Unreal Engine 4 Documentation > Unreal Engine API Reference > Runtime > AssetRegistry > AssetRegistry > IAssetRegistry > GetReferencers > IAssetRegistry::GetReferencers

IAssetRegistry::GetReferencers

Gets a list of AssetIdentifiers or FAssetDependencies that reference the supplied AssetIdentifier.

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References

Module	AssetRegistry
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/AssetRegistry/Public/AssetRegistry/IAssetRegistry.h
Include	#include "AssetRegistry/IAssetRegistry.h"

Syntax

bool GetReferencers
(
    const FAssetIdentifier & AssetIdentifier,
    TArray < FAssetIdentifier > & OutReferencers,
    UE::AssetRegistry::EDependencyCategory Category,
    const UE::AssetRegistry::FDependencyQuery & Flags
) const

Remarks

Gets a list of AssetIdentifiers or FAssetDependencies that reference the supplied AssetIdentifier. (On disk references ONLY)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
AssetIdentifier	the name of the package/name for which to gather referencers (eg, /Game/MyFolder/MyAsset)
OutReferencers	a list of things that reference AssetIdentifier.
Category	which category(ies) of referencers to include in the output list. Referencers that have a dependency matching ANY of the OR'd categories will be returned.
Flags	which flags are required present or not present on the referencer's dependency. Referencers that have a dependency matching ALL required and NONE excluded bits will be returned. For each potentially returned dependency, flags not applicable to their category are ignored.

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