Question What is the proper usage of AssetImportContext.LogImportError

Hi There!

I have written a ScriptedImporter for a custom file that i use. Everything works fine, however i don't understand how i'm supposed to use

AssetImportContext.LogImportError(string message, Object obj)

What should happen when i pass the obj? I expcted that the User can click the ErrorMessage in the console and directly jumps to the Asset that threw the Error? But i don't see any difference in functionality or anything no matter if i pass the Object or not...

Am I missunderstanding the Methode, or am i passing the wrong Object?

my code:

Code (CSharp):

1.  public override void OnImportAsset(AssetImportContext ctx)
2.         {
3.            // some validation stuff
4.  
5.             if (manifestFound)
6.             {
7.                 ctx.AddObjectToAsset("PackageManifestArchive", archive);
8.                 ctx.SetMainObject(archive);
9.             }
10.             else
11.             {
12.                 ctx.LogImportError("Manifest Archive does not contain manifest.json", AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<DefaultAsset>(ctx.assetPath));
13.             }
14.         }

Thanks for your insight!

 

Try passing ctx.mainObject instead of loading an object?

 

good idea, but unfortunately no luck...

there still is no difference between calling LogImportError with or without an Object...
But should there be any difference? the difference is pretty sparse

btw, i'm using 2020.3.0f