Recommended way of checking if an Entity still exists?

Let's say I store an entity in a component and that entity might get destroyed at some point, how should I check that the entity still exists in a job?

Is there a generic way that doesn't rely on a HasComponent with a specific component type?

 

EntityManager.Exists(Entity);

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/c...s_EntityManager_Exists_Unity_Entities_Entity_

 

But entityManager can't be used in a job, right?

 

yes so you'd have to check prior to running job that would have a bad entity reference.

Unless it's .WithoutBurst().Run();

 

If you have some idea of what type of entity it is (what components it will own), you can just check if it has that specific component. If it does not have a component that it should have, then the entity does not exist. in a specific case I check if it has Translation or LocalToWorld, because the entity type I'm looking at in that specific situation will have at least one of them.