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EditorResourceConversionPlugin
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**Inherits:** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

Plugin for adding custom converters from one resource format to another in the editor resource picker context menu; for example, converting a :ref:`StandardMaterial3D<class_StandardMaterial3D>` to a :ref:`ShaderMaterial<class_ShaderMaterial>`.

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Description
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**EditorResourceConversionPlugin** is invoked when the context menu is brought up for a resource in the editor inspector. Relevant conversion plugins will appear as menu options to convert the given resource to a target type.

Below shows an example of a basic plugin that will convert an :ref:`ImageTexture<class_ImageTexture>` to a :ref:`PortableCompressedTexture2D<class_PortableCompressedTexture2D>`.


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    extends EditorResourceConversionPlugin

    func _handles(resource: Resource):
        return resource is ImageTexture

    func _converts_to():
        return "PortableCompressedTexture2D"

    func _convert(itex: Resource):
        var ptex = PortableCompressedTexture2D.new()
        ptex.create_from_image(itex.get_image(), PortableCompressedTexture2D.COMPRESSION_MODE_LOSSLESS)
        return ptex



To use an **EditorResourceConversionPlugin**, register it using the :ref:`EditorPlugin.add_resource_conversion_plugin()<class_EditorPlugin_method_add_resource_conversion_plugin>` method first.

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   | :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` | :ref:`_convert<class_EditorResourceConversionPlugin_private_method__convert>`\ (\ resource\: :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>`\ ) |virtual| |const| |
   +---------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | :ref:`String<class_String>`     | :ref:`_converts_to<class_EditorResourceConversionPlugin_private_method__converts_to>`\ (\ ) |virtual| |const|                                     |
   +---------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | :ref:`bool<class_bool>`         | :ref:`_handles<class_EditorResourceConversionPlugin_private_method__handles>`\ (\ resource\: :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>`\ ) |virtual| |const| |
   +---------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Method Descriptions
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:ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **_convert**\ (\ resource\: :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>`\ ) |virtual| |const| :ref:`🔗<class_EditorResourceConversionPlugin_private_method__convert>`

Takes an input :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` and converts it to the type given in :ref:`_converts_to()<class_EditorResourceConversionPlugin_private_method__converts_to>`. The returned :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` is the result of the conversion, and the input :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` remains unchanged.

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:ref:`String<class_String>` **_converts_to**\ (\ ) |virtual| |const| :ref:`🔗<class_EditorResourceConversionPlugin_private_method__converts_to>`

Returns the class name of the target type of :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` that this plugin converts source resources to.

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:ref:`bool<class_bool>` **_handles**\ (\ resource\: :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>`\ ) |virtual| |const| :ref:`🔗<class_EditorResourceConversionPlugin_private_method__handles>`

Called to determine whether a particular :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` can be converted to the target resource type by this plugin.

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