testsAndMisc/SFMLEngine/makingAGameTick/scenenode.cpp

#ifndef SCENE_NODE_CPP
#define SCENE_NODE_CPP

#include "scenenode.hpp"

void SceneNode::attachChild(ScenePointer child) // takes ownership of the scene node
{
  child -> mParent = this;
  mChildren.push_back(std::move(child));
}

SceneNode::ScenePointer SceneNode::detachChild(const SceneNode& node) // finds node, releases it and returns it to caller
{
  auto found = std::find_if
  (
    mChildren.begin(), mChildren.end(),
    [&] (ScenePointer& p) -> bool { return p.get() == &node; }
  );
  // This is lambda expression
  // [&] (ScenePointer& p) -> bool { return p.get() == &node; }
  // [&] - how many and in what way will the lambda expression have access to the variables in surrounding scope, [] - no variables [&] - all variables by reference [=] - all variables by value
  // (ScenePointer& p) - parameters passed to the function
  // -> bool - return type
  //  function body encolsed in {}
  assert(found != mChildren.end()); // We check validity of the iterator of the found element

  ScenePointer result = std::move(*found); // we move the found node out of the container to result
  result -> mParent = nullptr; // node's parent is set to null pointer
  mChildren.erase(found); // we erase this element from the container
  return result; // and we return the pointer to the node
}

#endif