Unity

Interface wrappers that mirror Unity's core object hierarchy (Object, Component, Behaviour, MonoBehaviour, ScriptableObject). These interfaces allow Paragon systems to reference Unity types through contracts rather than concrete classes, enabling interface-based programming, mocking, and composition patterns that Unity's sealed class hierarchy does not support natively.

Architecture

Data Flow

Interface Hierarchy

Interface	Mirrors	Extends	Purpose
IUnityObject	UnityEngine.Object	—	Identity, naming, and equality for any Unity object
IComponent	Component	IUnityObject	Transform, GameObject, component queries, and messaging
IBehaviour	Behaviour	IComponent	Enable/disable toggling and active state
IMonoBehaviour	MonoBehaviour	IBehaviour	Coroutines, invocation, lifecycle flags
IScriptableObject	ScriptableObject	IUnityObject	Marker for ScriptableObject-based types

Design Purpose

Unity's MonoBehaviour, Component, Behaviour, and ScriptableObject are concrete classes — you cannot define interfaces that they "implement" after the fact. These Paragon interfaces solve this by:

1. Enabling interface-based contracts — Paragon systems like IParagonBehaviour and IScriptableFactory extend these interfaces instead of requiring concrete Unity types.

2. Supporting composition — Code can depend on IComponent or IBehaviour rather than a specific MonoBehaviour subclass, enabling more flexible architecture.

3. Bridging the hierarchy split — IUnityObject is the common root for both IComponent → IBehaviour → IMonoBehaviour (scene objects) and IScriptableObject (asset objects), which mirrors Unity's own inheritance from UnityEngine.Object.

Any class inheriting from MonoBehaviour (including ParagonBehaviour) automatically satisfies IMonoBehaviour, IBehaviour, IComponent, and IUnityObject because these interfaces mirror the members that Unity classes already have.

Key Consumers

Consumer	Uses Interface	Why
IParagonBehaviour	IMonoBehaviour	Paragon behaviours are MonoBehaviours — extends the interface chain
IScriptableFactory	IScriptableObject	Factories are ScriptableObjects — extends the interface chain
INetworkScriptableFactory	IScriptableFactory → IScriptableObject	Network factories inherit through the ScriptableObject branch
FactorableBehaviour	IComponent (via ParagonBehaviour)	Factory-managed scene objects need transform, gameObject

Interfaces

Interface	Description
IUnityObject	Root interface — identity, naming, equality
IComponent	Component access, transform, messaging
IBehaviour	Enable/disable and active state
IMonoBehaviour	Coroutines, invoke, lifecycle flags
IScriptableObject	Marker for ScriptableObject types

See Also

• Objects Overview — parent system overview

• Paragon Interfaces — higher-level Paragon interfaces built on these

• IScriptableFactory — factory interface extending IScriptableObject