Method ToBytes

Source/Engine/Level/Actor.cpp:1786–1842

}

bool Actor::ToBytes(const Array<Actor*>& actors, MemoryWriteStream& output)
{
    if (actors.IsEmpty())
    {
        // Cannot serialize empty list
        return true;
    }
    PROFILE_CPU();
    PROFILE_MEM(Level);

    // Collect object ids that exist in the serialized data to allow references mapping later
    Array<Guid> ids(actors.Count());
    for (int32 i = 0; i < actors.Count(); i++)
    {
        auto actor = actors[i];
        if (!actor)
            continue;
        ids.Add(actor->GetID());
        for (int32 j = 0; j < actor->Scripts.Count(); j++)
        {
            const auto script = actor->Scripts[j];
            if (script)
                ids.Add(script->GetID());
        }
    }

    // Header
    output.WriteInt32(FLAXENGINE_VERSION_BUILD);

    // Serialized objects ids (for references mapping)
    output.Write(ids);

    // Objects data (JSON)
    rapidjson_flax::StringBuffer buffer;
    CompactJsonWriter writer(buffer);
    writer.StartArray();
    for (int32 i = 0; i < actors.Count(); i++)
    {
        Actor* actor = actors[i];
        if (!actor)
            continue;
        writer.SceneObject(actor);
        for (int32 j = 0; j < actor->Scripts.Count(); j++)
        {
            Script* script = actor->Scripts[j];
            if (!script)
                continue;
            writer.SceneObject(script);
        }
    }
    writer.EndArray();
    // TODO: compress json (LZ4) if it's big enough
    output.WriteInt32((int32)buffer.GetSize());
    output.WriteBytes((byte*)buffer.GetString(), (int32)buffer.GetSize());

    return false;
}