# Objective
- Addresses **Support processing and loading files without extensions**
from #9714
- Addresses **More runtime loading configuration** from #9714
- Fixes#367
- Fixes#10703
## Solution
`AssetServer::load::<A>` and `AssetServer::load_with_settings::<A>` can
now use the `Asset` type parameter `A` to select a registered
`AssetLoader` without inspecting the provided `AssetPath`. This change
cascades onto `LoadContext::load` and `LoadContext::load_with_settings`.
This allows the loading of assets which have incorrect or ambiguous file
extensions.
```rust
// Allow the type to be inferred by context
let handle = asset_server.load("data/asset_no_extension");
// Hint the type through the handle
let handle: Handle<CustomAsset> = asset_server.load("data/asset_no_extension");
// Explicit through turbofish
let handle = asset_server.load::<CustomAsset>("data/asset_no_extension");
```
Since a single `AssetPath` no longer maps 1:1 with an `Asset`, I've also
modified how assets are loaded to permit multiple asset types to be
loaded from a single path. This allows for two different `AssetLoaders`
(which return different types of assets) to both load a single path (if
requested).
```rust
// Uses GltfLoader
let model = asset_server.load::<Gltf>("cube.gltf");
// Hypothetical Blob loader for data transmission (for example)
let blob = asset_server.load::<Blob>("cube.gltf");
```
As these changes are reflected in the `LoadContext` as well as the
`AssetServer`, custom `AssetLoaders` can also take advantage of this
behaviour to create more complex assets.
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## Change Log
- Updated `custom_asset` example to demonstrate extension-less assets.
- Added `AssetServer::get_handles_untyped` and Added
`AssetServer::get_path_ids`
## Notes
As a part of that refactor, I chose to store `AssetLoader`s (within
`AssetLoaders`) using a `HashMap<TypeId, ...>` instead of a `Vec<...>`.
My reasoning for this was I needed to add a relationship between `Asset`
`TypeId`s and the `AssetLoader`, so instead of having a `Vec` and a
`HashMap`, I combined the two, removing the `usize` index from the
adjacent maps.
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
