ResourceUID

Inherits: Object

A singleton that manages the unique identifiers of all resources within a project.

Description

Resource UIDs (Unique IDentifiers) allow the engine to keep references between resources intact, even if files can renamed or moved. They can be accessed with uid://.

ResourceUID keeps track of all registered resource UIDs in a project, generates new UIDs, and converts between their string and integer representations.

Methods

void	add_id(id: int, path: String)
int	create_id()
String	get_id_path(id: int) const
bool	has_id(id: int) const
String	id_to_text(id: int) const
void	remove_id(id: int)
void	set_id(id: int, path: String)
int	text_to_id(text_id: String) const

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Constants

INVALID_ID = -1 🔗

The value to use for an invalid UID, for example if the resource could not be loaded.

Its text representation is uid://<invalid>.

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Method Descriptions

void add_id(id: int, path: String) 🔗

Adds a new UID value which is mapped to the given resource path.

Fails with an error if the UID already exists, so be sure to check has_id beforehand, or use set_id instead.

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int create_id() 🔗

Generates a random resource UID which is guaranteed to be unique within the list of currently loaded UIDs.

In order for this UID to be registered, you must call add_id or set_id.

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String get_id_path(id: int) const 🔗

Returns the path that the given UID value refers to.

Fails with an error if the UID does not exist, so be sure to check has_id beforehand.

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bool has_id(id: int) const 🔗

Returns whether the given UID value is known to the cache.

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String id_to_text(id: int) const 🔗

Converts the given UID to a uid:// string value.

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void remove_id(id: int) 🔗

Removes a loaded UID value from the cache.

Fails with an error if the UID does not exist, so be sure to check has_id beforehand.

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void set_id(id: int, path: String) 🔗

Updates the resource path of an existing UID.

Fails with an error if the UID does not exist, so be sure to check has_id beforehand, or use add_id instead.

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int text_to_id(text_id: String) const 🔗

Extracts the UID value from the given uid:// string.