Implementing custom messages

We've created the messaging system, but an example of how to use it would help us to wrap our heads around the concept. Let's start by defining a pair of simple classes that derive from Message, which we can use to create a new enemy, as well as to notify other parts of our code base that an enemy was created:

public class CreateEnemyMessage : Message {}

public class EnemyCreatedMessage : Message {

  public readonly GameObject enemyObject;
  public readonly string enemyName;

  public EnemyCreatedMessage(GameObject enemyObject, string enemyName) {
    this.enemyObject = enemyObject;
    this.enemyName = enemyName;
  }
}

CreateEnemyMessage is the simplest form of message that contains no special data, while EnemyCreatedMessage will contain a reference to the enemy's GameObject as well as its name. Good practice for message objects is to make their member variables not only public but also readonly. This ensures that the data is easily accessible but cannot be changed after the object's construction. This safeguards the content of our messages against being altered, as they're passed between one listener and another.