the `Debug` implementation relies on the `TypePath`.

This makes it especially useful as a key in a `HashMap` since we get the
speed of the `TypeId` hashing/comparisons with the readability of
`TypePath`.

With this type, we're able to reduce the duplication across the type
info structs by removing individual fields for `TypeId` and
`TypePathTable`, replacing them with a single `Type` field. Similarly,
we can remove many duplicate methods and replace it with a macro that
delegates to the stored `Type`.

### Caveats

It should be noted that this type is currently 3x larger than `TypeId`.
On my machine, it's 48 bytes compared to `TypeId`'s 16. While this
doesn't matter for `TypeInfo` since it would contain that data
regardless, it is something to keep in mind when using elsewhere.

## Testing

All tests should pass as normal:

```
cargo test --package bevy_reflect
```

---

## Showcase

`bevy_reflect` now exports a `Type` struct. This type contains both the
`TypeId` and the `TypePathTable` of the given type, allowing it to be
used like `TypeId` but have the debuggability of `TypePath`.

```rust
// We can create this for any type implementing `TypePath`:
let ty = Type::of::<String>();

// It has `Hash` and `Eq` impls powered by `TypeId`, making it useful for maps:
let mut map = HashMap::<Type, i32>::new();
map.insert(ty, 25);

// And it has a human-readable `Debug` representation:
let debug = format!("{:?}", map);
assert_eq!(debug, "{alloc::string::String: 25}");
```

## Migration Guide

Certain type info structs now only return their item types as `Type`
instead of exposing direct methods on them.

The following methods have been removed:

- `ArrayInfo::item_type_path_table`
- `ArrayInfo::item_type_id`
- `ArrayInfo::item_is`
- `ListInfo::item_type_path_table`
- `ListInfo::item_type_id`
- `ListInfo::item_is`
- `SetInfo::value_type_path_table`
- `SetInfo::value_type_id`
- `SetInfo::value_is`
- `MapInfo::key_type_path_table`
- `MapInfo::key_type_id`
- `MapInfo::key_is`
- `MapInfo::value_type_path_table`
- `MapInfo::value_type_id`
- `MapInfo::value_is`

Instead, access the `Type` directly using one of the new methods:

- `ArrayInfo::item_ty`
- `ListInfo::item_ty`
- `SetInfo::value_ty`
- `MapInfo::key_ty`
- `MapInfo::value_ty`

For example:

```rust
// BEFORE
let type_id = array_info.item_type_id();

// AFTER
let type_id = array_info.item_ty().id();
```
2024-08-25 17:57:07 +00:00
..
dynamic_enum.rs Making DynamicEnum::is_dynamic() return true (#14732) 2024-08-15 14:10:52 +00:00
enum_trait.rs bevy_reflect: Add Type type (#14838) 2024-08-25 17:57:07 +00:00
helpers.rs reflect: implement the unique reflect rfc (#7207) 2024-08-12 17:01:41 +00:00
mod.rs Making DynamicEnum::is_dynamic() return true (#14732) 2024-08-15 14:10:52 +00:00
variants.rs bevy_reflect: TypeInfo casting methods (#13320) 2024-07-14 20:10:31 +00:00