From c9cc58a0736c78fb4ead7895173fe443f8f073fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HampusM <hampus@hampusmat.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:34:46 +0200
Subject: feat(engine-reflection): add try_deref fn to reference reflection

---
 engine-reflection/src/lib.rs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'engine-reflection/src/lib.rs')

diff --git a/engine-reflection/src/lib.rs b/engine-reflection/src/lib.rs
index 76dc71d..dedfee7 100644
--- a/engine-reflection/src/lib.rs
+++ b/engine-reflection/src/lib.rs
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ pub struct Reference
 {
     pub ty: &'static Type,
     pub cast_dyn_any: CastDynAnyFn,
+    pub try_deref: fn(target: &dyn Any) -> Option<&dyn Any>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
@@ -491,6 +492,11 @@ unsafe impl<T: Reflection> Reflection for &'static T
     const TYPE_REFLECTION: &Type = &Type::Reference(Reference {
         ty: T::TYPE_REFLECTION,
         cast_dyn_any: |ptr| ptr.cast::<Self>(),
+        try_deref: |target| {
+            let target = target.downcast_ref::<Self>()?;
+
+            Some(*target)
+        },
     });
 }
 
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