com.badlogic.gdx.assets.loaders
Class AssetLoader<T,P extends AssetLoaderParameters<T>>

java.lang.Object
  com.badlogic.gdx.assets.loaders.AssetLoader<T,P>

Type Parameters:

T - the class of the asset the loader supports

P - the class of the loading parameters the loader supports.

Direct Known Subclasses:

AsynchronousAssetLoader, SynchronousAssetLoader

public abstract class AssetLoader<T,P extends AssetLoaderParameters<T>>
extends Object

Abstract base class for asset loaders.

Author:

mzechner

Constructor Summary

AssetLoader(FileHandleResolver resolver)
Constructor, sets the FileHandleResolver to use to resolve the file associated with the asset name.

Method Summary

abstract Array<AssetDescriptor>	getDependencies(String fileName, FileHandle file, P parameter) Returns the assets this asset requires to be loaded first.
FileHandle	resolve(String fileName)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AssetLoader

public AssetLoader(FileHandleResolver resolver)

Constructor, sets the FileHandleResolver to use to resolve the file associated with the asset name.

Parameters:

resolver -

Method Detail

resolve

public FileHandle resolve(String fileName)

Parameters:

fileName - file name to resolve

Returns:

handle to the file, as resolved by the FileHandleResolver set on the loader

getDependencies

public abstract Array<AssetDescriptor> getDependencies(String fileName,
                                                       FileHandle file,
                                                       P parameter)

Returns the assets this asset requires to be loaded first. This method may be called on a thread other than the GL thread.

Parameters:

fileName - name of the asset to load

file - the resolved file to load

parameter - parameters for loading the asset

Returns:

other assets that the asset depends on and need to be loaded first or null if there are no dependencies.