BansheeEngine/BansheeEditor/Include/BsCmdUtility.h

#pragma once

#include "BsEditorPrerequisites.h"

namespace BansheeEngine
{
	/**
	 * @brief	Contains various utility methods and structures used by EditorCommand%s.
	 */
	class CmdUtility
	{
	public:
		/**
		 * @brief	Contains stored information about stored scene object instance data,
		 *			including all of its children and components.
		 *
		 * @note	When object is serialized it will receive new instance data (as if it was a new
		 *			object). But we want to restore the original object completely (including any references
		 *			other objects might have to it) so we need store the instance data.
		 */
		struct SceneObjProxy
		{
			GameObjectInstanceDataPtr instanceData;

			Vector<GameObjectInstanceDataPtr> componentInstanceData;
			Vector<SceneObjProxy> children;
		};

		/**
		 * @brief	Parses the scene object hierarchy and components and generates a
		 *			hierarchy of instance data required to restore the object identities.
		 */
		static SceneObjProxy createProxy(const HSceneObject& sceneObject);

		/**
		 * @brief	Restores original object instance data from the provided scene object proxy
		 *			that was previously generated using ::createProxy.
		 *
		 * @param	restored	New instance of the object.
		 * @param	proxy		Proxy data containing the original object instance data
		 *						we want to restore.
		 */
		static void restoreIds(const HSceneObject& restored, SceneObjProxy& proxy);
	};
}