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+/*****************************************************************************************
+ *                                                                                       *
+ * OpenSpace                                                                             *
+ *                                                                                       *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2017                                                               *
+ *                                                                                       *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this  *
+ * software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software *
+ * without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,    *
+ * merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to    *
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following   *
+ * conditions:                                                                           *
+ *                                                                                       *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies *
+ * or substantial portions of the Software.                                              *
+ *                                                                                       *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,   *
+ * INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A         *
+ * PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT    *
+ * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF  *
+ * CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE  *
+ * OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                                         *
+ ****************************************************************************************/
+
+
+namespace openspace {
+namespace luascriptfunctions {
+
+int loadAsset(lua_State* state) {
+    AssetLoader *assetLoader = (AssetLoader*)lua_touserdata(state, lua_upvalueindex(1));
+
+    int nArguments = lua_gettop(state);
+    SCRIPT_CHECK_ARGUMENTS("loadAsset", state, 1, nArguments);
+
+    std::string assetName = luaL_checkstring(state, -1);
+
+    assetLoader->loadAsset(assetName);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int unloadAsset(lua_State* state) {
+    AssetLoader *assetLoader = (AssetLoader*)lua_touserdata(state, lua_upvalueindex(1));
+
+    int nArguments = lua_gettop(state);
+    SCRIPT_CHECK_ARGUMENTS("unloadAsset", state, 1, nArguments);
+
+    std::string assetName = luaL_checkstring(state, -1);
+
+    assetLoader->unloadAsset(assetName);
+    return 0;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+}
+}