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PrefabUtility

Utility class for any prefab related operations.

Note: This is an editor class. To use it you have to place your script in Assets/Editor inside your project folder. Editor classes are in the UnityEditor namespace so for C# scripts you need to add "using UnityEditor;" at the beginning of the script.

Class Functions
GetPrefabParent

Returns the GameObject parent of source, or null if it can't be found.

GetPrefabObject

Retrieves the prefab object representation.

GetPropertyModifications

Extract all modifications that are applied to the prefab instance compared to the parent prefab.

SetPropertyModifications

Assigns all modifications that are applied to the prefab instance compared to the parent prefab.

InstantiateAttachedAsset

Instantiate an asset that is referenced by a prefab and use it on the prefab instance.

RecordPrefabInstancePropertyModifications

Force record property modifications by comparing against the parent prefab.

MergeAllPrefabInstances

Force re-merging all prefab instances of this prefab.

DisconnectPrefabInstance

Disconnects the prefab instance from its parent prefab.

InstantiatePrefab

Instantiates the given prefab.

CreateEmptyPrefab

Creates an empty prefab at given path.

CreatePrefab

Creates a prefab from a game object hierarchy

ReplacePrefab

Replaces the targetPrefab with a copy of the game object hierarchy go.

FindRootGameObjectWithSameParentPrefab

Returns the topmost game object that has the same prefab parent as target

FindValidUploadPrefabInstanceRoot

Returns root game object of the prefab instance if that root prefab instance is a parent of the prefab.

ReconnectToLastPrefab

Connects the game object to the prefab that it was last connected to.

ResetToPrefabState

Resets the properties of the component or game object to the parent prefab state

IsComponentAddedToPrefabInstance

RevertPrefabInstance

Resets the properties of all objects in the prefab, including child game objects and components that were added to the prefab instance

GetPrefabType

Given an object, returns its prefab type (None, if it's not a prefab)

FindPrefabRoot

Helper function to find the prefab root of an object (used for picking niceness)