Let a behavior be a node in another graph

A behavior that has a Start and an End node can now be dropped into any
other graph as a node of its own. What is declared on the start node
becomes the inputs of that node, what hangs on the end node its outputs;
the port list is derived from the sub graph, not copied, so declaring a
port in one graph grows the node in the other without touching it. The
node carries the behavior's name and the palette lists behaviors by
name, so a call is one grab instead of a node plus a dropdown.

An embedded behavior has no object and therefore no place for
variables: every call starts on the asset defaults and communicates
only through its ports. That is the conservative direction - state can
still be added later, and shared state already has a home in a behavior
object in the scene. Node ids are unique per graph only, so each call
gets its own pulse cache; without that, two graphs would collide.

Renaming a port used to silently drop the value typed on the calling
node. It is carried along now, project wide, like the edges.
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import type { NodeDef } from '../../NodeRegistry';
import { BEHAVIOR_END } from '../../nested';
import { exec } from '../shared';
/**
* The exit of a behavior used as a node: what arrives at its declared inputs leaves the calling
* node as output. Handing the inputs straight back out is what parks the result in the pulse
* cache, where the caller reads it once the flow has returned.
*/
export const BehaviorEnd: NodeDef = {
type: BEHAVIOR_END,
label: 'End',
category: 'flow',
description:
'Ends this behavior and hands its results back to the graph that ran it. Every output declared ' +
'here becomes an output port on that node.',
inputs: [exec()],
outputs: [],
params: [],
run: (_ctx, inputs) => ({ outputs: inputs }),
};
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import type { NodeDef } from '../../NodeRegistry';
import { BEHAVIOR_START } from '../../nested';
import { exec } from '../shared';
/**
* The entry point of a behavior used as a node. Its declared outputs are the inputs the calling
* graph passes in; the interpreter seeds them, so it has no `run` – like an event node.
*/
export const BehaviorStart: NodeDef = {
type: BEHAVIOR_START,
label: 'Start',
category: 'event',
description:
'Where this behavior begins when another graph runs it as a node. Every input declared here ' +
'becomes an input port on that node.',
inputs: [],
outputs: [exec()],
params: [],
};
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import type { NodeDef } from '../../NodeRegistry';
import { BEHAVIOR_PARAM, RUN_BEHAVIOR } from '../../nested';
import { exec } from '../shared';
/**
* Runs another behavior's graph in place, from its start node to its end node. The ports come from
* those two nodes (see `nested.ts`); the interpreter does the call, because only it can hold a
* second graph's pulse.
*/
export const RunBehavior: NodeDef = {
type: RUN_BEHAVIOR,
label: 'Run behavior',
category: 'flow',
description:
'Runs another behavior as a step of this one, passing values in and taking results out. The ' +
'behavior keeps no state between calls: its variables start at their defaults every time.',
inputs: [exec()],
outputs: [exec()],
params: [{ key: BEHAVIOR_PARAM, label: 'Behavior', kind: 'asset', default: '', assetTypes: ['behavior'] }],
run: (_ctx, inputs, params) => ({
call: { behaviorId: String(params[BEHAVIOR_PARAM] ?? ''), inputs },
next: 'exec',
}),
};
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@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ import { OnKeyUp } from './events/OnKeyUp';
import { OnStart } from './events/OnStart';
import { OnTimer } from './events/OnTimer';
import { OnUpdate } from './events/OnUpdate';
import { BehaviorEnd } from './flow/BehaviorEnd';
import { BehaviorStart } from './flow/BehaviorStart';
import { Branch } from './flow/Branch';
import { Repeat } from './flow/Repeat';
import { RunBehavior } from './flow/RunBehavior';
import { Sequence } from './flow/Sequence';
import { GetVariable } from './variable/GetVariable';
import { SetVariable } from './variable/SetVariable';
@@ -87,10 +90,13 @@ export const BUILT_IN_NODES: readonly NodeDef[] = [
OnCollisionStay,
OnCollisionExit,
OnClick,
BehaviorStart,
// flow
Branch,
Sequence,
Repeat,
RunBehavior,
BehaviorEnd,
// variables
GetVariable,
SetVariable,