Class BlackboardReference

A reference to a Blackboard.

Inheritance

object

BlackboardReference

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Namespace: Unity.Behavior

Assembly: Unity.Behavior.dll

Syntax

[Serializable]
public class BlackboardReference

Properties

Blackboard

An instantiated copy of the Blackboard asset to be used.

Declaration

public Blackboard Blackboard { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Blackboard

Methods

AddVariable<TValue>(string, TValue)

Adds a variable of a given type and value to the blackboard. A variable will only be added if one with the same name does not already exist within the blackboard's variables.

Declaration

public bool AddVariable<TValue>(string name, TValue value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	name	The name of the variable
TValue	value	The value to assign to be assigned to the variable

Returns

Type	Description
bool	Returns true if the variable is added and false if a matching variable already exists.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TValue	The type of value stored by the variable

GetVariable(string, out BlackboardVariable)

Gets the variable associated with the specified name.

Declaration

public bool GetVariable(string name, out BlackboardVariable variable)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	name	The name of the variable
BlackboardVariable	variable	Contains the value associated with the specified name, if the named variable is found; otherwise, the default value is assigned.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	Returns true if a variable matching the name and type is found. Returns false otherwise.

GetVariable(SerializableGUID, out BlackboardVariable)

Gets a variable associated with the specified GUID.

Declaration

public bool GetVariable(SerializableGUID guid, out BlackboardVariable variable)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializableGUID	guid	The GUID of the variable to get
BlackboardVariable	variable	The variable associated with the specified GUID.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	Returns true if a variable with a matching GUID was found and false otherwise.

GetVariableID(string, out SerializableGUID)

Gets the ID of the variable associated with the specified name.

Declaration

public bool GetVariableID(string name, out SerializableGUID id)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	name	The name of the variable
SerializableGUID	id	Contains the ID associated with the specified name, if the named variable is found; otherwise, the default value is assigned.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	Returns true if a variable matching the name and type is found. Returns false otherwise.

GetVariableValue<TValue>(string, out TValue)

Tries to get the variable's value associated with the specified name.

Declaration

public bool GetVariableValue<TValue>(string name, out TValue value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	name	The name of the variable
TValue	value	The value associated with the specified name, if the named variable is found; otherwise, the default value is assigned.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	Returns true if a variable matching the name and type is found. Returns false otherwise.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TValue	The type of value stored by the variable

GetVariable<TValue>(string, out BlackboardVariable<TValue>)

Gets a variable associated with the specified name and value type. For values of type subclassed from UnityEngine.Object, use the non-generic method.

Declaration

public bool GetVariable<TValue>(string name, out BlackboardVariable<TValue> variable)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	name	The name of the variable
BlackboardVariable<TValue>	variable	The blackboard variable matching the name and value type

Returns

Type	Description
bool	Returns true if a variable matching the name and type is found. Returns false otherwise.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TValue	The type of value stored by the variable

GetVariable<TValue>(SerializableGUID, out BlackboardVariable<TValue>)

Gets a variable associated with the specified GUID and value type.

Declaration

public bool GetVariable<TValue>(SerializableGUID guid, out BlackboardVariable<TValue> variable)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializableGUID	guid	The GUID of the variable to get
BlackboardVariable<TValue>	variable	The variable associated with the specified GUID.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	Returns true if a variable with a matching GUID and type was found and false otherwise.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TValue	The value type of the variable

SetVariableValue<TValue>(string, TValue)

Sets the value of a blackboard variable matching the specified name and value type.

Declaration

public bool SetVariableValue<TValue>(string name, TValue value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	name	The name of the variable
TValue	value	The value to assign to the variable

Returns

Type	Description
bool	Returns true if a variable matching the name and type is found and set. Returns false otherwise.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TValue	The type of value stored by the variable

SetVariableValue<TValue>(SerializableGUID, TValue)

Sets the value of the variable associated with the specified GUID.

Declaration

public bool SetVariableValue<TValue>(SerializableGUID guid, TValue value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializableGUID	guid	The guid associated with the variable
TValue	value	The value to assign to the variable

Returns

Type	Description
bool	Returns true if the value was set successfully and false otherwise.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TValue	The value type of the variable