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c# How do I search by virtual Type variable in parent classes? (inheritance)
Hi guys, I want a way to identify if a class is a type of Enemy by searching the classes it derived, from for example : I have a class named Ship and a class named Astroid both are derived from Enemy, and I want to test if a Ship is a kind of enemy. I can use a virtual Type variable that is later overridden by the subclasses, that is a way to define types to make them easily accessable from outside, but i have no way of searching them yet.
this is my Entity class from wich i want to derive all other classes for example:
using UnityEngine;
public class Entity : MonoBehaviour {
public virtual string GetType () { return "Entity"; }
}
How do I find out if this is a type of Entity in a way that is efficient and usable for searching any class hirarchie ?:
using UnityEngine;
public class Something : Entity{
public virtual string GetType () { return "Something"; }
}
I tried using a virtual list and adding a type to it in each subclass, but virtual doesn't support lists, so I tried doing it with a string but i realised i don't know how to make the compiler calculate the string so that it wouldn't have to be generated every time I create an object in the start method.
nothing i realized my problem is somwhere else thanks
also what's the point of
public virtual string GetType () { return "Something"; }
every object has a GetType method already you could just do GetType().Name and it will give you the name of the class
The is keyword might be what you want? You also need the right syntax when passing types around.
public void CheckIfEnemy<T>()
{
return (T is Enemy);
}
You'd use this with:
bool shipIsEnemy = CheckIfEnemy<Ship>();
