Tutorial FXGL Game Engine - byType() Methode Reference

[Michael]

Here I would love to give some examples how the byType()-method is working. This method is from the JavaFX engine

You do not have permission to view link Log in or register now.

.

byType(EntityType)
With the byType method you can get a list of entities with the given type.

You can get the first element with

var firstEntity = byType(EntityType).get(0);

You can check if there is one spawned entity from this type

byType(EntityType).isEmpty() //Returns true if the list is empty

You can run something on each entity

byType(EntityType).forEach(entity -> {
    entity.removeFromWorld(); // removes entity from world
});

Syntax

byType(EntityType)

Parameters
EntityType - Type of the entity you would like to get.