What is the replacement of GDscript "has_method" the doc is short and unclear to me

[whiletrue111]

Godot Version

4.2

Question

I try to understand what is the equivalent to has_method

In the second paragraph it explans about how and what to use in c# , but i dont understand what does it means .
for example i have this code :

GDscript:

 for weapon in weapons:
	 if weapon.has_method("set_inactive"):
		weapon.set_inactive()

C# i dont know how to continue from here …

private Array<Node> weapones = GetNode<Node3D>("Weapones").GetChildren();
 foreach(var weapon in weapones)
 {

 }

Thanks for your help

[alex2782]

maybe weapon.HasMethod("SetInactive") ? not tested

I haven’t tried Godot with C# yet, I’m not sure if C# has such a function, rather not necessary because it’s not a dynamic scripting language.

Check the docs (type-conversion-and-casting)

C# language features

[alextheukrainian]

weapon.GetType().GetMethod("set_inactive") != null

But I’d advise to never rely on method name checks (aka magic strings). It’s an anti-pattern, i.e. design that can lead to issues down the road. It’s better to make sure all weapons inherit from a base class that has “set_inactive” method (or “deactivate”) and then specific weapons override that method to just do nothing if they don’t support deactivation.

Good luck!

[whiletrue111]

Hey , thanks
Well the weapon is MeshInstance3D and inheriting from MeshInstance3D That in the end its Node3d … none of them have those methods i also don’t see in the references
that this method exist

So i don’t see any other options , no?

[alextheukrainian]

Impossible to answer without knowing what you’re trying to do, exactly. Why is it important to know if set_inactive exists? What’s this method supposed to do? Like what is actually happening in the app, and where does this code even live that checks for a method on each weapon?

Context is needed to provide any answers specific to your situation.

[whiletrue111]

@alextheukrainian

set_inactive

Ok found it it is part of the script that is attached to simple Node3d
But i got your point tnx

But without your help i never guessed that the answer is this ,
The godot documentation is not clear at all . for me at list .

[alextheukrainian]

Glad you found a solution, regardless of method =) Cheers!