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AssetDatabase.AssetEditingScope

Places the Asset Database into a state that temporarily prevents automatic import, allowing you to group several asset imports together into one larger import.
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Definition

public class AssetDatabase.AssetEditingScope : IDisposable

Remarks

This class allows you to pause the Asset Database's automatic import of new or modified assets. This is useful if you want to perform actions via script that make multiple changes to assets without the Asset Database importing each change in a separate import process.
Instead, you can pause imports, make multiple changes, then resume imports, which means Unity will only perform one input process for all the changes you made while the importing was paused.
This class is an alternative to the AssetDatabase.StartAssetEditing and AssetDatabase.StopAssetEditing methods, which serve the same purpose.
The 
AssetEditingScope
class is intended to be used within a 
using
statement, which automatically disposes of the class, as in the following example:
using UnityEngine;using UnityEditor;public class AssetEditingScopeExample : MonoBehaviour{    [MenuItem("APIExamples/AssetEditingScope")]    static void CallAssetDatabaseAPIsBetweenAssetEditingScope()    {        // Place the Asset Database in a state where        // importing is suspended for most APIs        using (var editingScope = new AssetDatabase.AssetEditingScope())        {            // Modify the assets however we like            AssetDatabase.CopyAsset("Assets/CopyAsset.txt", "Assets/Text/CopyAsset.txt");            AssetDatabase.MoveAsset("Assets/MoveAsset.txt", "Assets/Text/MoveAsset.txt");        }        // Assets will now be imported again, as editingScope has been disposed.    }}
If you use it in a different context other than a 
using
statement, you must ensure that its 
Dispose()
method is called or the Asset Database will remain in a paused state.
Additional Resources: AssetDatabase.StartAssetEditing, AssetDatabase.StopAssetEditing.

Constructors

Constructor

Description

AssetEditingScope()Instantiates AssetEditingScope. Equivalent to calling AssetDatabase.StartAssetEditing().

Methods

Method

Description

DisposeDisposes of AssetEditingScope. Equivalent to calling AssetDatabase.StopAssetEditing().