Resource Handle

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    • Resource Handle

      Hi,

      After some frustration with my last problem (posting) I decided that I need a ResourceMgr. One problem that I am seeing is how to implement a "Handle" that uniquely identifies a resource (be it a texture or sound). One suggestion was using a "Hash value" however, creating a hash might take some CPU time (slow). Magic Number's might be the way to go, but I think I would be limiting myslef to a limited set of numbers. ("MAX_MAGIC = 32; MAIC_NUMBER = 1 << MAX_MAGIC;"), GID well...

      What do you guys do to generate a HANDLE that is unigue? "Hashing a filename", "Magic Number", GUID. Anything else to concider using for a handle?

      Sabrina
      "Creative minds what to know".
    • First thing I can think off, that's not bound to hashing (I would personally extend the EventType class that Mike has in GCC) is just have a static counter for your ResourceMgr class. Just increment it every time that you add a new resource. It garuntees no overlaps and it's about as simple as you can get for implementation.

      *shrugs*

      Like I said, though, I'd normally use my GenericType class and associate a type with a resource and a name. That way, you can classify the resource under a "family" of resource types and a specific name hash.
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