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Component

Base class for everything that can be attached to a GameObject.

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public class Component : Object

Note that you don't instantiate the

Component

class directly. Instead, you write code in MonoBehaviour scripts, which inherit from

Component

, and attach the scripts to a GameObject. Additional Resources: ScriptableObject as a way to create scripts that do not attach to any GameObject.

Property	Description
gameObject	The game object this component is attached to. A component is always attached to a game object.
tag	The tag of this game object.
transform	The Transform attached to this GameObject.
transformHandle	The TransformHandle of this GameObject.

Method	Description
BroadcastMessage	Calls the method named `methodName` on every MonoBehaviour in this game object or any of its children.
CompareTag	Checks the GameObject's tag against the defined `tag` .
GetComponent	The string-based version of this method.
GetComponentInChildren	This is the non-generic version of this method.
GetComponentIndex	Gets the index of the component on its parent GameObject.
GetComponentInParent	The non-generic version of this method.
GetComponents	The non-generic version of this method.
GetComponentsInChildren	The non-generic version of this method.
GetComponentsInParent	The non-generic version of this method.
SendMessage	Calls the method named `methodName` on every MonoBehaviour in this game object.
SendMessageUpwards	Calls the method named `methodName` on every MonoBehaviour in this game object and on every ancestor of the behaviour.
TryGetComponent	The non-generic version of this method.

Operator	Description
operator ==	Compares two object references to see if they refer to the same object.
bool	Determines whether the object exists.
operator !=	Compares if two objects refer to a different object.