Script

Inherits: Resource < RefCounted < Object

Inherited By: CSharpScript, @GDScript, ScriptExtension

A class stored as a resource.

Description

A class stored as a resource. A script extends the functionality of all objects that instantiate it.

This is the base class for all scripts and should not be used directly. Trying to create a new script with this class will result in an error.

The new method of a script subclass creates a new instance. Object.set_script extends an existing object, if that object's class matches one of the script's base classes.

Tutorials

• Scripting documentation index

Properties

String

source_code

Methods

bool	can_instantiate() const
Script	get_base_script() const
StringName	get_global_name() const
StringName	get_instance_base_type() const
Variant	get_property_default_value(property: StringName)
Dictionary	get_script_constant_map()
Array[Dictionary]	get_script_method_list()
Array[Dictionary]	get_script_property_list()
Array[Dictionary]	get_script_signal_list()
bool	has_script_signal(signal_name: StringName) const
bool	has_source_code() const
bool	instance_has(base_object: Object) const
bool	is_abstract() const
bool	is_tool() const
Error	reload(keep_state: bool = false)

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Property Descriptions

String source_code 🔗

• void set_source_code(value: String)

• String get_source_code()

The script source code or an empty string if source code is not available. When set, does not reload the class implementation automatically.

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Method Descriptions

bool can_instantiate() const 🔗

Returns true if the script can be instantiated.

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Script get_base_script() const 🔗

Returns the script directly inherited by this script.

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StringName get_global_name() const 🔗

Returns the class name associated with the script, if there is one. Returns an empty string otherwise.

To give the script a global name, you can use the class_name keyword in GDScript and the [GlobalClass] attribute in C#.

class_name MyNode
extends Node

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StringName get_instance_base_type() const 🔗

Returns the script's base type.

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Variant get_property_default_value(property: StringName) 🔗

Returns the default value of the specified property.

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Dictionary get_script_constant_map() 🔗

Returns a dictionary containing constant names and their values.

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Array[Dictionary] get_script_method_list() 🔗

Returns the list of methods in this Script.

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Array[Dictionary] get_script_property_list() 🔗

Returns the list of properties in this Script.

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Array[Dictionary] get_script_signal_list() 🔗

Returns the list of user signals defined in this Script.

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bool has_script_signal(signal_name: StringName) const 🔗

Returns true if the script, or a base class, defines a signal with the given name.

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bool has_source_code() const 🔗

Returns true if the script contains non-empty source code.

Note: If a script does not have source code, this does not mean that it is invalid or unusable. For example, a @GDScript that was exported with binary tokenization has no source code, but still behaves as expected and could be instantiated. This can be checked with can_instantiate.

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bool instance_has(base_object: Object) const 🔗

Returns true if base_object is an instance of this script.

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bool is_abstract() const 🔗

Returns true if the script is an abstract script. An abstract script does not have a constructor and cannot be instantiated.

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bool is_tool() const 🔗

Returns true if the script is a tool script. A tool script can run in the editor.

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Error reload(keep_state: bool = false) 🔗

Reloads the script's class implementation. Returns an error code.