Examples of org.terasology.asset.Asset

org.terasology.asset.Asset

Interface common to all assets.

An asset is a resource that is used by the game - a texture, sound, block definition and the like. These are typically loaded from a module, although they can also be created at runtime. Each asset is identified by a URI that uniquely identifies it and can be used to obtain it. This uri provides a lightweight way to serialize a reference to an Asset.

Assets are created from a specific type of asset data - this allows for implementation specific assets (e.g. OpenAL sounds or Null sounds if the NullSoundManager is in use).

Assets may be reloaded by providing a new batch of data, or disposed to free resources - disposed assets may no longer be used until reloaded. @author Immortius

        return item.getURI().toSimpleString();
    }


    @Override
    public T getFromString(String representation) {
        Asset asset = Assets.resolve(type, representation);
        if (asset != null && assetClass.isAssignableFrom(asset.getClass())) {
            return assetClass.cast(asset);
        }
        return null;
    }

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