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Easy? Convert System.Type to UnityEngine.Component
I have a function where I'm returning a System.Type, and need to convert it into a Component.
a) Is this possible, if so how
b) Is it possible to return a Component instead from a function rather than System.Type
I haven't been able to do either.
Example:
public class aClass {
public System.Type GetAScript() {
return typeof(BeamProjectile); //Where BeamProjectile is a sub class that implements a base class that inherits from MonoBehaviour
}
}
class SomeOtherClass {
public aClass;
...
public DoSomething() {
System.Type st = aClass.GetAScript();
GameObject go;
go.AddComponent<st>(); /// <-- failure
}
}
Doesn't this work?
public BeamProjectile GetAScript() {
return new BeamProjectile();
}
Just use...
go.AddComponent(st);
... in the last line in your example, as AddComponent is overloaded to accept either a string with the type name, a Type, or a parametric type.
For reference, check second overload here.
Update: I thumbed this up - this is what I ended up doing.
Try something like:
public T GetScript<T>()
{
return T;
}
var st = GetScript<BeamProjectile>();
GameObject go;
go.AddComponent<st>();
But I don't get why do you need to do that and not just:
go.AddComponent<BeamProjectile>();
I'm using an abstract class of 'projectiles' in a new weapon system, and I'm storing them all a generic object pool, where they could be of any base type projectile..
I faced similar problem, and saw that it's not possible to use System.Type variables in generics. See for example here
You can use reflection to instantiate component, but you can have a problem on mobile devices.
For your case probably will be reasonable to use Strategy Pattern
