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Artefact differentiation

This document describes what the individual artefacts are for and how they are used.

godot-runtime

Overview

The godot-runtime contains runtime specific implementations which enables the jvm and the cpp code to interact. It contains stuff like our own Garbage Collector and TransferContext. Also the core types are located here. The reason being that the core types are needed inside your GC. Hence they cannot go inside godot-library.

Usage

The godot-runtime should not be used by the user directly. godot-library has a transitive dependency on it so the user can access the core types. This artefact is published to mavenCentral (so the transitive part works) and is also used as a dependency by godot-bootstrap and hence present in the shadowJar godot-bootstrap.jar which gets shipped alongside the engine executable. In there it handles loading and reloading as well as cpp/jvm interactions.

godot-library

Overview

The godot-library contains the godot api as kotlin classes as well as registration code. It is automatically added as a dependency to the users code by the godot-gradle-plugin. Hence it is deployed to mavenCentral. It is also used as a dependency by godot-bootstrap and thus present in the godot-bootstrap.jar which gets shipped alongside the engine.

Usage

The godot-library is mainly used by the end user implicitly. Implicitly because he does not add it by himself. The godot-gradle-plugin does that. But it is also used by the godot-bootstrap.jar for initial loading and usage in the editor. Important is, that during runtime, only the version that was added as a dependency to the users code through the godot-gradle-plugin is used. The version inside godot-bootstrap is only used for the editor.

godot-bootstrap

Overview

The godot-bootstrap is a shadowJar (also known as fat jar) which contains godot-runtime and godot-library as well as all the dependencies the user has defined recursively. This is needed so they and all dependencies and the dependencies of the dependencies are present at runtime.

Usage

The godot-bootstrap is shipped alongside the engine for editor use and is bundled together with the game executable during export. It is never used by the user directly nor added as a dependency anywhere.

main

Overview

The main.jar is built when the user builds his code. It is a shadowJar containing only the users code and all dependencies.

Usage

This jar is bundled together with the game executable during export and executed through the godot-bootstrap during runtime. It is nowhere else used.