Simplified serialization/deserialization of EngineObjects + added support for Assets (actually any EngineObject!)

GlitchyEngine/src/Scripting/ScriptInstanceSerializer.bf

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class ScriptInstanceSerializer
 		{
 			for (var fieldData in ref object.Fields.Values)
 			{
-				if (fieldData.PrimitiveType != .EntityReference && fieldData.PrimitiveType != .ComponentReference)
+				if (fieldData.PrimitiveType != .EngineObjectReference)
 					continue;
 
 				if (originalToCopyIds.TryGetValue(fieldData.Data.EngineObject.ID, let copyId))

GlitchyEngine/src/Serialization/SerializationType.bf

@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ public enum SerializationType : uint32
 
 	case Enum = 1 << 26;
 	
-	case EntityReference = 1 << 25;
+	case EngineObjectReference = 1 << 25;
-	case ComponentReference = 1 << 24;
 	
-	case ObjectReference = 1 << 23;
+	case ObjectReference = 1 << 24;
 
 	public int GetSize()
 	{
@@ -63,7 +62,9 @@ public enum SerializationType : uint32
 			return 8;
 		case .Decimal:
 			return 16;
-		case .EntityReference, .ComponentReference, .ObjectReference:
+		case .EngineObjectReference:
+			return sizeof(UUID);
+		case .ObjectReference:
 			return sizeof(UUID);
 		case .String:
 			return sizeof(StringView);

GlitchyEngine/src/Serialization/SerializedObject.bf

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class SerializedObject
 			}
 
 			data.StringView = valueView;
-		case .EntityReference, .ComponentReference:
+		case .EngineObjectReference:
 			String typeName = null;
 
 			if (fullTypeName != null)
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class SerializedObject
 		{
 		case .String, .Enum:
 			*(StringView*)target = field.Data.StringView;
-		case .EntityReference, .ComponentReference:
+		case .EngineObjectReference:
 			let engineObjectData = field.Data.EngineObject;
 			
 			*(char8**)target = engineObjectData.FullTypeName?.CStr();
@@ -303,13 +303,8 @@ class SerializedObject
 					writer.Type("Enum");
 					#unwarn
 					Serialize.Value(writer, ValueView(typeof(StringView), &field.Data.StringView), environment);
-				case .EntityReference:
+				case .EngineObjectReference:
-					writer.Type("Entity");
+					writer.Type("EngineObject");
-					if (field.Data.EngineObject.FullTypeName != null)
-						writer.Type(field.Data.EngineObject.FullTypeName);
-					Serialize.Value(writer, field.Data.EngineObject.ID, environment);
-				case .ComponentReference:
-					writer.Type("Component");
 					if (field.Data.EngineObject.FullTypeName != null)
 						writer.Type(field.Data.EngineObject.FullTypeName);
 					Serialize.Value(writer, field.Data.EngineObject.ID, environment);
@@ -502,7 +497,7 @@ class SerializedObject
 						
 						break HandleField;
 					}
-	                else if (fieldTypeName == "Entity" || fieldTypeName == "Component")
+	                else if (fieldTypeName == "EngineObject")
 					{
 						String entityTypeName = null;
 	
@@ -521,7 +516,7 @@ class SerializedObject
 						Deserialize.[Friend]Integer!(typeof(uint64), reader, ValueView(typeof(uint64), &id));
 	
 						UUID reference = UUID(id);
-						fieldType = (fieldTypeName == "Entity") ? .EntityReference : .ComponentReference;
+						fieldType = .EngineObjectReference;
 						fieldData.EngineObject = (FullTypeName: entityTypeName, ID: reference);
 						
 						break HandleField;

ScriptCore/Serialization/DeserializationObject.cs

@@ -139,17 +139,17 @@ public class DeserializationObject
         _structScopeName = _structScopeName.Remove(_structScopeName.Length - scopeToRemove.Length - 1);
     }
 
-    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
-    private unsafe struct DataHelper
-    {
     [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
-        public struct EngineObjectReferenceHelper
+    public unsafe struct EngineObjectReferenceHelper
     {
         public byte* FullTypeName;
         public long FullTypeNameLength;
         public UUID Id;
     }
 
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
+    private struct DataHelper
+    {
         [FieldOffset(0)]
         public EngineObjectReferenceHelper EngineObjectReference;
 
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ public class DeserializationObject
             SerializationType.Double => *(double*)rawData,
             SerializationType.Decimal => *(decimal*)rawData,
             SerializationType.Enum => GetString(),
-            SerializationType.EntityReference => dataHelper.EngineObjectReference,
+            SerializationType.EngineObjectReference => dataHelper.EngineObjectReference,
-            SerializationType.ComponentReference => dataHelper.EngineObjectReference,
             SerializationType.ObjectReference => dataHelper.UUID,
             _ => NoValueDeserialized
         };
@@ -549,12 +548,13 @@ public class DeserializationObject
 
         bool isEntity = typeof(Entity).IsAssignableFrom(fieldType);
         bool isComponent = fieldType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Component));
+        bool isEngineObject = fieldType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(EngineObject));
 
-        if (isEntity || isComponent)
+        if (isEntity || isComponent || isEngineObject)
         {
-            object? fieldData = GetFieldValue(fieldName, isEntity ? SerializationType.EntityReference : SerializationType.ComponentReference);
+            object? fieldData = GetFieldValue(fieldName, SerializationType.EngineObjectReference);
 
-            if (fieldData is not DataHelper.EngineObjectReferenceHelper data)
+            if (fieldData is not EngineObjectReferenceHelper data)
                 return NoValueDeserialized;
 
             UUID id = data.Id;
@@ -578,12 +578,20 @@ public class DeserializationObject
 
                 return Entity.GetScriptReference(id, type);
             }
-            else
+            if (isComponent)
             {
                 Entity entity = new Entity(id);
 
                 return entity.GetComponent(type);
             }
+            if (isEngineObject)
+            {
+                EngineObject? engineObject = ActivatorExtension.CreateEngineObject(type, id);
+
+                return engineObject;
+            }
+
+            return NoValueDeserialized;
         }
         else
         {

ScriptCore/Serialization/SerializationType.cs

@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ public enum SerializationType : uint
 
     Enum = 1 << 26,
 
-    EntityReference = 1 << 25,
+    // Used for everything that inherits from EngineObject (Assets, Components, Entities)
-    ComponentReference = 1 << 24,
+    EngineObjectReference = 1 << 25,
 
-    ObjectReference = 1 << 23,
+    ObjectReference = 1 << 24,
 }
 
 public static class SerializationTypeExtension
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ public static class SerializationTypeExtension
             SerializationType.Double => typeof(double),
             SerializationType.Decimal => typeof(decimal),
             SerializationType.Enum => typeof(Enum),
-            SerializationType.EntityReference => typeof(UUID),
+            SerializationType.EngineObjectReference => typeof(UUID),
-            SerializationType.ComponentReference => typeof(UUID),
             SerializationType.ObjectReference => typeof(UUID),
             _ => null
         };

ScriptCore/Serialization/SerializedObject.cs

@@ -316,13 +316,9 @@ public class SerializedObject
 
     public void SerializeClass(string fieldName, object? fieldValue, Type fieldType)
     {
-        if (typeof(Entity).IsAssignableFrom(fieldType))
+        if (fieldType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(EngineObject)))
         {
-            AddField(fieldName, SerializationType.EntityReference, ((Entity?)fieldValue)?.UUID ?? UUID.Zero, fieldValue?.GetType().FullName);
+            AddField(fieldName, SerializationType.EngineObjectReference, ((EngineObject?)fieldValue)?.UUID ?? UUID.Zero, fieldValue?.GetType().FullName);
-        }
-        else if (fieldType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Component)))
-        {
-            AddField(fieldName, SerializationType.ComponentReference, ((Component?)fieldValue)?.UUID ?? UUID.Zero, fieldValue?.GetType().FullName);
         }
         else
         {