unity-atoms/Packages/Core/Runtime/References/AtomBaseReference.cs

using System;
using UnityEngine;

namespace UnityAtoms
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Different Reference usages.
    /// </summary>
    public class AtomReferenceUsage
    {
        public const int VALUE = 0;
        public const int CONSTANT = 1;
        public const int VARIABLE = 2;
        public const int VARIABLE_INSTANCER = 3;

        public static string DisplayName(int value)
        {
            switch (value)
            {
                case (VALUE): return "Value";
                case (CONSTANT): return "Constant";
                case (VARIABLE): return "Variable";
                case (VARIABLE_INSTANCER): return "Variable Instancer";
                default:
                    throw new Exception($"Value '{value}' is not valid! Valid values are: 0, 1, 2 or 3. ");
            }
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// None generic base class for `AtomReference&lt;T, C, V, E1, E2, F, VI&gt;`.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class AtomBaseReference
    {
        public int Usage { get => _usage; set => _usage = value; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Describes how we use the Reference and where the value comes from.
        /// </summary>
        [SerializeField]
        protected int _usage;
    }
}