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 * Copyright 2013 MovingBlocks
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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package org.terasology.persistence.typeHandling.extensionTypes;

import org.terasology.assets.Asset;
import org.terasology.asset.Assets;
import org.terasology.persistence.typeHandling.StringRepresentationTypeHandler;

import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * @author Immortius
 */
public class AssetTypeHandler<T extends Asset> extends StringRepresentationTypeHandler<T> {
    private Class<T> assetClass;

    public AssetTypeHandler(Class<T> assetClass) {
        this.assetClass = assetClass;
    }

    @Override
    public String getAsString(T item) {
        if (item == null) {
            return "";
        }
        return item.getUrn().toString();
    }

    @Override
    public T getFromString(String representation) {
        Optional<T> asset = Assets.get(representation, assetClass);
        if (asset.isPresent()) {
            return assetClass.cast(asset.get());
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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@@ -1348,24 +1348,112 @@
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+        if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(representation)) %7B%0A            return null;%0A        %7D%0A
         Opti

Allow components to have empty assets fields.