IComponentProvider.identifier

Returns an identifier that is used to determine whether two component providers will return the equivalent components.

<p>If an entity is changing state and the state it is leaving and the state is is entering have components of the same type, then the identifiers of the component provders are compared. If the two identifiers are the same then the component is not removed. If they are different, the component from the old state is removed and a component for the new state is added.</p>

@return An object

interface IComponentProvider
hash_t
identifier
()

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