Proper way to add entities to LinkedEntityGroup without disrupting normal conversion?

I have ability data stored in ScriptableObjects. The ability data is converted to entities and I wish to add them to the LinkedEntityGroup buffer without messing up the standard child game objects already being added to it. This seems to work but I'm not sure if it is done correctly.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. conversionSystem.DeclareLinkedEntityGroup(this.gameObject);
3.  
4. // I would rather use dstManager.GetBuffer here but the buffer is null at this point
5. // and throws an error
6. var linkedEntityGroup = dstManager.AddBuffer<LinkedEntityGroup>(entity);
7. var transforms = transform.GetComponentsInChildren<Transform>();
8. for (int i = 0; i < transforms.Length; i++)
9. {
10.     Entity childEntity = conversionSystem.GetPrimaryEntity(transforms[i].gameObject);
11.     linkedEntityGroup.Add(childEntity);
12. }
13.  
14. // Adding my ability entities here
15. for (int i = 0; i < tempAbilityList.Count; i++)
16.     linkedEntityGroup.Add(tempAbilityList[i].abilityInstance);
17.  

 

linkedEntityGroup[0] needs to be the Main Entity itself.
var transforms = transform.GetComponentsInChildren<Transform>();
should have done that the correct way.

 

Okay cool. It seems to be working fine now. I just didn't know if that would mess up whichever system normally creates the LinkedEntityGroup.