Class FormerNameAttribute

Use this attribute to rename a struct, class, field or property without losing its serialized value.

Inheritance

Object

FormerNameAttribute

Namespace: Unity.Serialization

Syntax

public class FormerNameAttribute : Attribute

Constructors

FormerNameAttribute(String)

Initializes a new instance of FormerNameAttribute with the specified name.

Declaration

public FormerNameAttribute(string oldName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	oldName	The previous name of the member or type.

Properties

OldName

The previous name of the member or type.

Declaration

public string OldName { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

Methods

TryGetCurrentTypeName(String, out String)

Gets the current name based on the previous name.

Declaration

public static bool TryGetCurrentTypeName(string oldName, out string currentName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	oldName	The previous name of the member or type.
String	currentName	When this method returns, contains the current type name, if the name exists; otherwise default string.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	True if the given name exists in the remap table.