configHierarchy

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Description

Description:

Returns hierarchy of the given config class. Just like with inheritsFrom, only complete config classes are supported (before 2.14). Since 2.22, an alt syntax is added, which allows to return parents identical to BIS_fnc_returnParents (see Example 2)

Groups:

Config

Syntax

Syntax:

configHierarchy config

Parameters:

config: Config - target config

Return Value:

Array - array of parent Configs, ordered from parent to child

2.22

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

configHierarchy [configClass, classesOnly, includeBases, reversedOrder, configNames]

Parameters:

config: Config - target config

classesOnly: Boolean - when true, only classes are included in output and not properties

includeBases: Boolean - when true, returned parents will include base classes (see description)

reversedOrder: Boolean - when true, the return order is from child to parent

configNames: (Optional)Boolean - when true, the return is Array of Strings, when false - Array of Configs. Default: false

Return Value:

Array - array of parent Configs or Strings, representing config names

Examples

Example 1:

_hierarchy = configHierarchy (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Car"); // [bin\config.bin, bin\config.bin/CfgVehicles, bin\config.bin/CfgVehicles/Car]

Example 2:

_bis_fnc_returnParents = configHierarchy [configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Land_FirePlace_F", true, true, true, true]; //Returns ["Land_FirePlace_F","House_F","House","HouseBase","NonStrategic","Building","Static","All"]

Additional Information

See also:

configClasses configProperties missionConfigFile campaignConfigFile a / b config >> name configName count getArray getText getNumber inheritsFrom isArray isClass isNumber isText select isKindOf BIS_fnc_returnParents

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