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]
+ Added SetSequenceLength
+ Moved GetPlayLength virtaul from AnimSequenceBase to AnimationAsset and deprecated GetMaxCurrentTime (only used in a single place)
#rb Martin.Wilson
[CL 14298631 by Jurre deBaare in ue5-main branch]
Refactored FindField into FindUField and FindFProperty to avoid confusion caused by the fact that FindField<UField> will no longer return FProperties.
#jira UE-90683
#rb Steve.Robb
#tests Basic editor functionality test, cooked and ran PC client and server, bot soak tests for two hours
#ROBOMERGE-OWNER: robert.manuszewski
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: robert.manuszewski
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 12190998 in //UE4/Release-4.25/... via CL 12190999
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: RELEASE (Release-4.25Plus -> Main) (v661-12148976)
[CL 12191300 by robert manuszewski 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]
#feature Add the ability to filter according to any curves or notifies rather than a specifically named one
#jira UE-78622
#rb Thomas.Sarkanen
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 9838446 in //UE4/Release-4.24/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: RELEASE (Release-4.24 -> Main) (v546-9757112)
[CL 9838447 by jurre debaare in Main branch]
Re-implementing fix from 4.21 that didnt get merged back
#jira UE-66404 - [CrashReport] UE4Editor_Engine!USkeleton::GetAssetPreviewMesh() [skeleton.cpp:955]
#rb Jurre.deBaare
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 9731566 in //UE4/Release-4.24/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: RELEASE (Release-4.24 -> Main) (v539-9700858)
[CL 9731568 by thomas sarkanen in Main branch]
