1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ecs/src/entity.rs b/ecs/src/entity.rs
index 3de9cd5..a43f9ce 100644
--- a/ecs/src/entity.rs
+++ b/ecs/src/entity.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,42 @@
 use linkme::distributed_slice;
 
-use crate::World;
+use crate::component::storage::archetype::{Archetype, Entity as ArchetypeEntity};
+use crate::uid::Uid;
+use crate::{EntityComponentRef, World};
+
+/// A handle to a entity.
+pub struct Handle<'a>
+{
+    archetype: &'a Archetype,
+    entity: &'a ArchetypeEntity,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Handle<'a>
+{
+    /// Returns the [`Uid`] of this entity.
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn uid(&self) -> Uid
+    {
+        self.entity.uid()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn get_component(&self, component_uid: Uid) -> Option<EntityComponentRef<'a>>
+    {
+        let index = self.archetype.get_index_for_component(component_uid)?;
+
+        Some(EntityComponentRef::new(
+            self.entity.components().get(index).unwrap(),
+        ))
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn new(archetype: &'a Archetype, entity: &'a ArchetypeEntity) -> Self
+    {
+        Self { archetype, entity }
+    }
+}
 
 #[allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
 #[macro_export]