Serialise private abstract fields
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:09 pm
Status
Added in 3.3.1
Complexity
4/10
Description
Currently if a class derives from an abstract class, any private fields in that abstract class will not be serialised when saving that class, even if it has a [SerializeField] attribute. This is because .NET does not treat the abstract class as it would a concrete parent class, so it doesn't not reflect the abstract class when getting properties.
This feature request asks that the [SerializeField] attribute is honoured. This would require use to a recurse through all parent classes to do so, which would decrease performance. As such, it is recommended that this is provided as a setting which is disabled by default.
Added in 3.3.1
Complexity
4/10
Description
Currently if a class derives from an abstract class, any private fields in that abstract class will not be serialised when saving that class, even if it has a [SerializeField] attribute. This is because .NET does not treat the abstract class as it would a concrete parent class, so it doesn't not reflect the abstract class when getting properties.
This feature request asks that the [SerializeField] attribute is honoured. This would require use to a recurse through all parent classes to do so, which would decrease performance. As such, it is recommended that this is provided as a setting which is disabled by default.