class_name InstancePersister

var _node: Node
var _world: World
var _node_hash: String = ""


func _init(node: Node, world: World) -> void:
	assert(is_instance_valid(world),
			"'world' must be valid. Are you sure you have defined/set the reference correctly?")
	_node = node
	_node_hash = str(world.get_path_to(node).hash())
	_world = world
	_world.store_instance_state(str(_node_hash), world.get_path_to(node))


func get_property(property: StringName, default: Variant) -> Variant:
	return _world.get_instance_state(str(_node_hash, ":", property), default)


func set_property_auto(property: StringName) -> void:
	_world.store_instance_state(str(_node_hash, ":", property), _node.get(property))


func set_property(property: StringName, value: Variant) -> void:
	_world.store_instance_state(str(_node_hash, ":", property), value)