package electrosphere.entity;

import electrosphere.renderer.actor.Actor;

/**
 * Utilities to manipulating drawable entities (eg making an entity transparent)
 */
public class DrawableUtils {
    
    /**
     * Edits entity data to make the entity transparent
     * @param entity The entity to edit
     */
    public static void makeEntityTransparent(Entity entity){
        entity.putData(EntityDataStrings.DRAW_TRANSPARENT_PASS, true);
        entity.removeData(EntityDataStrings.DRAW_SOLID_PASS);
    }

    /**
     * Disables culling for the actor on a given entity
     * @param entity The entity
     */
    public static void disableCulling(Entity entity){
        Actor actor = EntityUtils.getActor(entity);
        if(actor != null){
            actor.setFrustumCull(false);
        }
    }

}