Components are simply instances that implement the Ashley component class.
import com.badlogic.ashley.core.Component;
import com.badlogic.ashley.core.ComponentMapper;
public class Position implements Component {
public static final ComponentMapper<Position> Map =
ComponentMapper.getFor(Position.class);
public float x = 0f,
y = 0f;
}
Component maps provide a fast way to access components on entities. Two common ways to manage your component maps is to either keep a static instance within your component's class, or to have a class/enum that contains all the mappers for all your components.
There's no need to declare a mapper for a component type more than once in your application.