From a300dec1f7c9b472eae5479b4d0f6bbfaaca0e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Alves <seth.alves@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:42:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] update entity data bytes whenever it's asked for

---
 libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp | 3 ++-
 libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h   | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp
index b7d4f9f5dd..d809ac4cd4 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ void EntityItem::setActionData(QByteArray actionData) {
     }
 }
 
-bool EntityItem::serializeActionData() {
+bool EntityItem::serializeActionData() const {
     if (_objectActions.size() == 0) {
         _actionData = QByteArray();
         return true;
@@ -1555,6 +1555,7 @@ bool EntityItem::serializeActionData() {
 }
 
 const QByteArray EntityItem::getActionData() const {
+    serializeActionData();
     return _actionData;
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h
index 8656a5d4cf..880a666d3f 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h
@@ -468,10 +468,10 @@ protected:
     void* _physicsInfo = nullptr; // set by EntitySimulation
     bool _simulated; // set by EntitySimulation
 
-    bool serializeActionData();
+    bool serializeActionData() const;
     QHash<QUuid, EntityActionPointer> _objectActions;
     static int _maxActionDataSize;
-    QByteArray _actionData;
+    mutable QByteArray _actionData;
 };
 
 #endif // hifi_EntityItem_h