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HierarchyFlattened

class in Unity.Hierarchy

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Implemented in:UnityEngine.HierarchyCoreModule

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Description

Represents a read-only array of HierarchyFlattenedNode over a Hierarchy. Used as an acceleration structure for query purposes.

Querying information about nodes completes much faster than the same methods on Hierarchy because they are stored during the updates.

Properties

Property Description
Count The total number of nodes.
Hierarchy Accesses the hierarchy.
IsCreated Whether this object is valid and uses memory or not.
this[int] Gets the HierarchyFlattenedNode at a specified index.
UpdateNeeded Determines if the flattened hierarchy needs an update.
Updating Whether the flattened hierarchy is currently updating.

Constructors

Constructor Description
HierarchyFlattened Cosntructs a new HierarchyFlattened.

Public Methods

Method Description
Contains Determines if a specified node is in the hierarchy flattened.
Dispose Disposes this object to release its memory.
EnumerateChildren Gets an enumerable of children HierarchyNode for the specified node.
GetChildrenCount Gets the number of child nodes that a hierarchy node has.
GetChildrenCountRecursive Gets the number of child nodes that a hierarchy node has, including children of children.
GetDepth Determines the depth of a node.
GetEnumerator Gets the HierarchyFlattenedNode enumerator.
GetNextSibling Gets the next sibling of a node.
GetParent Gets the parent of a hierarchy node.
IndexOf Gets the zero-based index of a specified node.
Update Updates the flattened hierarchy and requests a rebuild of the list of HierarchyFlattenedNode from the Hierarchy topology.
UpdateIncremental Updates the flattened hierarchy incrementally.
UpdateIncrementalTimed Incrementally updates the flattened hierarchy until a time limit is reached.

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