Interface IEntryResponser<T>

Namespace: mobisim.Dialogue

Generic interface for handling typewriter entries of a specific subtype of BaseEntry. Inherits from IEntryResponser to support both strongly-typed and loosely-typed entry processing.

public interface IEntryResponser<T> : IEntryResponser where T : BaseEntry

Type Parameters

Name	Type	Description
T		A subtype of BaseEntry that this responder specializes in processing.

Implements

IEntryResponser

Examples

Implement IEntryResponser on a MonoBehaviour to react to a specific entry type. The non-generic HandleEntry overload is the runtime dispatch path called by TypewriterSequencer; the generic overload is where the strongly-typed logic lives. [RequireComponent] guarantees a TypewriterActor is always present on the same GameObject so the sequencer can find this responder via the actor lookup:

using Aarthificial.Typewriter;
using Aarthificial.Typewriter.Entries;
using mobisim.Dialogue;
using UnityEngine;

[RequireComponent(typeof(TypewriterActor))]
public class SpeechBubbleResponse : MonoBehaviour, IEntryResponser
{
    [SerializeField] private GameObject _bubblePrefab;

    // Non-generic fallback — called by TypewriterSequencer's runtime dispatch.
    public void HandleEntry(BaseEntry entry, ITypewriterContext context)
        => HandleEntry(entry as DialogueEntry, context);

    // Strongly-typed handler — implement actual display logic here.
    public void HandleEntry(DialogueEntry entry, ITypewriterContext context)
    {
        if (entry == null) return;
        var bubble = Instantiate(_bubblePrefab, transform);
        bubble.GetComponentInChildren().text = entry.Text;
    }
}
// Add SpeechBubbleResponse alongside TypewriterActor on the character GameObject.
// TypewriterSequencer resolves it automatically via gameObject.GetEntryResponser(entry).

Remarks

Each actor can have multiple responders implementing this interface for different entry types. If multiple responders for the same entry type exist on a single actor, only one will process the entry.

Methods

HandleEntry(T, ITypewriterContext)

Handles an incoming typewriter entry of type T.

void HandleEntry(T entry, ITypewriterContext context)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
entry	T	The strongly-typed typewriter entry to process.
context	ITypewriterContext	The context instance providing access to blackboards and runtime data shared with other entries in the same scope.