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

**Inherited By:** :ref:`EditorImportPlugin<class_EditorImportPlugin>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterBitMap<class_ResourceImporterBitMap>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterBMFont<class_ResourceImporterBMFont>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterCSVTranslation<class_ResourceImporterCSVTranslation>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterDynamicFont<class_ResourceImporterDynamicFont>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterImage<class_ResourceImporterImage>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterImageFont<class_ResourceImporterImageFont>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterLayeredTexture<class_ResourceImporterLayeredTexture>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterMP3<class_ResourceImporterMP3>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterOBJ<class_ResourceImporterOBJ>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterOggVorbis<class_ResourceImporterOggVorbis>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterScene<class_ResourceImporterScene>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterShaderFile<class_ResourceImporterShaderFile>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterSVG<class_ResourceImporterSVG>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterTexture<class_ResourceImporterTexture>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterTextureAtlas<class_ResourceImporterTextureAtlas>`, :ref:`ResourceImporterWAV<class_ResourceImporterWAV>`

Base class for resource importers.

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Description
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This is the base class for Godot's resource importers. To implement your own resource importers using editor plugins, see :ref:`EditorImportPlugin<class_EditorImportPlugin>`.

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Tutorials
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- :doc:`Import plugins <../tutorials/plugins/editor/import_plugins>`

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Methods
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   | :ref:`PackedStringArray<class_PackedStringArray>` | :ref:`_get_build_dependencies<class_ResourceImporter_private_method__get_build_dependencies>`\ (\ path\: :ref:`String<class_String>`\ ) |virtual| |const| |
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Enumerations
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.. _enum_ResourceImporter_ImportOrder:

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enum **ImportOrder**: :ref:`🔗<enum_ResourceImporter_ImportOrder>`

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:ref:`ImportOrder<enum_ResourceImporter_ImportOrder>` **IMPORT_ORDER_DEFAULT** = ``0``

The default import order.

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:ref:`ImportOrder<enum_ResourceImporter_ImportOrder>` **IMPORT_ORDER_SCENE** = ``100``

The import order for scenes, which ensures scenes are imported *after* all other core resources such as textures. Custom importers should generally have an import order lower than ``100`` to avoid issues when importing scenes that rely on custom resources.

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Method Descriptions
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.. _class_ResourceImporter_private_method__get_build_dependencies:

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:ref:`PackedStringArray<class_PackedStringArray>` **_get_build_dependencies**\ (\ path\: :ref:`String<class_String>`\ ) |virtual| |const| :ref:`🔗<class_ResourceImporter_private_method__get_build_dependencies>`

Called when the engine compilation profile editor wants to check what build options an imported resource needs. For example, :ref:`ResourceImporterDynamicFont<class_ResourceImporterDynamicFont>` has a property called :ref:`ResourceImporterDynamicFont.multichannel_signed_distance_field<class_ResourceImporterDynamicFont_property_multichannel_signed_distance_field>`, that depends on the engine to be build with the "msdfgen" module. If that resource happened to be a custom one, it would be handled like this:

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    func _get_build_dependencies(path):
        var resource = load(path)
        var dependencies = PackedStringArray()

        if resource.multichannel_signed_distance_field:
            dependencies.push_back("module_msdfgen_enabled")

        return dependencies

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