Get Serialized Property of Object

A bit of a weird problem, in my script I have an object that I want a custom editor for. In that object is a Dictionary that links integer ids to object values. In my editor I have a ReorderableList that will be using a base list of integer ids as the serialized list object. What I'd like to achieve is for each element in the list to draw a custom inspector for the object values. Which means I get my current element in the list and obtain the int value of the property. using that I get my object from the dictionary. Then I need some code to convert my object into a serialized property to use in EditorGUI.PropertyField().

Code (CSharp):

1. baseGroupList.drawElementCallback = (Rect rect, int index, bool isActive, bool isFocused) => {
2.             SerializedProperty prop = baseGroupList.serializedProperty.GetArrayElementAtIndex(index);
3.             MeshGroup mGroup = manager.groupList.GetGroup(prop.intValue);
4.                         // Serialisation code here; mGroupProp = ???
5.             rect.y += 2;
6.             EditorGUI.PropertyField(rect, mGroupProp, new GUIContent("Group"), true);
7.         };

Now I know I could just define the custom inspector here for the object, however this object is recursive. It contains its own id list of its children, which links to the main dictionary. Therefore I need to be able to call EditorGUI.PropertyField so that I can recursively draw it's children. Happy to share additional code if needed.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

It sounds kinda like a problem that has already been solved by tools like Advanced Inspector:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/advanced-inspector-18025

Have you considered checking if that can do it right out of the box? It's a pretty clever little package.

 

Had a look, doesn't seem to be what I need.

However a workaround was made. I made a new class that extended scriptable object, was serializable and only had one variable, being the object that I want to convert into a property. Then I would make a new serialiable object using the new class and then I can call FindProperty() to get the property I want. Not a very elegant solution, but it seems to work.

Code (CSharp):

1. baseGroupList.drawElementCallback = (Rect rect, int index, bool isActive, bool isFocused) => {
2.     SerializedProperty prop = baseGroupList.serializedProperty.GetArrayElementAtIndex(index);
3.     MeshGroupSerObj mGroup = manager.groupList.MakeMeshGroupSerObj(prop.intValue);
4.     SerializedObject mGroupSerObj = new SerializedObject(mGroup);
5.     rect.y += 2;
6.     EditorGUI.PropertyField(rect, mGroupSerObj.FindProperty("mGroup"), new GUIContent("Group"), true);
7. };