Add utility method for finding scripts by type

Author: mafiesto4

FlaxEngine/API/Objects/Actor.Gen.cs

@@ -393,6 +393,24 @@ public Actor FindActor(Type type)
 #endif
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tries to find the script of the given type in this actor tree (checks this actor and all children trees).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="type">The type of the script to find.</param>
+        /// <returns>Script instance if found, null otherwise.</returns>
+#if UNIT_TEST_COMPILANT
+        [Obsolete("Unit tests, don't support methods calls.")]
+#endif
+        [UnmanagedCall]
+        public Script FindScript(Type type)
+        {
+#if UNIT_TEST_COMPILANT
+            throw new NotImplementedException("Unit tests, don't support methods calls. Only properties can be get or set.");
+#else
+            return Internal_FindScriptByType(unmanagedPtr, type);
+#endif
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Tries to find the actor with the given name in all the loaded scenes.
         /// </summary>
@@ -922,6 +940,9 @@ public static Guid[] TryGetSerializedObjectsIds(byte[] data)
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
         internal static extern Actor Internal_FindActorByType(IntPtr obj, Type type);
 
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
+        internal static extern Script Internal_FindScriptByType(IntPtr obj, Type type);
+
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
         internal static extern Actor Internal_FindByName(string name);
 

FlaxEngine/API/Objects/Actor.cs

@@ -260,6 +260,24 @@ public T FindActor<T>() where T : Actor
 #endif
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tries to find the script of the given type in this script tree (checks this actor and all children trees).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the script to find.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>Script instance if found, null otherwise.</returns>
+#if UNIT_TEST_COMPILANT
+        [Obsolete("Unit tests, don't support methods calls.")]
+#endif
+        [UnmanagedCall]
+        public T FindScript<T>() where T : Script
+        {
+#if UNIT_TEST_COMPILANT
+            throw new NotImplementedException("Unit tests, don't support methods calls. Only properties can be get or set.");
+#else
+            return Internal_FindScriptByType(unmanagedPtr, typeof(T)) as T;
+#endif
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Tries to find the actor of the given type in all the loaded scenes.
         /// </summary>

FlaxEngine/API/Objects/Script.Gen.cs

@@ -115,6 +115,24 @@ public void BreakPrefabLink()
 #endif
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tries to find the script of the given type in all the loaded scenes.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="type">The type of the script to find.</param>
+        /// <returns>Script instance if found, null otherwise.</returns>
+#if UNIT_TEST_COMPILANT
+        [Obsolete("Unit tests, don't support methods calls.")]
+#endif
+        [UnmanagedCall]
+        public static Script Find(Type type)
+        {
+#if UNIT_TEST_COMPILANT
+            throw new NotImplementedException("Unit tests, don't support methods calls. Only properties can be get or set.");
+#else
+            return Internal_FindByType(type);
+#endif
+        }
+
         #region Internal Calls
 
 #if !UNIT_TEST_COMPILANT
@@ -147,6 +165,9 @@ public void BreakPrefabLink()
 
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
         internal static extern void Internal_BreakPrefabLink(IntPtr obj);
+
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
+        internal static extern Script Internal_FindByType(Type type);
 #endif
 
         #endregion

FlaxEngine/API/Objects/Script.cs

@@ -44,6 +44,24 @@ public Transform LocalTransform
             set => Actor.LocalTransform = value;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tries to find the script of the given type in all the loaded scenes.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the script to find.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>Script instance if found, null otherwise.</returns>
+#if UNIT_TEST_COMPILANT
+        [Obsolete("Unit tests, don't support methods calls.")]
+#endif
+        [UnmanagedCall]
+        public static T Find<T>() where T : Script
+        {
+#if UNIT_TEST_COMPILANT
+            return null;
+#else
+            return Internal_FindByType(typeof(T)) as T;
+#endif
+        }
+
         #region Internal Calls
 
 #if !UNIT_TEST_COMPILANT