All inclusive getComponent call for all subclasses

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1

Is it possible to do a generic GetComponent call that treats all the subclasses the same or do I have to call every subclass by name?

// Main and sub class structure
Event : MonoBehaviour
Choice : Event 
Action : Event

// Current Code
obj.GetComponent<Event> (); // ----> Gets Event
obj.GetComponent<Choice> (); // ----> Gets Choice
obj.GetComponent<Action> (); // ----> Gets Action

// Wanted Code
obj.GetComponent <Event> (); // ----> Gets Sub Class

I am just lookin to clean up my code a bit.

2

GetComponent works like you want, if you have one component of type “Action” you can get it with:

GetComponent<Event>()

That’s how you’re probably getting the collider of some object, maybe it has a BoxCollider (a class that inherits from Collider) but you get it with:

GetComponent<Collider>()

Maybe you have more than one Event or Event-derived component in the same object, and GetComponent only returns the first one it founds.