Merge pull request #368 from guizix/PortTypeOverride

Ability to override ValueType of a Port

Scripts/Attributes/PortTypeOverrideAttribute.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+/// <summary> Overrides the ValueType of the Port, to have a ValueType different from the type of its serializable field </summary>
+/// <remarks> Especially useful in Dynamic Port Lists to create Value-Port Pairs with different type. </remarks>
+[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field)]
+public class PortTypeOverrideAttribute : Attribute {
+    public Type type;
+    /// <summary> Overrides the ValueType of the Port </summary>
+    /// <param name="type">ValueType of the Port</param>
+    public PortTypeOverrideAttribute(Type type) {
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+}

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Scripts/NodePort.cs

@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ namespace XNode {
                     _connectionType = (attribs[i] as Node.OutputAttribute).connectionType;
                     _typeConstraint = (attribs[i] as Node.OutputAttribute).typeConstraint;
                 }
+                // Override ValueType of the Port
+                if(attribs[i] is PortTypeOverrideAttribute) {
+                    ValueType = (attribs[i] as PortTypeOverrideAttribute).type;
+                }
             }
         }