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Use of if(Component)
I am currently learning to use a SDK designed for Unity and found some pieces of code that confuse me. The examples for the SDK make heavy use of statements that place a component in an if statement.
Ex.
void Start() {
if(someComponent) {
someComponent.DoSomething();
}
}
As best as I can tell this tests that the component exists/is not null. I would like to know if this is the case and if possible what part of C# is used to do this.
Best Answer
The UnityEngine Object base class (which Component is derived from) has overridden the bool operator for convenience. The details are here:
http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object-operator_Object.html
