From 40655cdf449259999468d83923b290470ed8ff17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quaternions <krakow20@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 18:55:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] get referent from any class

---
 src/runner/instance.rs | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/runner/instance.rs b/src/runner/instance.rs
index 666a8db..0dad951 100644
--- a/src/runner/instance.rs
+++ b/src/runner/instance.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ fn get_full_name(dom:&rbx_dom_weak::WeakDom,instance:&rbx_dom_weak::Instance)->S
 	full_name
 }
 
+//workaround until I have an enum of classes
+struct Dereferent(Ref);
+impl mlua::UserData for Dereferent{}
+type_from_lua_userdata!(Dereferent);
+
 trait Referent{
 	fn referent(&self)->Ref;
 	fn get<'a>(&self,dom:&'a WeakDom)->mlua::Result<&'a rbx_dom_weak::Instance>{
@@ -61,6 +66,9 @@ macro_rules! class_composition{
 	($class:ident,($($superclass:ident),*))=>{
 		impl mlua::UserData for $class{
 			fn add_fields<'lua,F:mlua::UserDataFields<'lua,Self>>(fields:&mut F){
+				fields.add_field_method_get("Referent",|_,this|{
+					Ok(Dereferent(this.referent()))
+				});
 				$(
 					$superclass::composition_add_fields(fields);
 				)*
@@ -86,9 +94,10 @@ impl Instance{
 				Ok(Instance::new(instance.parent()))
 			})
 		});
-		fields.add_field_method_set("Parent",|lua,this,val:Self|{
+		fields.add_field_method_set("Parent",|lua,this,val:mlua::AnyUserData|{
+			let Dereferent(referent)=mlua::AnyUserDataExt::get(&val,"Referent")?;
 			dom(lua,|dom|{
-				dom.transfer_within(this.referent(),val.referent);
+				dom.transfer_within(this.referent(),referent);
 				Ok(())
 			})
 		});