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Assignment 4 (16/25)

Step 1:Create a new class called AssetManager. In class I will show you how add to new methods based on what we did in Actor.h.
template<typename ComponentTemplate, typename ... Args> void AddComponent(const char* name, Args&& ... args_) { Ref<ComponentTemplate> t = std::make_shared<ComponentTemplate>(std::forward<Args>(args_)...); componentCatalog[name] = t; }
template<typename ComponentTemplate> Ref<ComponentTemplate> GetComponent(const char* name) const { auto id = componentCatalog.find(name); if (id == componentCatalog.end()) { Debug::Error("Can't fint requested component", __FILE__, __LINE__); return Ref<ComponentTemplate>(nullptr); } return std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ComponentTemplate>(id->second); }

Step 2: Add an unordered_map to the class.
class AssetManager { private: std::unordered_map<const char* , Ref<Component> > componentCatalog;

Step 3: In the constructor of the AssetManager add all the components yopuu are going to need for your scene.

Step 4: Create a object of type AssetManager in your new Scene and use it to create all the Actors you need.

For added marks try the following:

Extra: Turn the AssetManager into and singleton

Extra: Place all the actors in a container like a std::vector. Then simplify the render() to loop over all the Actor.