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HierarchyNodeTypeHandlerBase

class in Unity.Hierarchy

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Description

Provides a base class for hierarchy node type handlers.

Properties

Property Description
CommandList Get the HierarchyCommandList associated with this handler.
Hierarchy Get the Hierarchy owning this handler.

Public Methods

Method Description
Dispose Disposes this hierarchy node type handler to free up resources in the derived class.
GetDefaultNodeFlags Get the default value used to initialize a hierarchy node flags.
GetEntityIdFromNode Gets the EntityId corresponding to the given HierarchyNode.
GetEntityIdsFromNodes Gets the EntityId corresponding to each HierarchyNode in . Slots already set to a non-EntityId.None value must be skipped.
GetNodeFromEntityId Gets the HierarchyNode corresponding to the given EntityId.
GetNodeHashCode Gets the hash code for the specified hierarchy node.
GetNodesFromEntityIds Gets the HierarchyNode corresponding to each EntityId in . Slots already set to a non-null value must be skipped.
GetNodeType Retrieves the hierarchy node type for this hierarchy node type handler.
GetNodeTypeName Get the type name of this hierarchy node type handler.
ReadUIDs Restores nodes from the identifiers written by HierarchyNodeTypeHandlerBase.WriteUIDs. is pre-initialized to HierarchyNode.Null; write only slots that resolve to a live node.
SearchMatch Determines if a node matches the search query.

Protected Methods

Method Description
GetUIDInfo Returns the UID serialization info for this handler. A HierarchyUIDInfo.Size of 0 means this handler does not support UID serialization and its nodes will be skipped.
Initialize Initializes this hierarchy node type handler.
SearchBegin Called when a new search query begins.
SearchEnd Called when a search query ends.
UpdateBegin Called when the hierarchy update begins.
UpdateEnd Called when the hierarchy update ends.
ViewModelPostSetState Called after the HierarchyViewModel finishes setting its state.
ViewModelPostUpdate Called after the HierarchyViewModel finishes being updated.
WriteUIDs Serializes stable identifiers for the given nodes into . The buffer is pre-zeroed; write only slots that have a valid identity. Unwritten slots are treated as unresolvable during restore.

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