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Question by Super Flat · Jun 23, 2011 at 11:23 PM · arrayinspectorclassserializestruct

How to serialize an array of classes

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I'd like to expose an array of class in the Inspector. I'm trying to create a list of waves, each entry is a wave with different variables set. So i created a waveVO. Just a class the extends Object with some public variables.

How can i create a resizable list in the inspector where you can fill out each value of an entry?

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Answer by Dreamblur · Jun 23, 2011 at 11:55 PM

The Inspector already does that automatically. Just declare your array of classes and serialize it (either by making it public or using SerializeField).

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avatar image Super Flat · Jun 24, 2011 at 07:12 AM 1
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this doesn't work: [SerializeField] private NavyVO[] NavyValueObject

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That should work. Make sure that you put [System.Serializable] on top of the script after the namespaces, that the array is not being declared as static, const or readonly, and that there are no error logs in the Debug console.

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Adding [Serializable] to the class fixed it :)

avatar image Bovine · Sep 27, 2011 at 08:36 PM 1
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This is probably some nuance of Serialization I'm not aware of, but if I serialize an array of classes where some of those classes are null the array appears to deserialize to an array full of objects - the null references within the array being only naively constructed - anyone reading this have any idea why that might be and perhaps how to solve it?

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This is VERY annoying, I too would like my null items to remain null upon deserialization! The stupid thing is that there isn't even a way to override the way in which data is serialized/deserialized. right?

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