// combination of proxy and composite design patterns
// allows you to implement a pattern or a construct which is called
static void CompositeProxy()
{
// every single creature increase the X to move them
var creatures = new Creature2[100]; // ARRAY OF STRUCTURES
// Age X Y Age X Y Age X Y - cpu has to jump on X's
// Much faster, how can we implement this
// Age Age Age Age
// X X X X
// Y Y Y Y
foreach (var c in creatures)
{
// is not memory efficient
// modern cpus like data next to each other in a predictable sequence
c.X++;
}
var creatures2 = new Creatures(100); // STRUCTURE OF ARRAYS
// AOS/SOA DUALITY REPRESENT THINGS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, in other languages is implemented implicitily
// We can build proxies that pretty much do the same thing.
// type of c is Creatures.CreatureProxy
foreach (var c in creatures2)
{
// modify each one of the creatures
// we modify something on the proxy
// I am referencing creatures.x[index] and use thisr eference to increment the value
c.X++;
}
}
// reference to all creatures
// reference to the index of the creature
public CreatureProxy(Creatures creatures, int index)
{
_creatures = creatures;
_index = index;
}