Method constructField

Engine/source/gui/editor/inspector/group.cpp:134–192

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GuiInspectorField* GuiInspectorGroup::constructField( S32 fieldType )
{
   // See if we can construct a field of this type
   ConsoleBaseType *cbt = ConsoleBaseType::getType(fieldType);
   if( !cbt )
      return NULL;

   // Alright, is it a datablock?
   if(cbt->isDatablock())
   {
      // Default to GameBaseData
      StringTableEntry typeClassName = cbt->getTypeClassName();

      if( mParent->getNumInspectObjects() == 1 && !dStricmp(typeClassName, "GameBaseData") )
      {
         // Try and setup the classname based on the object type
         char className[256];
         dSprintf(className,256,"%sData", mParent->getInspectObject( 0 )->getClassName());
         // Walk the ACR list and find a matching class if any.
         AbstractClassRep *walk = AbstractClassRep::getClassList();
         while(walk)
         {
            if(!dStricmp(walk->getClassName(), className))
               break;

            walk = walk->getNextClass();
         }

         // We found a valid class
         if (walk)
            typeClassName = walk->getClassName();

      }


      GuiInspectorDatablockField *dbFieldClass = new GuiInspectorDatablockField( typeClassName );

      // return our new datablock field with correct datablock type enumeration info
      return dbFieldClass;
}

   // Nope, not a datablock. So maybe it has a valid inspector field override we can use?
   if(!cbt->getInspectorFieldType())
      // Nothing, so bail.
      return NULL;

   // Otherwise try to make it!
   ConsoleObject *co = create(cbt->getInspectorFieldType());
   GuiInspectorField *gif = dynamic_cast<GuiInspectorField*>(co);

   if(!gif)
   {
      // Wasn't appropriate type, bail.
      delete co;
      return NULL;
   }

   return gif;