ResourceSaver

Inherits: Object

A singleton for saving Resources to the filesystem.

Description

A singleton for saving resource types to the filesystem.

It uses the many ResourceFormatSaver classes registered in the engine (either built-in or from a plugin) to save resource data to text-based (e.g. .tres or .tscn) or binary files (e.g. .res or .scn).

Methods

void	add_resource_format_saver ( ResourceFormatSaver format_saver, bool at_front=false )
PackedStringArray	get_recognized_extensions ( Resource type )
void	remove_resource_format_saver ( ResourceFormatSaver format_saver )
Error	save ( Resource resource, String path="", BitField<SaverFlags> flags=0 )

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Enumerations

flags SaverFlags:

SaverFlags FLAG_NONE = 0

No resource saving option.

SaverFlags FLAG_RELATIVE_PATHS = 1

Save the resource with a path relative to the scene which uses it.

SaverFlags FLAG_BUNDLE_RESOURCES = 2

Bundles external resources.

SaverFlags FLAG_CHANGE_PATH = 4

Changes the Resource.resource_path of the saved resource to match its new location.

SaverFlags FLAG_OMIT_EDITOR_PROPERTIES = 8

Do not save editor-specific metadata (identified by their __editor prefix).

SaverFlags FLAG_SAVE_BIG_ENDIAN = 16

Save as big endian (see FileAccess.big_endian).

SaverFlags FLAG_COMPRESS = 32

Compress the resource on save using FileAccess.COMPRESSION_ZSTD. Only available for binary resource types.

SaverFlags FLAG_REPLACE_SUBRESOURCE_PATHS = 64

Take over the paths of the saved subresources (see Resource.take_over_path).

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Method Descriptions

void add_resource_format_saver ( ResourceFormatSaver format_saver, bool at_front=false )

Registers a new ResourceFormatSaver. The ResourceSaver will use the ResourceFormatSaver as described in save.

This method is performed implicitly for ResourceFormatSavers written in GDScript (see ResourceFormatSaver for more information).

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PackedStringArray get_recognized_extensions ( Resource type )

Returns the list of extensions available for saving a resource of a given type.

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void remove_resource_format_saver ( ResourceFormatSaver format_saver )

Unregisters the given ResourceFormatSaver.

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Error save ( Resource resource, String path="", BitField<SaverFlags> flags=0 )

Saves a resource to disk to the given path, using a ResourceFormatSaver that recognizes the resource object. If path is empty, ResourceSaver will try to use Resource.resource_path.

The flags bitmask can be specified to customize the save behavior using SaverFlags flags.

Returns @GlobalScope.OK on success.