Method expandAssetFilePath

Engine/source/assets/assetBase.cpp:198–231

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StringTableEntry AssetBase::expandAssetFilePath(const char* pAssetFilePath) const
{
   // Debug Profiling.
   PROFILE_SCOPE(AssetBase_ExpandAssetFilePath);

   // Sanity!
   AssertFatal(pAssetFilePath != NULL, "Cannot expand a NULL asset path.");

   // Fetch asset file-path length.
   const U32 assetFilePathLength = dStrlen(pAssetFilePath);

   // Are there any characters in the path?
   if (assetFilePathLength == 0)
   {
      // No, so return empty.
      return StringTable->EmptyString();
   }

   // Fetch the asset base-path hint.
   StringTableEntry assetBasePathHint;
   if (getOwned() && !getAssetPrivate())
   {
      assetBasePathHint = mpOwningAssetManager->getAssetPath(getAssetId());
   }
   else
   {
      assetBasePathHint = NULL;
   }

   // Expand the path with the asset base-path hint.
   char assetFilePathBuffer[1024];
   Con::expandPath(assetFilePathBuffer, sizeof(assetFilePathBuffer), pAssetFilePath, assetBasePathHint);
   return StringTable->insert(assetFilePathBuffer);
}

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