TypeDescriptor

Remarks

This is the replacement for Type-driven discovery. Stride injects module initialisers with Cecil to build the equivalent; ADR-002 forbids that, and [ModuleInitializer] does the same job in the language. What is registered here is what a generator saw in the source, so it survives trimming, survives NativeAOT, and is a build error rather than a start-up surprise when it is wrong.

Reading a member is GetValue; writing one is SetValue; making one is Create. None of those touches System.Reflection.

Fields and properties (8)

• public Type Type

  The CLR type.

• public string Alias

  The name it is known by in data and in tools.

• public IReadOnlyList<string> FormerAliases

  Names it used to be known by.

• public TypeTraits Traits

  What the annotations say it is for.

• public string? Category

  Which group the inspector puts it in.

• public IReadOnlyList<MemberDescriptor> Members

  Its members, in declared order.

• public bool CanCreate

  Whether an instance can be made without arguments.

• public DataSerializer? Serializer

  Its serializer, if it has one.

Methods (5)

• public TypeDescriptor(Type type, string alias, TypeTraits traits, MemberDescriptor[] members, Func<object>? factory = null, string? category = null, string[]? formerAliases = null)

  Describes a type.

• public object Create()

  Makes an instance.

• public MemberDescriptor? FindMember(string name)

  Finds a member by name.

• public bool Has(TypeTraits traits)

  Whether the type carries every one of .

• public override string ToString()

  Renders the descriptor as its alias.

Used by (22)

• MaterialHelloUi
• TypeRegistrationThirdPersonShooter
• NestedMemberTestsVixen.Ui.Controls.Advanced.Tests
• PropertyGridVixen.Ui.Controls.Advanced
• PropertyGridTestsVixen.Ui.Controls.Advanced.Tests
• SplineAssetTestsVixen.Core.Mathematics.Tests
• TypeRegistryVixen.Core.Reflection
• TypeRegistryTestsVixen.Core.Reflection.Tests
• YamlSerializerVixen.Core.Yaml
• AnimationClipImporterTestsVixen.Editor.Assets.Tests
• AssetImporterVixen.Editor.Assets
• ConstraintAuthoringImporterTestsVixen.Editor.Assets.Tests
• EditorScriptTestsVixen.Editor.Scripts.Tests
• HarnessPlanImporterTestsVixen.Editor.Assets.Tests
• ImportPipelineVixen.Editor.Assets
• MaterialImporterTestsVixen.Editor.Assets.Tests
• MoveSetImporterTestsVixen.Editor.Assets.Tests
• ProjectSettingsStoreVixen.Editor.Core
• ProxyShapeImporterTestsVixen.Editor.Assets.Tests
• ReflectedDescriptorVixen.Editor.Inspector
• ReflectedTypeTestsVixen.Editor.Scripts.Tests
• ReflectedTypesVixen.Editor.Scripts