Add entities alongside resources

crates/bevy_ecs/src/component/info.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use alloc::{borrow::Cow, vec::Vec};
-use bevy_platform::{collections::HashSet, sync::PoisonError};
+use bevy_platform::{collections::HashMap, collections::HashSet, sync::PoisonError};
 use bevy_ptr::OwningPtr;
 #[cfg(feature = "bevy_reflect")]
 use bevy_reflect::Reflect;
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use crate::{
         RequiredComponents, StorageType,
     },
     lifecycle::ComponentHooks,
+    prelude::Entity,
     query::DebugCheckedUnwrap as _,
     resource::Resource,
     storage::SparseSetIndex,
@@ -346,6 +347,9 @@ pub struct Components {
     pub(super) components: Vec<Option<ComponentInfo>>,
     pub(super) indices: TypeIdMap<ComponentId>,
     pub(super) resource_indices: TypeIdMap<ComponentId>,
+    /// A lookup for the entities on which resources are stored.
+    /// It uses `ComponentId`s instead of `TypeId`s for untyped APIs
+    pub(crate) resource_entities: HashMap<ComponentId, Entity>,
     // This is kept internal and local to verify that no deadlocks can occor.
     pub(super) queued: bevy_platform::sync::RwLock<QueuedComponents>,
 }

crates/bevy_ecs/src/lib.rs

@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn try_insert_batch() {
         let mut world = World::default();
         let e0 = world.spawn(A(0)).id();
-        let e1 = Entity::from_raw_u32(1).unwrap();
+        let e1 = Entity::from_raw_u32(2).unwrap();
 
         let values = vec![(e0, (A(1), B(0))), (e1, (A(0), B(1)))];
 
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn try_insert_batch_if_new() {
         let mut world = World::default();
         let e0 = world.spawn(A(0)).id();
-        let e1 = Entity::from_raw_u32(1).unwrap();
+        let e1 = Entity::from_raw_u32(2).unwrap();
 
         let values = vec![(e0, (A(1), B(0))), (e1, (A(0), B(1)))];
 

crates/bevy_ecs/src/name.rs

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut query = world.query::<NameOrEntity>();
         let d1 = query.get(&world, e1).unwrap();
         // NameOrEntity Display for entities without a Name should be {index}v{generation}
-        assert_eq!(d1.to_string(), "0v0");
+        assert_eq!(d1.to_string(), "1v0");
         let d2 = query.get(&world, e2).unwrap();
         // NameOrEntity Display for entities with a Name should be the Name
         assert_eq!(d2.to_string(), "MyName");

crates/bevy_ecs/src/resource.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 //! Resources are unique, singleton-like data types that can be accessed from systems and stored in the [`World`](crate::world::World).
 
+use crate::entity_disabling::Internal;
+use crate::prelude::Component;
+use crate::prelude::ReflectComponent;
+use bevy_reflect::prelude::ReflectDefault;
+use bevy_reflect::Reflect;
+use core::marker::PhantomData;
 // The derive macro for the `Resource` trait
 pub use bevy_ecs_macros::Resource;
 
@@ -73,3 +79,89 @@ pub use bevy_ecs_macros::Resource;
     note = "consider annotating `{Self}` with `#[derive(Resource)]`"
 )]
 pub trait Resource: Send + Sync + 'static {}
+
+/// A marker component for the entity that stores the resource of type `T`.
+///
+/// This component is automatically inserted when a resource of type `T` is inserted into the world,
+/// and can be used to find the entity that stores a particular resource.
+///
+/// By contrast, the [`IsResource`] component is used to find all entities that store resources,
+/// regardless of the type of resource they store.
+///
+/// This component comes with a hook that ensures that at most one entity has this component for any given `R`:
+/// adding this component to an entity (or spawning an entity with this component) will despawn any other entity with this component.
+#[derive(Component, Debug)]
+#[require(Internal, IsResource)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "bevy_reflect", derive(Reflect), reflect(Component, Default))]
+pub struct ResourceEntity<R: Resource>(#[reflect(ignore)] PhantomData<R>);
+
+impl<R: Resource> Default for ResourceEntity<R> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        ResourceEntity(PhantomData)
+    }
+}
+
+/// A marker component for entities which store resources.
+///
+/// By contrast, the [`ResourceEntity<R>`] component is used to find the entity that stores a particular resource.
+/// This component is required by the [`ResourceEntity<R>`] component, and will automatically be added.
+#[cfg_attr(
+    feature = "bevy_reflect",
+    derive(Reflect),
+    reflect(Component, Default, Debug)
+)]
+#[derive(Component, Default, Debug)]
+pub struct IsResource;
+
+/// Used in conjunction with [`ResourceEntity<R>`], when no type information is available.
+/// This is used by [`World::insert_resource_by_id`](crate::world::World).
+#[derive(Resource)]
+pub(crate) struct TypeErasedResource;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::change_detection::MaybeLocation;
+    use crate::ptr::OwningPtr;
+    use crate::resource::Resource;
+    use crate::world::World;
+    use bevy_platform::prelude::String;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unique_resource_entities() {
+        #[derive(Default, Resource)]
+        struct TestResource1;
+
+        #[derive(Resource)]
+        #[expect(dead_code, reason = "field needed for testing")]
+        struct TestResource2(String);
+
+        #[derive(Resource)]
+        #[expect(dead_code, reason = "field needed for testing")]
+        struct TestResource3(u8);
+
+        let mut world = World::new();
+        let start = world.entities().len();
+        world.init_resource::<TestResource1>();
+        assert_eq!(world.entities().len(), start + 1);
+        world.insert_resource(TestResource2(String::from("Foo")));
+        assert_eq!(world.entities().len(), start + 2);
+        // like component registration, which just makes it known to the world that a component exists,
+        // registering a resource should not spawn an entity.
+        let id = world.register_resource::<TestResource3>();
+        assert_eq!(world.entities().len(), start + 2);
+        OwningPtr::make(20_u8, |ptr| {
+            // SAFETY: id was just initialized and corresponds to a resource.
+            unsafe {
+                world.insert_resource_by_id(id, ptr, MaybeLocation::caller());
+            }
+        });
+        assert_eq!(world.entities().len(), start + 3);
+        assert!(world.remove_resource_by_id(id).is_some());
+        assert_eq!(world.entities().len(), start + 2);
+        world.remove_resource::<TestResource1>();
+        assert_eq!(world.entities().len(), start + 1);
+        // make sure that trying to add a resource twice results, doesn't change the entity count
+        world.insert_resource(TestResource2(String::from("Bar")));
+        assert_eq!(world.entities().len(), start + 1);
+    }
+}

crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/entity_ref.rs

@@ -5041,6 +5041,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::{
         change_detection::{MaybeLocation, MutUntyped},
         component::ComponentId,
+        entity_disabling::Internal,
         prelude::*,
         system::{assert_is_system, RunSystemOnce as _},
         world::{error::EntityComponentError, DeferredWorld, FilteredEntityMut, FilteredEntityRef},
@@ -5490,7 +5491,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         world.spawn(TestComponent(0)).insert(TestComponent2(0));
 
-        let mut query = world.query::<EntityRefExcept<TestComponent>>();
+        let mut query = world.query::<EntityRefExcept<(TestComponent, Internal)>>();
 
         let mut found = false;
         for entity_ref in query.iter_mut(&mut world) {
@@ -5548,7 +5549,10 @@ mod tests {
 
         world.run_system_once(system).unwrap();
 
-        fn system(_: Query<&mut TestComponent>, query: Query<EntityRefExcept<TestComponent>>) {
+        fn system(
+            _: Query<&mut TestComponent>,
+            query: Query<EntityRefExcept<(TestComponent, Internal)>>,
+        ) {
             for entity_ref in query.iter() {
                 assert!(matches!(
                     entity_ref.get::<TestComponent2>(),
@@ -5565,7 +5569,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut world = World::new();
         world.spawn(TestComponent(0)).insert(TestComponent2(0));
 
-        let mut query = world.query::<EntityMutExcept<TestComponent>>();
+        let mut query = world.query::<EntityMutExcept<(TestComponent, Internal)>>();
 
         let mut found = false;
         for mut entity_mut in query.iter_mut(&mut world) {
@@ -5630,7 +5634,10 @@ mod tests {
 
         world.run_system_once(system).unwrap();
 
-        fn system(_: Query<&mut TestComponent>, mut query: Query<EntityMutExcept<TestComponent>>) {
+        fn system(
+            _: Query<&mut TestComponent>,
+            mut query: Query<EntityMutExcept<(TestComponent, Internal)>>,
+        ) {
             for mut entity_mut in query.iter_mut() {
                 assert!(entity_mut
                     .get_mut::<TestComponent2>()

crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/mod.rs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use crate::{
     event::BufferedEvent,
     lifecycle::{ComponentHooks, ADD, DESPAWN, INSERT, REMOVE, REPLACE},
     prelude::{Add, Despawn, Insert, Remove, Replace},
+    resource::{ResourceEntity, TypeErasedResource},
 };
 pub use bevy_ecs_macros::FromWorld;
 use bevy_utils::prelude::DebugName;
@@ -1695,6 +1696,18 @@ impl World {
     pub fn init_resource<R: Resource + FromWorld>(&mut self) -> ComponentId {
         let caller = MaybeLocation::caller();
         let component_id = self.components_registrator().register_resource::<R>();
+
+        if !self
+            .components
+            .resource_entities
+            .contains_key(&component_id)
+        {
+            let entity = self.spawn(ResourceEntity::<R>::default()).id();
+            self.components
+                .resource_entities
+                .insert(component_id, entity);
+        }
+
         if self
             .storages
             .resources
@@ -1732,6 +1745,17 @@ impl World {
         caller: MaybeLocation,
     ) {
         let component_id = self.components_registrator().register_resource::<R>();
+        if !self
+            .components
+            .resource_entities
+            .contains_key(&component_id)
+        {
+            let entity = self.spawn(ResourceEntity::<R>::default()).id();
+            self.components
+                .resource_entities
+                .insert(component_id, entity);
+        }
+
         OwningPtr::make(value, |ptr| {
             // SAFETY: component_id was just initialized and corresponds to resource of type R.
             unsafe {
@@ -1799,6 +1823,10 @@ impl World {
     #[inline]
     pub fn remove_resource<R: Resource>(&mut self) -> Option<R> {
         let component_id = self.components.get_valid_resource_id(TypeId::of::<R>())?;
+        if let Some(entity) = self.components.resource_entities.remove(&component_id) {
+            self.despawn(entity);
+        }
+
         let (ptr, _, _) = self.storages.resources.get_mut(component_id)?.remove()?;
         // SAFETY: `component_id` was gotten via looking up the `R` type
         unsafe { Some(ptr.read::<R>()) }
@@ -2705,6 +2733,20 @@ impl World {
     ) {
         let change_tick = self.change_tick();
 
+        if !self
+            .components
+            .resource_entities
+            .contains_key(&component_id)
+        {
+            // Since we don't know the type, we use a placeholder type.
+            let entity = self
+                .spawn(ResourceEntity::<TypeErasedResource>::default())
+                .id();
+            self.components
+                .resource_entities
+                .insert(component_id, entity);
+        }
+
         let resource = self.initialize_resource_internal(component_id);
         // SAFETY: `value` is valid for `component_id`, ensured by caller
         unsafe {
@@ -3397,6 +3439,10 @@ impl World {
     /// **You should prefer to use the typed API [`World::remove_resource`] where possible and only
     /// use this in cases where the actual types are not known at compile time.**
     pub fn remove_resource_by_id(&mut self, component_id: ComponentId) -> Option<()> {
+        if let Some(entity) = self.components.resource_entities.remove(&component_id) {
+            self.despawn(entity);
+        }
+
         self.storages
             .resources
             .get_mut(component_id)?
@@ -3668,7 +3714,7 @@ mod tests {
         change_detection::{DetectChangesMut, MaybeLocation},
         component::{ComponentCloneBehavior, ComponentDescriptor, ComponentInfo, StorageType},
         entity::EntityHashSet,
-        entity_disabling::{DefaultQueryFilters, Disabled},
+        entity_disabling::{DefaultQueryFilters, Disabled, Internal},
         ptr::OwningPtr,
         resource::Resource,
         world::{error::EntityMutableFetchError, DeferredWorld},
@@ -4102,7 +4148,7 @@ mod tests {
         let iterate_and_count_entities = |world: &World, entity_counters: &mut HashMap<_, _>| {
             entity_counters.clear();
             #[expect(deprecated, reason = "remove this test in in 0.17.0")]
-            for entity in world.iter_entities() {
+            for entity in world.iter_entities().filter(|e| !e.contains::<Internal>()) {
                 let counter = entity_counters.entry(entity.id()).or_insert(0);
                 *counter += 1;
             }
@@ -4202,7 +4248,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(world.entity(b2).get(), Some(&B(4)));
 
         #[expect(deprecated, reason = "remove this test in in 0.17.0")]
-        let mut entities = world.iter_entities_mut().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let mut entities = world
+            .iter_entities_mut()
+            .filter(|e| !e.contains::<Internal>())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         entities.sort_by_key(|e| e.get::<A>().map(|a| a.0).or(e.get::<B>().map(|b| b.0)));
         let (a, b) = entities.split_at_mut(2);
         core::mem::swap(

crates/bevy_scene/src/lib.rs

@@ -49,7 +49,15 @@ pub mod prelude {
 use bevy_app::prelude::*;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
-use {bevy_asset::AssetApp, bevy_ecs::schedule::IntoScheduleConfigs};
+use {
+    bevy_asset::AssetApp,
+    bevy_ecs::schedule::IntoScheduleConfigs,
+    bevy_ecs::{
+        entity_disabling::{DefaultQueryFilters, Internal},
+        resource::IsResource,
+        resource::ResourceEntity,
+    },
+};
 
 /// Plugin that provides scene functionality to an [`App`].
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -64,6 +72,9 @@ impl Plugin for ScenePlugin {
             .init_resource::<SceneSpawner>()
             .register_type::<SceneRoot>()
             .register_type::<DynamicSceneRoot>()
+            .register_type::<IsResource>()
+            .register_type::<Internal>()
+            .register_type::<ResourceEntity<DefaultQueryFilters>>()
             .add_systems(SpawnScene, (scene_spawner, scene_spawner_system).chain());
 
         // Register component hooks for DynamicSceneRoot
@@ -122,9 +133,7 @@ mod tests {
     use bevy_ecs::{
         component::Component,
         entity::Entity,
-        entity_disabling::Internal,
         hierarchy::{ChildOf, Children},
-        query::Allows,
         reflect::{AppTypeRegistry, ReflectComponent},
         world::World,
     };
@@ -305,11 +314,7 @@ mod tests {
             scene
                 .world
                 .insert_resource(world.resource::<AppTypeRegistry>().clone());
-            let entities: Vec<Entity> = scene
-                .world
-                .query_filtered::<Entity, Allows<Internal>>()
-                .iter(&scene.world)
-                .collect();
+            let entities: Vec<Entity> = scene.world.query::<Entity>().iter(&scene.world).collect();
             DynamicSceneBuilder::from_world(&scene.world)
                 .extract_entities(entities.into_iter())
                 .build()

crates/bevy_scene/src/scene_spawner.rs

@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(scene_component_a.y, 4.0);
         assert_eq!(
             app.world().entity(entity).get::<Children>().unwrap().len(),
-            1
+            3 // two resources-as-entities are also counted
         );
 
         // let's try to delete the scene