Accessing entity by String identifiers

[jeteve]

I'm considering using bevy_ecs for a project, and would like to access entities by a String ID (as entities will come from the outside with their String identifiers).

Is there any idiomatic way to do this using bevy or do I need to maintain my own entity dictionary?

[alice-i-cecile]

The Name component in bevy_core is the standard way to do this :) You'll have to maintain your own dictionary/index though if you want to look up entities by name.

[jeteve]

Thanks!