The UniREST Client class contains two methods to easily convert common Unity data-type objects into strings suitable to be sent to your Database. The following Unity data-types are fully supported:
- Vector2, Vector3, Vector4, Quaternion
- Transform (position, localPosition, localScale, rotation, localRotation, eulerAngles, localEulerAngles)
- Color, Color32
- Rect (x, y, width, height, center, max, min, position, size, xMax, xMin, yMax, yMin)
UnityToText() method
This method converts a Unity object into a single string, suitable to be saved in your Database table (into a TEXT type column).
| Parameter | Data-type | Description |
| data | object (of Unity data-type) | The Unity object to convert into a string. It must be one of the supported data-type. |
| Returned value | Description |
| string | This method returns a single string containing all the parameters of the Unity object, separated by a pipe char. If the given object is not valid, an empty string is returned. |
TextToUnity() method
This method converts a string (previously created by the UnityToText() method) into the given Unity data-type.
| Parameter | Data-type | Description |
| TYPE | Unity data-type | One of the supported Unity data-type. The provided string will be converted to this type. |
| data | string | The string to convert into a Unity object. It must be a valid string created by the UnityToText() method. |
| Returned value | Description |
| string | This method returns a Unity object of the given type. If the given string is not valid, a null object is returned. |
Example
In the following C# Script example, there are two functions. The SavePosition() function gets the Unity gameobject position, converts it into a string and sends it to the Database for saving. The LoadPosition() function reads the position from the Database, converts it into a Unity Vector3 object and sets the GameObject new transform position.
public class Player : MonoBehaviour {
void SavePosition() {
var myPos = UniRESTClient.UnityToText(transform.position);
var w = UniRESTClient.Write(API.player_position, new DB.Player { position = myPos });
}
void LoadPosition() {
var r = UniRESTClient.ReadOne<DB.Player>(API.player_position, new DB.Player { id = UniRESTClient.UserID });
var myPos = UniRESTClient.TextToUnity<Vector3>(r.position);
transform.position = myPos;
}
}