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--- class-info [2026/02/23 17:08] – polymorphgames
+++ class-info [2026/02/23 17:59] (current) – polymorphgames
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 ====== Class Info ======
+This is a table defining a custom class to be registered with the ''[[:mod-management-functions#registerClass|mod:registerClass()]]'' function.
 <code lua>
-local MY_ASSET_OBJECT = {
+{
-    TypeName = "MY_ASSET_OBJECT",
+    TypeName = "MY_TYPE_NAME",
-    DataType = "ASSET",
+    ParentType = "ASSET",
     Properties = {
         { Name = "Property1", Type = "string", Default = "SomeString" },
         { Name = "Property2", Type = "list<RESOURCE_QUANTITY_PAIR>" },
-        { Name = "Property3", Type = "integer", Default = 1 }
+        { Name = "Property3", Type = "integer", Default = 1, Flags = { "SAVE_GAME" } }
     }
 }
-mod:registerClass(MY_ASSET_OBJECT)
 </code>
+^ Name ^ Type ^ Description ^
+| ''TypeName'' | ''string'' | the name of your type |
+| ''ParentType'' | ''string'' | optional, the name of the parent type of your type\\ Can be a core type such as ''ASSET'', ''COMPONENT'', or any extendable type.\\ If this field is missing, the new type will be a basic data type.  |
+| ''[[:class-info#Properties|Properties]]'' | ''list'' | a list of the properties your type contains |
+===== Properties =====
+A list of the class properties. Each property is defined with a table with the following fields:
+^ Name ^ Type ^ Description ^
+| ''Name'' | ''string'' | the name of the property |
+| ''Type'' | ''string'' | the type of the property.\\ You can define properties based on the basic [[data-types|data types]] (i.e. string, integer, float, etc.) or based on any of the existing [[api#data_classes|DATA]] or [[assets|ASSET]] objects, as well as ''list''s. |
+| ''Default'' | property type | optional, the default value assigned to the property |
+| ''[[:class-info#Property Flags|Flags]]'' | ''list<string>'' | optional, additional flag for the property, such as ''SAVE_GAME'' or ''ALLOW_NULL'' |
+===== Property Flags =====
+^ Name ^ Description ^
+| ''SAVE_GAME'' | Flag the property as persistant across reload |
+| ''ALLOW_NULL'' | Allow the property to be declared ''nil'' without triggering an error |