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UClass::GetAuthoritativeClass

If there are potentially multiple versions of this class (e.g. blueprint generated classes), this function will return the authoritative version, which should be used for references

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Override Hierarchy

UClass::GetAuthoritativeClass()

UBlueprintGeneratedClass::GetAuthoritativeClass()

References

Module	CoreUObject
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/CoreUObject/Public/UObject/Class.h
Include	#include "UObject/Class.h"
Source	/Engine/Source/Runtime/CoreUObject/Private/UObject/Class.cpp

Syntax

virtual UClass * GetAuthoritativeClass()

Remarks

If there are potentially multiple versions of this class (e.g. blueprint generated classes), this function will return the authoritative version, which should be used for references

Returns

The version of this class that references should be stored to

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