Cecil Attributes

A set of Unity attributes to automate your workflow.

Status

Name	Status
OpenUPM
Unity 2019.4
Unity 2020.3
Unity 2021.3
Development package

Installation

OpenUPM (Recommended)

1. Add the OpenUPM reigstry.
   Click in the menu bar Edit → Project Settings... → Package Manager Add a new scoped registry with the following parameters:
   Name: OpenUPM
   URL: https://package.openupm.com
   Scopes:
   • com.openupm
   • se.hertzole.cecil-attributes
2. Click apply and close the project settings.
3. Open up the package manager.
   Click in the menu bar Window → Package Manager
4. Select Packages: My Registries in the menu bar of the package manager window.
5. You should see Cecil Attributes under the Hertzole section. Click on it and then press Install in the bottom right corner.

Unity package manager through git

1. Open up the Unity package manager
2. Click on the plus icon in the top left and "Add package from git url"
3. Paste in https://github.com/Hertzole/cecil-attributes.git
   You can also paste in https://github.com/Hertzole/cecil-attributes.git#develop if you want the latest (but unstable!) changes.

Unity should now resolve the packages.

The Attributes

Reset Static

Applies to classes, fields, properties, and events

Reset static will automatically reset your statics to their default value when the game starts. The default value can be either a value you've specified (the default assign value) or just the default value for that type. This is extremely useful for when you have fast enter play mode settings on without domain reload. Putting it on a class will reset all static fields/properties/events in that class.

Usage:

[ResetStatic]
public static int testValue = 10;

Log Called

Applies to methods and properties

Log called will automatically put a Debug.Log message in your methods/properties to see when they are called.
In methods it will display all the parameters along with the name of the method.
In properties it will display the property name, Get/Set and the value. If it's a get it will show the return value. If it's a set it will show the old value and the new value. You can also turn off logging for both get/set per attribute.

Usage:

[LogCalled(logPropertyGet: true, logPropertySet: true)]
public int MyProperty { get; set; }

[LogCalled]
public void MyMethod(int para1, string para2)
{
   // Will log "MyMethod (para1: <value>, para2: <value>)
}

Find Property

Applies to fields and properties

Find property will automatically find serialized properties for you and make sure they exist. By default it searches with the same name as the field/property in your editor script, but a custom name/path can be specified to make it search with another name or within another serialized property.

Usage:

[FindProperty]
private SerializedProperty myProperty; // Will look for a property called 'myProperty'.
[FindProperty("customName")]
private SerializedProperty notMyName; // Will look for a property called 'customName'.
[FindProperty("firstProperty/secondProperty")]
private SerializedProperty nested; // Will first look for a property called 'firstProperty' and then 'secondProperty' on the first property.

Timed

Applies to methods and properties

Timed will automatically put your entire method inside a stopwatch and log at the end of the method how long it took to execute in both milliseconds and ticks.

Usage:

[Timed]
private void MyMethod()
{
   // TODO: Code
   // Will log 'MyMethod took <ms> milliseconds (<ticks> ticks)'
}

Mark In Profiler

Applies to methods

Mark in profiler will put your method inside a big Profiler.BeginSample() and Profiler.EndSample to make it show up in the Unity profiler.

Usage:

[MarkInProfiler]
private void MyMethod() // This will show up in the Unity profiler.
{
   // TODO: Code
}

Get Component

Applies to serialized fields

Get component will automatically get your components for you in editor time on prefabs and scene objects. It does not fetch them at runtime! A target can be specified to get components in children or the parent.

Usage:

[SerializeField]
[GetComponent]
private MyComponent myComponent; // Will call GetComponent(s)

[SerializeField]
[GetComponent(target = GetComponentTarget.Parent)]
private MyComponent myParentComponent; // Will call GetComponent(s)InParent

[SerializeField]
[GetComponent(target = GetComponentTarget.Children)]
private MyComponent myChildrenComponent; // Will call GetComponent(s)InChildren

License

MIT - Basically do whatever, I'm just not liable if it causes any damages.