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+
+package com.esotericsoftware.spine.utils;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.AssetDescriptor;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.AssetLoaderParameters;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.AssetManager;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.loaders.AsynchronousAssetLoader;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.assets.loaders.FileHandleResolver;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.TextureAtlas;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Array;
+
+import com.esotericsoftware.spine.SkeletonBinary;
+import com.esotericsoftware.spine.SkeletonData;
+import com.esotericsoftware.spine.SkeletonJson;
+import com.esotericsoftware.spine.attachments.AtlasAttachmentLoader;
+import com.esotericsoftware.spine.attachments.AttachmentLoader;
+
+/** An asset loader to create and load skeleton data. The data file is assumed to be binary if it ends with <code>.skel</code>,
+ * otherwise JSON is assumed. The {@link SkeletonDataParameter} can provide a texture atlas name or an {@link AttachmentLoader}.
+ * If neither is provided, a texture atlas name based on the skeleton file name with an <code>.atlas</code> extension is used.
+ * When a texture atlas name is used, the texture atlas is loaded by the asset manager as a dependency.
+ * <p>
+ * Example:
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * // Load skeleton.json and skeleton.atlas:
+ * assetManager.load("skeleton.json", SkeletonData.class);
+ * // Or specify the atlas/AttachmentLoader and scale:
+ * assetManager.setLoader(SkeletonData.class, new SkeletonDataLoader(new InternalFileHandleResolver()));
+ * SkeletonDataParameter parameter = new SkeletonDataParameter("skeleton2x.atlas", 2);
+ * assetManager.load("skeleton.json", SkeletonData.class, parameter);
+ * </pre>
+ */
+public class SkeletonDataLoader extends AsynchronousAssetLoader<SkeletonData, SkeletonDataLoader.SkeletonDataParameter> {
+	private SkeletonData skeletonData;
+
+	public SkeletonDataLoader (FileHandleResolver resolver) {
+		super(resolver);
+	}
+
+	/** @param parameter May be null. */
+	public void loadAsync (AssetManager manager, String fileName, FileHandle file, SkeletonDataParameter parameter) {
+		float scale = 1;
+		AttachmentLoader attachmentLoader = null;
+		if (parameter != null) {
+			scale = parameter.scale;
+			if (parameter.attachmentLoader != null)
+				attachmentLoader = parameter.attachmentLoader;
+			else if (parameter.atlasName != null)
+				attachmentLoader = new AtlasAttachmentLoader(manager.get(parameter.atlasName, TextureAtlas.class));
+		}
+		if (attachmentLoader == null)
+			attachmentLoader = new AtlasAttachmentLoader(manager.get(file.pathWithoutExtension() + ".atlas", TextureAtlas.class));
+
+		if (file.extension().equalsIgnoreCase("skel")) {
+			SkeletonBinary skeletonBinary = new SkeletonBinary(attachmentLoader);
+			skeletonBinary.setScale(scale);
+			skeletonData = skeletonBinary.readSkeletonData(file);
+		} else {
+			SkeletonJson skeletonJson = new SkeletonJson(attachmentLoader);
+			skeletonJson.setScale(scale);
+			skeletonData = skeletonJson.readSkeletonData(file);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** @param parameter May be null. */
+	public SkeletonData loadSync (AssetManager manager, String fileName, FileHandle file, SkeletonDataParameter parameter) {
+		SkeletonData skeletonData = this.skeletonData;
+		this.skeletonData = null;
+		return skeletonData;
+	}
+
+	/** @param parameter May be null. */
+	public Array<AssetDescriptor> getDependencies (String fileName, FileHandle file, SkeletonDataParameter parameter) {
+		if (parameter == null) return null;
+		if (parameter.attachmentLoader != null) return null;
+		Array<AssetDescriptor> dependencies = new Array();
+		dependencies.add(new AssetDescriptor(parameter.atlasName, TextureAtlas.class));
+		return dependencies;
+	}
+
+	static public class SkeletonDataParameter extends AssetLoaderParameters<SkeletonData> {
+		public String atlasName;
+		public AttachmentLoader attachmentLoader;
+		public float scale = 1;
+
+		public SkeletonDataParameter () {
+		}
+
+		public SkeletonDataParameter (String atlasName) {
+			this.atlasName = atlasName;
+		}
+
+		public SkeletonDataParameter (String atlasName, float scale) {
+			this.atlasName = atlasName;
+			this.scale = scale;
+		}
+
+		public SkeletonDataParameter (AttachmentLoader attachmentLoader) {
+			this.attachmentLoader = attachmentLoader;
+		}
+
+		public SkeletonDataParameter (AttachmentLoader attachmentLoader, float scale) {
+			this.attachmentLoader = attachmentLoader;
+			this.scale = scale;
+		}
+	}
+}