# Objective
- Remove any ambiguity around how multiple `Observer` components work on
a single `Entity` by completely removing the concept.
- Fixes#15122
## Solution
- Removed type parameters from `Observer`, relying on a function pointer
to provide type information into the relevant aspects of running an
observer.
## Testing
- Ran CI locally.
- Checked `observers.rs` example continued to function as expected.
## Notes
This communicates to users of observers that only a single `Observer`
can be inserted onto an entity at a time within the established type
system. This has been achieved by erasing the type information from the
stored `ObserverSystem` and retrieving it again using a function
pointer. This has the downside of increasing the size of the `Observer`
component and increases the complexity of the observer runner. However,
this complexity was already present, and is in my opinion a worthwhile
tradeoff for the clearer user experience.
The other notable benefit is users no longer need to use the
`ObserverState` component to filter for `Observer` entities, and can
instead use `Observer` directly.
Technically this is a breaking change, since the type signature for
`Observer` has changed. However, it was so cumbersome to use that I
don't believe there are any instances in the wild of users directly
naming `Observer` types, instead relying on `ObserverState`, and the
methods provided by `App` and `World`. As can be seen in the diff, this
change had very little knock-on effects across Bevy.
## Migration Guide
If you filtered for observers using `Observer<A, B>`, instead filter for
an `Observer`.
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
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