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//Author:    Zero Engine Team

class TimedDeath : ZilchComponent
{
    // The amount of time before this object will be destroyed.
    [Property]
    var Lifetime : Real = 1.0;
    
    // Do we send the death event when the timer runs out?
    [Property]
    var SendsDeathEvent : Boolean = true;
    // Do we destroy ourself when the timer runs out?
    [Property]
    var AutoDestroy : Boolean = true;
    
    // When we die, we sound out a death event.
    sends Death : ZilchEvent;
    
    function Initialize(init : CogInitializer)
    {
        // Queue up a delay for our lifetime, after that much
        // time call the function that kills us.
        var sequence = Action.Sequence(this.Owner.Actions);
        Action.Delay(sequence, this.Lifetime);
        Action.Call(sequence, this.OnDeath);
    }
    
    function OnDeath()
    {
        if(this.SendsDeathEvent)
        {
            // Let anyone listening know we just died.
            var toSend = ZilchEvent();
            this.Owner.DispatchEvent(Events.Death, toSend);
        }
        
        if(this.AutoDestroy)
        {
            this.Owner.Destroy();
        }
    }
}