bevy/crates/bevy_asset/Cargo.toml
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Optimize common usages of AssetReader (#14082)
# Objective

The `AssetReader` trait allows customizing the behavior of fetching
bytes for an `AssetPath`, and expects implementors to return `dyn
AsyncRead + AsyncSeek`. This gives implementors of `AssetLoader` great
flexibility to tightly integrate their asset loading behavior with the
asynchronous task system.

However, almost all implementors of `AssetLoader` don't use the async
functionality at all, and just call `AsyncReadExt::read_to_end(&mut
Vec<u8>)`. This is incredibly inefficient, as this method repeatedly
calls `poll_read` on the trait object, filling the vector 32 bytes at a
time. At my work we have assets that are hundreds of megabytes which
makes this a meaningful overhead.

## Solution

Turn the `Reader` type alias into an actual trait, with a provided
method `read_to_end`. This provided method should be more efficient than
the existing extension method, as the compiler will know the underlying
type of `Reader` when generating this function, which removes the
repeated dynamic dispatches and allows the compiler to make further
optimizations after inlining. Individual implementors are able to
override the provided implementation -- for simple asset readers that
just copy bytes from one buffer to another, this allows removing a large
amount of overhead from the provided implementation.

Now that `Reader` is an actual trait, I also improved the ergonomics for
implementing `AssetReader`. Currently, implementors are expected to box
their reader and return it as a trait object, which adds unnecessary
boilerplate to implementations. This PR changes that trait method to
return a pseudo trait alias, which allows implementors to return `impl
Reader` instead of `Box<dyn Reader>`. Now, the boilerplate for boxing
occurs in `ErasedAssetReader`.

## Testing

I made identical changes to my company's fork of bevy. Our app, which
makes heavy use of `read_to_end` for asset loading, still worked
properly after this. I am not aware if we have a more systematic way of
testing asset loading for correctness.

---

## Migration Guide

The trait method `bevy_asset::io::AssetReader::read` (and `read_meta`)
now return an opaque type instead of a boxed trait object. Implementors
of these methods should change the type signatures appropriately

```rust
impl AssetReader for MyReader {
    // Before
    async fn read<'a>(&'a self, path: &'a Path) -> Result<Box<Reader<'a>>, AssetReaderError> {
        let reader = // construct a reader
        Box::new(reader) as Box<Reader<'a>>
    }

    // After
    async fn read<'a>(&'a self, path: &'a Path) -> Result<impl Reader + 'a, AssetReaderError> {
        // create a reader
    }
}
```

`bevy::asset::io::Reader` is now a trait, rather than a type alias for a
trait object. Implementors of `AssetLoader::load` will need to adjust
the method signature accordingly

```rust
impl AssetLoader for MyLoader {
    async fn load<'a>(
        &'a self,
        // Before:
        reader: &'a mut bevy::asset::io::Reader,
        // After:
        reader: &'a mut dyn bevy::asset::io::Reader,
        _: &'a Self::Settings,
        load_context: &'a mut LoadContext<'_>,
    ) -> Result<Self::Asset, Self::Error> {
}
```

Additionally, implementors of `AssetReader` that return a type
implementing `futures_io::AsyncRead` and `AsyncSeek` might need to
explicitly implement `bevy::asset::io::Reader` for that type.

```rust
impl bevy::asset::io::Reader for MyAsyncReadAndSeek {}
```
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[package]
name = "bevy_asset"
version = "0.14.0-dev"
edition = "2021"
description = "Provides asset functionality for Bevy Engine"
homepage = "https://bevyengine.org"
repository = "https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy"
license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
keywords = ["bevy"]
# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
[features]
file_watcher = ["notify-debouncer-full", "watch"]
embedded_watcher = ["file_watcher"]
multi_threaded = ["bevy_tasks/multi_threaded"]
asset_processor = []
watch = []
trace = []
[dependencies]
bevy_app = { path = "../bevy_app", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
bevy_asset_macros = { path = "macros", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.14.0-dev", features = [
"uuid",
] }
bevy_tasks = { path = "../bevy_tasks", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
stackfuture = "0.3"
async-broadcast = "0.5"
async-fs = "2.0"
async-lock = "3.0"
crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
downcast-rs = "1.2"
futures-io = "0.3"
futures-lite = "2.0.1"
blake3 = "1.5"
parking_lot = { version = "0.12", features = ["arc_lock", "send_guard"] }
ron = "0.8"
serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
thiserror = "1.0"
uuid = { version = "1.0", features = ["v4"] }
[target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
bevy_winit = { path = "../bevy_winit", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
[target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2" }
web-sys = { version = "0.3", features = [
"Window",
"Response",
"WorkerGlobalScope",
] }
wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
js-sys = "0.3"
[target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
notify-debouncer-full = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true }
[dev-dependencies]
bevy_core = { path = "../bevy_core", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
bevy_log = { path = "../bevy_log", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
[lints]
workspace = true
[package.metadata.docs.rs]
rustdoc-args = ["-Zunstable-options", "--cfg", "docsrs"]
all-features = true