Please note, this repository has been deprecated, GoQL is now included in Selection Groups.
GoQL: GameObject Query Language
GoQL provides a syntax and API for specifying criteria, and then searching the GameObject hierarchy for the set of gameobjects that match those criterua.
using Unity.GoQL;
var query = "\"*GameObject*\""; //matches all gameobjects that have "GameObject" in their name.
var goqlMachine = new GoQLExecutor();
var instructions = Parser.Parse(query);
var selection = goqlMachine.Execute(instructions);
The syntax is best illustrated with examples.
Select all root objects:
/
Select all objects who have a name beginning with "Quad":
"Quad*"
Select second audio source component in children of all objects who have a name beginning with "Quad":
"Quad*"/<t:AudioSource>[1]
Select all gameobjects that have a Transform and a AudioSource component:
<t:Transform, t:AudioSource>
Select the first 3 children of all objects that are a child of a renderer component and have "Audio" in their name:
<Renderer>/"*Audio*"[0:3]
From each object named "Cube", select children that have a name starting with "Quad", then select the last grandchildren that has an AudioComponent.
"Cube"/"Quad*"/<t:AudioSource>[-1]
Select all gamobjects that use the material "Skin":
<m:Skin>