basic ECS spawner

addons/gecs/io/serialize_config.gd

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+## This config defines what to include when serializing
+## It can be appled to the world as a whole or to specific entities
+## This way you can define project level defaults and override them for specific cases
+class_name GECSSerializeConfig
+extends Resource
+
+## Include all components (true) or only specific components (false)
+@export var include_all_components: bool = true
+## Which component types to include in serialization (only used when include_all_components = false)
+@export var components: Array = []
+## Whether to include relationships in serialization
+@export var include_relationships: bool = true
+## Whether to include related entities in serialization (Related entities are entities referenced by relationships from the serialized entities)
+@export var include_related_entities: bool = true
+
+
+## Helper method to determine if a component should be included in serialization
+func should_include_component(component: Component) -> bool:
+	var comp_type = component.get_script()
+	return include_all_components or components.any(func(type): return comp_type == type)
+
+
+## Merge this config with another config, with the other config taking priority
+func merge_with(other: GECSSerializeConfig) -> GECSSerializeConfig:
+	if other == null:
+		return self
+
+	var merged = GECSSerializeConfig.new()
+	merged.include_all_components = other.include_all_components
+	merged.components = other.components.duplicate()
+	merged.include_relationships = other.include_relationships
+	merged.include_related_entities = other.include_related_entities
+	return merged