Class ReflectionUtil

A utility class providing reflection helper methods.

Inheritance

Object

ReflectionUtil

Inherited Members

Object.ToString()

Object.Equals(Object)

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Object.GetHashCode()

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: IPA.Utilities

Assembly: IPA.Loader.dll

Syntax

public static class ReflectionUtil

Methods

CopyComponent(Component, Type, GameObject, Type)

Copies a component original to a component of overridingType on the destination UnityEngine.GameObject.

Declaration

public static Component CopyComponent(this Component original, Type overridingType, GameObject destination, Type originalTypeOverride = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
UnityEngine.Component	original	the original component
Type	overridingType	the new component's type
UnityEngine.GameObject	destination	the destination GameObject
Type	originalTypeOverride	overrides the source component type (for example, to a superclass)

Returns

Type	Description
UnityEngine.Component	the copied component

CopyComponent<T>(Component, GameObject, Type)

A generic version of CopyComponent(Component, Type, GameObject, Type).

Declaration

public static T CopyComponent<T>(this Component original, GameObject destination, Type originalTypeOverride = null)
    where T : Component

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
UnityEngine.Component	original	the original component
UnityEngine.GameObject	destination	the destination game object
Type	originalTypeOverride	overrides the source component type (for example, to a superclass)

Returns

Type	Description
T	the copied component

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	the overriding type

See Also

CopyComponent(Component, Type, GameObject, Type)

GetField<T>(Object, String)

Gets the value of a field.

Declaration

public static T GetField<T>(this object obj, string fieldName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	obj	the object instance to pull from
String	fieldName	the name of the field to read

Returns

Type	Description
T	the value of the field

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	the type of the field (result casted)

InvokeMethod(Object, String, Object[])

Invokes a method on an object.

Declaration

public static object InvokeMethod(this object obj, string methodName, params object[] methodArgs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	obj	the object to call from
String	methodName	the method name
Object[]	methodArgs	the method arguments

Returns

Type	Description
Object	the return value

InvokeMethod<T>(T, String, Object[])

Invokes a method from T on an object.

Declaration

public static object InvokeMethod<T>(this T obj, string methodName, params object[] args)
    where T : class

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	obj	the object instance
String	methodName	the method's name
Object[]	args	the method arguments

Returns

Type	Description
Object	the return value

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	the type to search for the method on

InvokeMethod<T>(Object, String, Object[])

Invokes a method.

Declaration

public static T InvokeMethod<T>(this object obj, string methodName, params object[] methodArgs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	obj	the object instance
String	methodName	the method name to call
Object[]	methodArgs	the method's arguments

Returns

Type	Description
T	the return value

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	the return type

InvokeMethod<T, U>(U, String, Object[])

Invokes a method from U on an object.

Declaration

public static T InvokeMethod<T, U>(this U obj, string methodName, params object[] methodArgs)
    where U : class

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
U	obj	the object instance
String	methodName	the method name to call
Object[]	methodArgs	the method's arguments

Returns

Type	Description
T	the return value

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	the return type
U	the type to search for the method on

SetField(Object, String, Object)

Sets a field on the target object.

Declaration

public static void SetField(this object obj, string fieldName, object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	obj	the object instance
String	fieldName	the field to set
Object	value	the value to set it to

SetField<T>(T, String, Object)

Sets a field on the target object, as gotten from T.

Declaration

public static void SetField<T>(this T obj, string fieldName, object value)
    where T : class

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	obj	the object instance
String	fieldName	the field to set
Object	value	the value to set it to

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	the type to get the field from

SetProperty(Object, String, Object)

Sets a property on the target object.

Declaration

public static void SetProperty(this object obj, string propertyName, object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	obj	the target object instance
String	propertyName	the name of the property
Object	value	the value to set it to

SetProperty<T>(T, String, Object)

Sets a property on the target object, as gotten from T

Declaration

public static void SetProperty<T>(this T obj, string propertyName, object value)
    where T : class

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	obj	the object instance
String	propertyName	the property to set
Object	value	the value to set it to

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	the type to get the property from