b5.Utils

The Utils class is a utility class that provides functionality that doesn’t generally belong anywhere else or is shared across a number of systems

Methods

sortLayers(objs) – Sorts the supplied array of actor or scene objects by their layer property

getResFromType(parent, type) – Utility method that returns resource array based on specified resource type (used internally)

• parent – Resource parent container
• type – Type of resource to search for (brush, sound, shape, material, bitmap or geometry)

findObjectFromPath(path, type) – Finds an actor, scene, timeline or actions list object from a path of the form scene_name.actor_name….

• path – Path to object
• type – Type of object (timeline, actions, or undefined for actor or scene)

findResourceFromPath(path, type) –  Finds a resource object from a path of the form scene_name.resource_name

• path – Path to resource
• type – Type of resource (brush, sound, shape, material, bitmap)

resolveObject(obj_or_path, type) – Takes an object or an object path and returns the found object

• obj_or_path – An instance of an object or path to the object
• type – Type of object (timeline, actions, or undefined for actor or scene)

resolveResource(res_or_path, type) – Takes a resource or a resource path and returns the found resource

• res_or_path – An instance of a resource or path to the resource
• type – Type of resource (brush, sound, shape, material, bitmap)

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