xNode/Scripts/Editor/NodeEditorUtilities.cs

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq;
using System;

public static class NodeEditorUtilities {

    public static bool GetAttrib<T>(Type classType, out T attribOut) where T : Attribute {
        object[] attribs = classType.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(T), false);
        return GetAttrib(attribs, out attribOut);
    }

    public static bool GetAttrib<T>(object[] attribs, out T attribOut) where T : Attribute {
        for (int i = 0; i < attribs.Length; i++) {
            if (attribs[i].GetType() == typeof(T)) {
                attribOut = attribs[i] as T;
                return true;
            }
        }
        attribOut = null;
        return false;
    }

    /// <summary> Return color based on type </summary>
    public static Color GetTypeColor(Type type) {
        UnityEngine.Random.InitState(type.Name.GetHashCode());
        return new Color(UnityEngine.Random.value, UnityEngine.Random.value, UnityEngine.Random.value);
    }

    /// <summary> Returns true if this can be casted to <see cref="Type"/></summary>
    public static bool IsCastableTo(this Type from, Type to) {
        if (to.IsAssignableFrom(from)) return true;
        var methods = from.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static)
                          .Where(
                              m => m.ReturnType == to &&
                                   (m.Name == "op_Implicit" ||
                                    m.Name == "op_Explicit")
                          );
        return methods.Count() > 0;
    }
}