From d368d734d3694c06fe8bfb573db922cfb8c5fab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Oelckers <coelckers@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:58:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] - prototyping some refactoring helpers.

---
 source/build/include/build.h  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 source/games/duke/src/types.h |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/build/include/build.h b/source/build/include/build.h
index 988a47cdd..9f06f968f 100644
--- a/source/build/include/build.h
+++ b/source/build/include/build.h
@@ -246,6 +246,25 @@ extern usermaphack_t g_loadedMapHack;
 EXTERN spriteext_t *spriteext;
 EXTERN spritesmooth_t *spritesmooth;
 
+// Wrapper that makes an array of pointers look like an array of references. (Refactoring helper.)
+
+template<class T, int size>
+class ReferenceArray
+{
+    T* data[size];
+public:
+    T& operator[](size_t index)
+    {
+        assert(index < size);
+        return *data[index];
+    }
+
+    void set(int pos, T* spr)
+    {
+        data[pos] = spr;
+    }
+};
+
 EXTERN sectortype *sector;
 EXTERN walltype *wall;
 EXTERN spritetype *sprite;
diff --git a/source/games/duke/src/types.h b/source/games/duke/src/types.h
index bb51312d8..450f7cc4f 100644
--- a/source/games/duke/src/types.h
+++ b/source/games/duke/src/types.h
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ struct weaponhit
 	int temp_data[6];
 };
 
+// This is how a Duke actor should later be exposed to scripting. The object definition parts are disabled for now so that this can be used already to transition the code.
+class DDukeActor //: public DBuildActor
+{
+public:
+	//DECLARE_CLASS(DDukeActor, DBuildActor)
+	spritetype s;
+	weaponhit h;
+};
+
 struct animwalltype
 {
 	short wallnum, tag;