Expose Syntax highlighter for editor plugins

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp b/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp
index 4be83877be..8ab3dc1d56 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp
@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ void GDScriptSyntaxHighlighter::_update_cache() {
 	type_color = EDITOR_GET("text_edit/highlighting/base_type_color");
 }
 
-SyntaxHighlighter *GDScriptSyntaxHighlighter::create() {
-	return memnew(GDScriptSyntaxHighlighter);
+Ref<SyntaxHighlighter> GDScriptSyntaxHighlighter::_create() const {
+	Ref<GDScriptSyntaxHighlighter> syntax_highlighter;
+	syntax_highlighter.instance();
+	return syntax_highlighter;
 }
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.h b/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.h
index 47ea5a3d62..c1de22167a 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include "scene/gui/text_edit.h"
 
 class GDScriptSyntaxHighlighter : public SyntaxHighlighter {
+	GDCLASS(GDScriptSyntaxHighlighter, SyntaxHighlighter)
+
 private:
 	enum Type {
 		NONE,
@@ -60,13 +62,13 @@ private:
 	Color type_color;
 
 public:
-	static SyntaxHighlighter *create();
+	virtual void _update_cache() override;
+	virtual Dictionary _get_line_syntax_highlighting(int p_line) override;
 
-	virtual void _update_cache();
-	virtual Dictionary _get_line_syntax_highlighting(int p_line);
+	virtual String _get_name() const override;
+	virtual Array _get_supported_languages() const override;
 
-	virtual String _get_name() const;
-	virtual Array _get_supported_languages() const;
+	virtual Ref<SyntaxHighlighter> _create() const override;
 };
 
 #endif // GDSCRIPT_HIGHLIGHTER_H