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author | Ryan Phillips <ryan@notonfire.com> | 2017-09-09 17:46:52 -0700 |
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committer | Ryan Phillips <ryan@notonfire.com> | 2017-09-10 11:16:15 -0700 |
commit | d12ff0d09e904cb92c868add30b0cf36acc68396 (patch) | |
tree | 318c41e6c1415399ab0992fce9ea2c9cae182362 /doc/base | |
parent | d1cb73b47a17de830d9474026ffa7b3587cfbc68 (diff) |
Document the Script and GDScript classes
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/base')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/base/classes.xml | 30 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/base/classes.xml b/doc/base/classes.xml index a097470306..ff1ed5d264 100644 --- a/doc/base/classes.xml +++ b/doc/base/classes.xml @@ -19249,20 +19249,31 @@ </class> <class name="GDScript" inherits="Script" category="Core"> <brief_description> + A script implemented in the GDScript programming language. </brief_description> <description> + A script implemented in the GDScript programming language. The script exends the functionality of all objects that instance it. + [method new] creates a new instance of the script. [method Object.set_script] extends an existing object, if that object's class matches one of the script's base classes. </description> <methods> <method name="get_as_byte_code" qualifiers="const"> <return type="PoolByteArray"> </return> <description> + Returns byte code for the script source code. </description> </method> <method name="new" qualifiers="vararg"> <return type="Object"> </return> <description> + Returns a new instance of the script. + For example: + [codeblock] + var MyClass = load("myclass.gd") + var instance = MyClass.new() + assert(instance.get_script() == MyClass) + [/codeblock] </description> </method> </methods> @@ -44435,17 +44446,18 @@ </class> <class name="Script" inherits="Resource" category="Core"> <brief_description> - Base class for scripts. + A class stored as a resource. </brief_description> <description> - Base class for scripts. Any script that is loaded becomes one of these resources, which can then create instances. + A class stored as a resource. The script exends the functionality of all objects that instance it. + The 'new' method of a script subclass creates a new instance. [method Object.set_script] extends an existing object, if that object's class matches one of the script's base classes. </description> <methods> <method name="can_instance" qualifiers="const"> <return type="bool"> </return> <description> - Return true if this script can be instance (ie not a library). + Returns true if the script can be instanced. </description> </method> <method name="get_node_type" qualifiers="const"> @@ -44458,7 +44470,7 @@ <return type="String"> </return> <description> - Return the script source code (if available). + Returns the script source code, or an empty string if source code is not available. </description> </method> <method name="has_script_signal" qualifiers="const"> @@ -44467,13 +44479,14 @@ <argument index="0" name="signal_name" type="String"> </argument> <description> + Returns true if the script, or a base class, defines a signal with the given name. </description> </method> <method name="has_source_code" qualifiers="const"> <return type="bool"> </return> <description> - Return true if the script contains source code. + Returns true if the script contains non-empty source code. </description> </method> <method name="instance_has" qualifiers="const"> @@ -44482,21 +44495,24 @@ <argument index="0" name="base_object" type="Object"> </argument> <description> - Return true if a given object uses an instance of this script. + Returns true if 'base_object' is an instance of this script. </description> </method> <method name="is_tool" qualifiers="const"> <return type="bool"> </return> <description> + Returns true if the script is a tool script. A tool script can run in the editor. </description> </method> <method name="reload"> <return type="int" enum="Error"> </return> <argument index="0" name="keep_state" type="bool" default="false"> + If true, preserve existing script instances and subclasses. </argument> <description> + Reloads the script's class implementation. Returns an error code. </description> </method> <method name="set_source_code"> @@ -44505,7 +44521,7 @@ <argument index="0" name="source" type="String"> </argument> <description> - Set the script source code. + Sets the script source code. Does not reload the class implementation. </description> </method> </methods> |