Method ConvertUnityObjectToType

ConvertUnityObjectToType<T>(Object)

Returns a component of the specified type that is associated with an object, if possible.

Declaration

public static T ConvertUnityObjectToType<T>(Object objectIn) where T : class

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	objectIn	The Unity Object reference to convert.

Returns

Type	Description
T	A component of type T, if found on the object. Otherwise returns null.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type to convert to.

Remarks

If the objectIn is the requested type, then this function casts it to type T and returns it.

If objectIn is a GameObject, then this function returns the first component of the requested type, if one exists.

If objectIn is a different type of component, this function returns the first component of the requested type on the same GameObject, if one exists.