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authorHugo Locurcio <hugo.locurcio@hugo.pro>2022-04-03 23:43:51 +0200
committerHugo Locurcio <hugo.locurcio@hugo.pro>2022-08-17 17:28:50 +0200
commit7dbacdc2f71cf3cc9b10aa0e2d8a4b654b0f871e (patch)
treec6d4c09a8c9069da1e5a743301e2ca4a6c8a27a1
parentdbd15243621ec595742b18abc4c26f3cb2e00f3d (diff)
Document that Object metadata starting with `_` is editor-only
-rw-r--r--doc/classes/Object.xml12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/classes/Object.xml b/doc/classes/Object.xml
index ba219d8603..71e779e274 100644
--- a/doc/classes/Object.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/Object.xml
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@
<param index="1" name="default" type="Variant" default="null" />
<description>
Returns the object's metadata entry for the given [param name].
- Throws error if the entry does not exist, unless [param default] is not [code]null[/code] (in which case the default value will be returned).
+ Throws error if the entry does not exist, unless [param default] is not [code]null[/code] (in which case the default value will be returned). See also [method has_meta], [method set_meta] and [method remove_meta].
+ [b]Note:[/b] Metadata that has a [param name] starting with an underscore ([code]_[/code]) is considered editor-only. Editor-only metadata is not displayed in the inspector and should not be edited.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_meta_list" qualifiers="const">
@@ -412,7 +413,8 @@
<return type="bool" />
<param index="0" name="name" type="StringName" />
<description>
- Returns [code]true[/code] if a metadata entry is found with the given [param name].
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if a metadata entry is found with the given [param name]. See also [method get_meta], [method set_meta] and [method remove_meta].
+ [b]Note:[/b] Metadata that has a [param name] starting with an underscore ([code]_[/code]) is considered editor-only. Editor-only metadata is not displayed in the inspector and should not be edited.
</description>
</method>
<method name="has_method" qualifiers="const">
@@ -483,7 +485,8 @@
<return type="void" />
<param index="0" name="name" type="StringName" />
<description>
- Removes a given entry from the object's metadata. See also [method set_meta].
+ Removes a given entry from the object's metadata. See also [method has_meta], [method get_meta] and [method set_meta].
+ [b]Note:[/b] Metadata that has a [param name] starting with an underscore ([code]_[/code]) is considered editor-only. Editor-only metadata is not displayed in the inspector and should not be edited.
</description>
</method>
<method name="set">
@@ -546,7 +549,8 @@
<param index="1" name="value" type="Variant" />
<description>
Adds, changes or removes a given entry in the object's metadata. Metadata are serialized and can take any [Variant] value.
- To remove a given entry from the object's metadata, use [method remove_meta]. Metadata is also removed if its value is set to [code]null[/code]. This means you can also use [code]set_meta("name", null)[/code] to remove metadata for [code]"name"[/code].
+ To remove a given entry from the object's metadata, use [method remove_meta]. Metadata is also removed if its value is set to [code]null[/code]. This means you can also use [code]set_meta("name", null)[/code] to remove metadata for [code]"name"[/code]. See also [method has_meta] and [method get_meta].
+ [b]Note:[/b] Metadata that has a [param name] starting with an underscore ([code]_[/code]) is considered editor-only. Editor-only metadata is not displayed in the inspector and should not be edited.
</description>
</method>
<method name="set_script">