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]
Main implementation by Dominik with build and switchboard support added by me.
#jira UE-147235
#rb Dominik.Peacock
#preflight 6284fa081f474f0660ecb74e
[CL 20264867 by jason walter in ue5-main branch]
#rb header and class name replacement
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: lauren.barnes
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 20078276 via CL 20078825
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Staging -> Main) (v943-19904690)
[CL 20106316 by lauren barnes in ue5-main branch]
This automates the creation of a Switchboard config from the current map and nDisplay actor, automating this per-user drudgery. SB and SBL will be auto-launched and the config will be created and opened automatically. The user can opt to have the devices auto-connect, or also have all the ip addresses be overridden with localhost.
The user can also pick the nDisplay instance to use (when there are more than one), and select how many Editor devices he wants created. With was done w/o adding any plugin dependencies.
In addition:
* Configs can now be "Saved As" and loaded to/from anywhere on disk.
* SBL now auto-builds if necessary when launching from the Editor
* Users can now pass python scripts and arbitrary arguments for them using the --script and --scriptargs cmd line arguments, and if the script contains a subclass of SwitchboardScriptBase, its callbacks will be called at certain times of SB lifetime. In particular, during initialization. This enables certain externally driven automation of SB, and is how the automated creation of new configs is done by Unreal.
#rb zach.brockway
#jira none
#preflight 624270eac51908059a92580c
[CL 19536887 by Alejandro Arango in ue5-main branch]
