EditorBuildSettings.TryGetConfigObject

Parameters

Returns

bool Returns true if the config object reference was found and the type matched the result parameter. Returns false if the entry is not found, the config object reference is null, or if the type requested does not match the type stored.

Description

Retrieve a config object reference by name.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using System.IO;

public class MyConfigData : ScriptableObject
{
    public static MyConfigData GetDefault()
    {
        //name of config data object
        string stringName = "com.myproject.myconfigdata";
        //path to Config Object and asset name
        string stringPath = "Assets/myconfigdata.asset";
        //used to hold config data
        MyConfigData data = null;

        //if a config data object exists with the same name, return its config data
        if (EditorBuildSettings.TryGetConfigObject<MyConfigData>(stringName, out data))
            return data;

        //If the asset file already exists, store existing config data
        if (File.Exists(stringPath))
            data = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<MyConfigData>(stringPath);
        //if no previous config data exists
        if (data == null)
        {
            //show save file dialog and return user selected path name
            stringPath = EditorUtility.SaveFilePanelInProject("New Config File", "myconfigdata", "asset", "Select Config File Asset", "Assets");
            //initialise config data object
            data = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<MyConfigData>();
            //create new asset from data at specified path
            //asset MUST be saved with the AssetDatabase before adding to EditorBuildSettings
            AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(data, stringPath);
        }

        //add the new or loaded config object to EditorBuildSettings
        EditorBuildSettings.AddConfigObject(stringName, data, false);

        return data;
    }
}