This change consists of multiple changes:
Core:
- Deprecation of ANY_PACKAGE macro. Added ANY_PACKAGE_DEPRECATED macro which can still be used for backwards compatibility purposes (only used in CoreUObject)
- Deprecation of StaticFindObjectFast* functions that take bAnyPackage parameter
- Added UStruct::GetStructPathName function that returns FTopLevelAssetPath representing the path name (package + object FName, super quick compared to UObject::GetPathName) + wrapper UClass::GetClassPathName to make it look better when used with UClasses
- Added (Static)FindFirstObject* functions that find a first object given its Name (no Outer). These functions are used in places I consider valid to do global UObject (UClass) lookups like parsing command line parameters / checking for unique object names
- Added static UClass::TryFindType function which serves a similar purpose as FindFirstObject however it's going to throw a warning (with a callstack / maybe ensure in the future?) if short class name is provided. This function is used in places that used to use short class names but now should have been converted to use path names to catch any potential regressions and or edge cases I missed.
- Added static UClass::TryConvertShortNameToPathName utility function
- Added static UClass::TryFixShortClassNameExportPath utility function
- Object text export paths will now also include class path (Texture2D'/Game/Textures/Grass.Grass' -> /Script/Engine.Texture2D'/Game/Textures/Grass.Grass')
- All places that manually generated object export paths for objects will now use FObjectPropertyBase::GetExportPath
- Added a new startup test that checks for short type names in UClass/FProperty MetaData values
AssetRegistry:
- Deprecated any member variables (FAssetData / FARFilter) or functions that use FNames to represent class names and replaced them with FTopLevelAssetPath
- Added new member variables and new function overloads that use FTopLevelAssetPath to represent class names
- This also applies to a few other modules' APIs to match AssetRegistry changes
Everything else:
- Updated code that used ANY_PACKAGE (depending on the use case) to use FindObject(nullptr, PathToObject), UClass::TryFindType (used when path name is expected, warns if it's a short name) or FindFirstObject (usually for finding types based on user input but there's been a few legitimate use cases not related to user input)
- Updated code that used AssetRegistry API to use FTopLevelAssetPaths and USomeClass::StaticClass()->GetClassPathName() instead of GetFName()
- Updated meta data and hardcoded FindObject(ANY_PACKAGE, "EEnumNameOrClassName") calls to use path names
#jira UE-99463
#rb many.people
[FYI] Marcus.Wassmer
#preflight 629248ec2256738f75de9b32
#codereviewnumbers 20320742, 20320791, 20320799, 20320756, 20320809, 20320830, 20320840, 20320846, 20320851, 20320863, 20320780, 20320765, 20320876, 20320786
#ROBOMERGE-OWNER: robert.manuszewski
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: robert.manuszewski
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 20430220 via CL 20433854 via CL 20435474 via CL 20435484
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Staging -> Main) (v949-20362246)
[CL 20448496 by robert manuszewski in ue5-main branch]
Remove CameraCalibration module from CameraCalibration plugin
#rb simon.therriault
#preflight 62840673114e08fa2f3d59a8
[CL 20250823 by Geoffrey Douglas in ue5-main branch]
Submitted on behalf of fred.kimberley
#rb andy.davidson
#preflight 61f86c4ca6632a34f35dfbca
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: andrew.davidson
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18800855 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18802061 via CL 18802724
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v908-18788545)
[CL 18810177 by andrew davidson in ue5-main branch]
#rb geoffrey.douglas
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: chris.norden
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18460069 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18460078 via CL 18460112
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v898-18417669)
[CL 18460143 by chris norden in ue5-main branch]
#rb geoffrey.douglas
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: chris.norden
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18460069 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18460078
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-Engine-Staging -> Release-Engine-Test) (v898-18417669)
[CL 18460112 by chris norden in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
This represents UE4/Main @18073326, Release-5.0 @18081140 and Dev-PerfTest @18045971
[CL 18081471 by aurel cordonnier in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
This represents UE4/Main @17911760, Release-5.0 @17915875 and Dev-PerfTest @17914035
[CL 17918595 by aurel cordonnier in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
This makes it possible to associate a LensFile asset with a file on disk, so it can be reimported as well
#rb Simon.Therriault
#preflight 615f0c75cec44a000134ca74
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: thales.sabino
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 17905730 in //UE5/Main/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Main -> Release-Engine-Test) (v883-17842818)
[CL 17905747 by thales sabino in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
