WeakRef
Holds an Object. If the object is RefCounted, it doesn’t update the reference count.
class WeakRefA weakref can hold a RefCounted without contributing to the reference counter. A weakref can be created from an Object using @GlobalScope.weakref. If this object is not a reference, weakref still works, however, it does not have any effect on the object. Weakrefs are useful in cases where multiple classes have variables that refer to each other. Without weakrefs, using these classes could lead to memory leaks, since both references keep each other from being released. Making part of the variables a weakref can prevent this cyclic dependency, and allows the references to be released.
Superclasses
class RefCountedBase class for reference-counted objects.
Citizens in SwiftGodot
Conformances
protocol CustomStringConvertibleA type with a customized textual representation.
protocol EquatableA type that can be compared for value equality.
protocol HashableA type that can be hashed into a
Hasherto produce an integer hash value.protocol Identifiable<ID>A class of types whose instances hold the value of an entity with stable identity.
protocol VariantRepresentableTypes that conform to VariantRepresentable can be stored directly in
Variantwith no conversion. These include all of the Variant types from Godot (for exampleGString,Rect,Plane), Godot objects (those that subclass SwiftGodot.Object) as well as the built-in Swift types UInt8, Int64 and Double.protocol VariantStorableTypes that conform to VariantStorable can be stored in a Variant and can be extracted back out of a Variant.
Type members
Instance members
func getRef() -> Variant Returns the
Objectthis weakref is referring to. Returnsnullif that object no longer exists.