Change Entities name after creation?

[mude]

Is it possible? I can't find anything about it, why it's not allowed?

[Kojack]

All entities are stored in a map, using the name as the key. It's not possible to change the key of an item in a map (it would break the tree hierarchy used for searching).

[bstone]

Yeah, if you want to associate entity with a name that can be updated you could use Entity::setUserAny() and Entity::getUserAny().

[mmixLinus]

Or, if you REALLY want to use the Entity by a different name, clone it:

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//Entity * 	clone (const String &newName) const
renamedEntity = oldEntity->clone("NewName");