virtualx-engine/doc/classes/ClassDB.xml

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<class name="ClassDB" inherits="Object" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../class.xsd">
	<brief_description>
		A class information repository.
	</brief_description>
	<description>
		Provides access to metadata stored for every available class.
	</description>
	<tutorials>
	</tutorials>
	<methods>
		<method name="can_instantiate" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="bool" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns [code]true[/code] if objects can be instantiated from the specified [param class], otherwise returns [code]false[/code].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_exists" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="bool" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns whether the specified [param class] is available or not.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_enum_constants" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="PackedStringArray" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="enum" type="StringName" />
			<param index="2" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns an array with all the keys in [param enum] of [param class] or its ancestry.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_enum_list" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="PackedStringArray" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns an array with all the enums of [param class] or its ancestry.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_integer_constant" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="int" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="name" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns the value of the integer constant [param name] of [param class] or its ancestry. Always returns 0 when the constant could not be found.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_integer_constant_enum" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="StringName" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="name" type="StringName" />
			<param index="2" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns which enum the integer constant [param name] of [param class] or its ancestry belongs to.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_integer_constant_list" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="PackedStringArray" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns an array with the names all the integer constants of [param class] or its ancestry.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_method_argument_count" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="int" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="method" type="StringName" />
			<param index="2" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns the number of arguments of the method [param method] of [param class] or its ancestry if [param no_inheritance] is [code]false[/code].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_method_list" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="Dictionary[]" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns an array with all the methods of [param class] or its ancestry if [param no_inheritance] is [code]false[/code]. Every element of the array is a [Dictionary] with the following keys: [code]args[/code], [code]default_args[/code], [code]flags[/code], [code]id[/code], [code]name[/code], [code]return: (class_name, hint, hint_string, name, type, usage)[/code].
				[b]Note:[/b] In exported release builds the debug info is not available, so the returned dictionaries will contain only method names.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_property" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="Variant" />
			<param index="0" name="object" type="Object" />
			<param index="1" name="property" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns the value of [param property] of [param object] or its ancestry.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_property_list" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="Dictionary[]" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns an array with all the properties of [param class] or its ancestry if [param no_inheritance] is [code]false[/code].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_signal" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="Dictionary" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="signal" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns the [param signal] data of [param class] or its ancestry. The returned value is a [Dictionary] with the following keys: [code]args[/code], [code]default_args[/code], [code]flags[/code], [code]id[/code], [code]name[/code], [code]return: (class_name, hint, hint_string, name, type, usage)[/code].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_get_signal_list" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="Dictionary[]" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns an array with all the signals of [param class] or its ancestry if [param no_inheritance] is [code]false[/code]. Every element of the array is a [Dictionary] as described in [method class_get_signal].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_has_enum" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="bool" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="name" type="StringName" />
			<param index="2" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns whether [param class] or its ancestry has an enum called [param name] or not.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_has_integer_constant" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="bool" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="name" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns whether [param class] or its ancestry has an integer constant called [param name] or not.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_has_method" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="bool" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="method" type="StringName" />
			<param index="2" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns whether [param class] (or its ancestry if [param no_inheritance] is [code]false[/code]) has a method called [param method] or not.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_has_signal" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="bool" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="signal" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns whether [param class] or its ancestry has a signal called [param signal] or not.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="class_set_property" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="int" enum="Error" />
			<param index="0" name="object" type="Object" />
			<param index="1" name="property" type="StringName" />
			<param index="2" name="value" type="Variant" />
			<description>
				Sets [param property] value of [param object] to [param value].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_class_list" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="PackedStringArray" />
			<description>
				Returns the names of all the classes available.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_inheriters_from_class" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="PackedStringArray" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns the names of all the classes that directly or indirectly inherit from [param class].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_parent_class" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="StringName" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns the parent class of [param class].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="instantiate" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="Variant" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Creates an instance of [param class].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="is_class_enabled" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="bool" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns whether this [param class] is enabled or not.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="is_class_enum_bitfield" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="bool" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="enum" type="StringName" />
			<param index="2" name="no_inheritance" type="bool" default="false" />
			<description>
				Returns whether [param class] (or its ancestor classes if [param no_inheritance] is [code]false[/code]) has an enum called [param enum] that is a bitfield.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="is_parent_class" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="bool" />
			<param index="0" name="class" type="StringName" />
			<param index="1" name="inherits" type="StringName" />
			<description>
				Returns whether [param inherits] is an ancestor of [param class] or not.
			</description>
		</method>
	</methods>
</class>