How to Get a Component of base class type without derived classes?

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1

I have a 2 classes, class A and B that belong to Object Z.

A inherits Monobehavior
B inherits A

I want to GetComponent() without getting B.

The reason I have this design is that class A has variables that I need 2 versions of and used differently under class B, and B also uses functions like A.

At a certain point I need to get variables from class A. The function GetComponent() returns B first and while GetComponents() and cycling through them works, I find it encumbering.

Is there a better way?

2

There’s no other way as a derived class is also a “baseclass” instance. There’s no difference whatsoever as seen from the baseclass type.

You can create extension methods like this:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Linq;

public static class GOExtensions
{
    public static T[] GetComponentsExact<T>(this GameObject aObj)
    {
        return aObj.GetComponents<T>().Where(a=>a.GetType() == typeof(T)).ToArray();
    }
    public static T GetComponentExact<T>(this GameObject aObj)
    {
        return aObj.GetComponents<T>().Where(a=>a.GetType() == typeof(T)).FirstOrDefault();
    }
    public static T[] GetComponentsExact<T>(this Component aObj)
    {
        return aObj.GetComponents<T>().Where(a=>a.GetType() == typeof(T)).ToArray();
    }
    public static T GetComponentExact<T>(this Component aObj)
    {
        return aObj.GetComponents<T>().Where(a=>a.GetType() == typeof(T)).FirstOrDefault();
    }
}