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+# This file is part of NIT ( http://www.nitlanguage.org ).
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Portable services to load resources from the assets folder
+module assets
+
+# Resource from the assets folder
+#
+# At compilation, the asset folder should be at the root of the package.
+# In practice, this is usually next to the folders `src` and `bin`.
+#
+# These assets are packaged with the application.
+abstract class Asset
+
+ # Path to this asset within the assets folder
+ var path: String
+end
+
+# Text file from the assets folder
+#
+# Use `to_s` to get the content of this asset.
+class TextAsset
+ super Asset
+
+ # Text content of this asset
+ redef var to_s = load is lazy
+
+ # Load this asset
+ fun load: String is abstract
+
+ # Error on the last call to `load`, if any
+ var error: nullable Error = null
+end