# Asset System: Asset Library Loader Moved to [T103188: Asset System: Asset Library Loader](https://developer.blender.org/T103188). - All loader methods should be expected to run in a thread. - Loaders may instantiate and use other loaders. E.g. a `CurrentFileAssetLibraryLoader`. ```cpp class AbstractAssetLibraryLoader { /** The asset library to load into. */ AssetLibrary &library_; public: AssetLibraryLoader(AssetLibrary &library); virtual ~AssetLibraryLoader() = default; virtual load_asset_representations() const = 0; virtual load_asset_preview(const AssetRepresentation &asset) const = 0; virtual load_catalog_definitions() const = 0; /** Actually load the asset for applying or import. */ virtual load_asset(const AssetRepresentation &asset) const = 0; protected: AssetRepresentation &add_asset_representation(AssetIdentifier identifier, ID &) const; AssetRepresentation &add_asset_representation( AssetIdentifier identifier, /* Name to be presented to the user. */ StringRef name, unique_ptr<AssetMetaData> metadata) const; void add_asset_catalog_definition_file( AssetCatalogDefinitionFile &definiton_file, /* Optional to support writing catalogs back. Otherwise catalogs are read-only. */ unique_ptr<AbstractAssetCatalogDefinitionWriter> writer = nullptr) const; }; ``` ```cpp class AssetLibrary { /* ... */ /** The loader for this asset library. */ unique_ptr<AbstractAssetLibraryLoader> loader_; public: AssetLibrary(unique_ptr<AbstractAssetLibraryLoader> loader); static AssetLibrary *load(unique_ptr<AbstractAssetLibraryLoader> loader); }; ``` ## Future - Register libraries? ```cpp void AssetSystem::register_library( StringRef ui_name, AssetLibraryLocation default_location, unique_ptr<AbstractAssetLibraryLoader> loader); ```
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Task List Harley :)

Main Topics Generally the idea is that Harley helps on small, preapproved tasks (which tend to be neglected) falling into the following categories. Triaging Assets:Asset browser polishing. Helping out with brush assets. UI module: UI project organization (classifying reports, organize workboard, organize meetings, etc.)

3/15/2023
Asset URIs

file:///home/guest/Blender/Assets library://MyMaterials/interior/couch.blend/Materials/leather addon://blender-cloud/HDRIs/5d08c2cb804c3eb269e42a43

3/7/2023
Asset Types & Traits

Resolving a definite type for an asset is difficult. Instead, the following proposes a way to define type related characteristics (traits) of an asset, which can then be mapped to precise behavior. What is the Type of an Asset? The type of an asset is a vague concept. Some considerations: Is it the ID type? If so, we wouldn't be able to tell apart a compositor node tree from a geometry node tree. Or a mesh object from a curve object. So just ID type often isn't granular enough. Nor does that cover assets that are not IDs (files, USD assets, presets, etc.). How much should it matter to the user if an image is already a Blender data-block or just an image on the hard drive? Or if an object is already native Blender data or will go through an importer after dragging in. What matters most is the object itself, the format it happens to be stored in is irrelevant to a degree. An image could be a reference image, a bump map, a stencil texture, ... The fact that an asset is an image may not matter much to the user, what the image represents and thus what it can be used for does. So the proposal is to avoid the concept of a single static type. Instead, differentiate assets using type related characteristics, so called traits.

9/12/2022
Asset Browser: 3.1 Targets

:::success New version moved to T94031: Asset Browser: 3.1 (and some 3.2) Targets ::: :::info Objective Use 3.1 to further polish the basic Asset Browser experience, before moving to the next big goals. In a way this is a feature-fix release (like C++14 was to C++11 ;) )

12/17/2021
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