Is there a thing like a type of a script?

Questions & Answers
1

Hello human beings!

I am trying to get a script of intractable object e.g. a button or a lever.
The thing is that there might be a different script to each of these objects.

So i need to set a type of a script like “InteractableScript” to enable this specific script and not asking an if inside an if…

Is there a way to do that?

Tx.
Ethan.

EDIT:

To be more specific and not confuse people:

What i want to do is like so:

this.GetComponent<>(MonoDevelop);

But this will get me all the monodevelop scripts.
I want to get all the “Interactable” scripts.

2

Sounds like you’re talking about Class Inheritance… That’s too much to explain here, you’ll need to read up… Start off with the MSDN Page here.

3

I’m not 100% sure I understood your question, but you want to check if the type of an instance equals the type of a class?
That’s possible!

In c# you have something called Type. This is the specific type of a class.

To get the type of an object, use obj.GetType()

To get the type of a class, use typeof(class)

You may then compare these.

*** Code Example ***

I have made a base class called InteractableObject, and two subclasses inheriting from this calss: InteractableWaffle and InteractableChocolate. These are added to a List.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class InteractableContainer : MonoBehaviour {

    public List<InteractableObject> interactableObjects;

    void Start()
    {
        foreach (InteractableObject obj in interactableObjects)
        {
            Debug.Log(obj.GetType().Name);
            if (obj.GetType() == typeof(InteractableWaffle))
                Debug.Log("Waffle!");
            else if (obj.GetType() == typeof(InteractableChocolate))
                Debug.Log("Chocolate!");
        }
    }
}

Test project can be downloaded here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=17246425396535856671
I used Unity 5.3.3

4

as dhore said. But I suggest to use interface.

I will give you example (not compiled):

/// IRunable interface, allow to use Run() method in any class what extends it.
public interface IRunable
{
	public void Run();
}

/// You can extend any class with IRunable interface (this is example class name).
/// Example: This script can be attached to the doors
public class Doors : MonoBehaviour, IRunable
{
	/// You must override the Run() method here
	public void Run()
	{
		Debug.Log("OPENING DOORS");
	}
	
	void Update()
	{
	
	}
	
	...
}

/// Switch class keeps IRunable implementation as handler. 
/// You need to put the RunnableObject in inspector only, or make some game logic here.
/// Example: This script can be attached to the switch object.
public class Switch : MonoBehaviour
{	
	/// IRunable implementation handler, Unity not support interface property fields in inspector so we will cast it later.
	public MonoBehaviour runableObject;
	
	/// Execute this method to run the RunableObject Run() method.
	public void Switch()
	{
		if(runableObject != null && runableObject is IRunable)
			((IRunable)runableObject).Run();
	}
	
	/// Simple example of switch on trigger enter
	void OnTriggerEnter(Collider col)
	{
		if(col.tag == "Player")
		{
			Switch();
		}
	}
}