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]
AIGraph::UpdateClassData: Fix incorrect recursive child call: call needs to be made on the child not on the current node.
From PR #8466 submitted by LindyHopperGT.
#rb Josh.Adams
#rnx
#preflight 627bb7842d678960301025a0
[CL 20150316 by Matt Peters in ue5-main branch]
LIMITATIONS:
1) Re-instancing will only update UClass instance data.
2) Adding and removing properties should only be done towards the end of a class or structure and can not be followed by complex data types.
3) Adding and removing properties from a base class should not be done if a derived class contains complex data types.
KNOWN ISSUES:
1) Changes to enumerations and structures will not be reflected in existing blueprints. However, adding new nodes to the blueprint will show the updated enumeration or structure.
2) If a class contains an enumeration or structure as a member, the class will not be re-instanced if enumeration or structure is changed.
CHANGES:
1) LiveCodingServer
1a) Modified to always execute certain static instances during load.
1b) Modified to exclude the _Statics static structures to avoid patching to old copies.
2) Added support for LiveCoding reinstancing
2a) Refactored deferred registration system for UClass, UEnum, and UScriptStruct to use a common system that works for normal game, hot reload and live coding.
2b) Type specific version check data is possible (i.e. enum doesn't have a size)
2c) Single registration static for UClass
2d) Single registration class for all types that is just a blind forward to API.
2e) Static and dynamic registrations use different API entry points to avoid having overloaded argument lists that just apply to one or the other.
2f) Shims for older API
3) New common "Reload" system to avoid using HotReload code.
3a) Support common delegates regardless of who is reloading/reinstancing.
3b) Re-instancing code moved from HotReload to Kismet2 (where the bulk of the re-instance code already existed).
3c) Modified PyWrapper to use new helper class instead of depending on HotRelaod
3d) Added WITH_RELOAD which is defined if HotReload or LiveCoding is enabled.
3e) Modifed existing code to use new #define and delegates.
Robert did the review on the changes covered by Part 2. Remaining changes are all straightforward.
#rb robert.manuszewski
#jira UE-74493
[CL 15736777 by Tim Smith in ue5-main branch]
* Added some core string conversion paths
* Added FString::Append() and += overloads to avoid pointless temporaries when appending c strings and various other string types
* Added UTF32 <-> TCHAR string conversion macros
* Optimized QuotedString parsing
* Optimized property parsing
* PackageName optimizations
* SoftObjectPath optimizations
#jira none
#rb see original changelists
#ushell-cherrypick of 11932317 by Johan.Torp
#ushell-cherrypick of 11932319 by Johan.Torp
#ushell-cherrypick of 11932321 by Johan.Torp
#ushell-cherrypick of 11932322 by Johan.Torp
#ushell-cherrypick of 11932324 by Johan.Torp
#ushell-cherrypick of 11932462 by Johan.Torp
#ushell-cherrypick of 11934123 by Johan.Torp
#ushell-cherrypick of 12000177 by Johan.Torp
#ushell-cherrypick of 12000183 by Johan.Torp
#ushell-cherrypick of 12114232 by Johan.Torp
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 12147981 in //UE4/Release-4.25/... via CL 12147984
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[CL 12147986 by johan torp in Main branch]
#rnx
#rb none
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 10869241 via CL 10869527 via CL 10869904
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: (v613-10869866)
[CL 10870586 by ryan durand in Main branch]
Fix up nearby cases where ESearchCase::CaseSensitive should have been used
#jira
#rnx
#rb
#ROBOMERGE-OWNER: marc.audy
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#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 10309793 via CL 10309818
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[CL 10309932 by marc audy in Main branch]
#okgithub public
#rb marc.audy
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 8306276 via CL 8357020
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[CL 8357126 by michael noland in Main branch]
