Cast FileInfo to Type of C# Scritp

Say I have:
"FileInfo f;"
How can I cast that to a:
"System.Type"
To be able to do:
"gameObject.GetComponent<(System.Type) f>(); // Doesn't work just a example"
Any suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks!

 

What you're trying to do is use a variable Type parameter.

I'll point you toward this question, as the answerer says it better than I could:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2107845/generics-in-c-using-type-of-a-variable-as-parameter

 

Can you help me out a little here on how this works and how I can implement this into my problem? I am very confused on how this works. Thanks!

 

If you got confused after reading the answer in the link I gave you, the general consensus is "Do not do that"

Unless you are creating a non game runtime tool, some kind of advanced benchmarking software or proof of concept, you shouldn't be using variable type parameters.

Tell you what, let's go one step higher. Tell me the problem you're trying to solve, and we'll see if there is a better way to solve it.

 

Sure. I am searching a directory for a list of files. If the extension has a .cs then we want to do gameObject.AddComponent<file>()?

 

That sounds like an injection attack waiting to happen; suggest you do something else.

 

That's the idea almost. Players can have full access to change game files...

 

I don't like this idea. I don't know what kind of sandbox Unity runs in but if it's not super tight, I could write a cs which deletes their My Documents folder and give it to all my 'friends' ...

 

In the editor, it's true that cs filenames correspond with classnames which represent MonoBehaviours, but it's important to understand the difference between a file and a class.

First of all, for AddComponent to work, it needs to be on an Object that derives from UnityEngine.Component.

In order for Unity to use your classes, it needs to compile them before the game is run: you cannot compile a class at runtime.

What you CAN do is create a assetPackage that your game can stream in, and you can use the classes from that, but at no point can you simply look at a file and expect your gameObject to be able to attach it as a component.

Here's a quick primer on that: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/StreamingAssets.html;

I would suggest reading up a little bit on unity and how it works.