Retrieve a GameObject that has a component that is a subclass of a particular class?

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For example, I have a base class for a component called Ship, and a subclass called BigShip.

My current situation is I have a player that has a void OnTriggerEnter (Collider other) entering a ship. This player needs to have access to the ship component that exists in other.

The best way I can think of getting the component is to iterate over all of the components and (somehow) individually check if each Component is a subclass of Ship.

What’s the best way of doing this?

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After some trial and error, it turned out to be easy. Basically call GetComponent on the base class. It seems to match anything that is subclassed from that Type automatically.