pub struct Handle<T> { /* private fields */ }
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A handle into a specific Asset of type T

Handles contain a unique id that corresponds to a specific asset in the Assets collection.

Accessing the Asset

A handle is not the asset itself, it’s mora like a pointer to the asset. To get the actual asset, you should use Assets::get or Assets::get_mut.

Strong and Weak

A handle can be either “Strong” or “Weak”. A Strong handles keep the asset loaded.

A Weak handles do not affect the loaded status of assets.

This is due to a type of_reference counting_. When the number of Strong handles that exist for any given asset reach zero, the asset is dropped and will be unloaded.

If you want a reference to an asset but don’t want to take the responsibility of keeping it loaded that comes with a Strong handle then you need a Weak handle.

Implementations

Creates a weak handle for the Asset identified by id

Get the handle id

Clone the handle producing a weak one that point to the same asset

Convert an handle to a weak one

Checks if the handle is a strong one

Checks if the handle is a weak one

Makes this handle Strong if it wasn’t already

This method requires the corresponding Assets storage

Trait Implementations

Returns a copy of the value. Read more
Performs copy-assignment from source. Read more
Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more
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Feeds a slice of this type into the given Hasher. Read more
This method returns an Ordering between self and other. Read more
Compares and returns the maximum of two values. Read more
Compares and returns the minimum of two values. Read more
Restrict a value to a certain interval. Read more
This method tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==. Read more
This method tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason. Read more
This method returns an ordering between self and other values if one exists. Read more
This method tests less than (for self and other) and is used by the < operator. Read more
This method tests less than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the <= operator. Read more
This method tests greater than (for self and other) and is used by the > operator. Read more
This method tests greater than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the >= operator. Read more

Auto Trait Implementations

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