GameObject.GetComponentInParent

Parameters

Description

Returns the component of Type type in the GameObject or any of its parents.

Recurses upwards till it finds a valid component. Returns null if no component found. Only component on active Game Objects are returned.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class GetComponentInParentExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Disable the spring on the first HingeJoint component found on any parent object

    void Start()
    {
        HingeJoint hinge = gameObject.GetComponentInParent(typeof(HingeJoint)) as HingeJoint;

        if (hinge != null)
            hinge.useSpring = false;
    }
}

Description

Generic version.

Recurses upwards till it finds a valid component. Returns null if no component found. Only component on active Game Objects are returned.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class GetComponentInParentExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Disable the spring on the first HingeJoint component found on any parent object

    void Start()
    {
        HingeJoint hinge = gameObject.GetComponentInParent<HingeJoint>();

        if (hinge != null)
            hinge.useSpring = false;
    }
}