started working on asset registry

src/AssetRegistry.h

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+//
+// Created by slinky on 5/14/26.
+//
+
+#ifndef B_ENGINE_ASSETREGISTRY_H
+#define B_ENGINE_ASSETREGISTRY_H
+
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <uuid/uuid.h>
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <filesystem>
+
+#include "AssetRecord.h"
+
+#include "uuid.h"
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+using Directory = fs::recursive_directory_iterator;
+using Path = fs::path;
+
+class AssetRegistry {
+public:
+    static void read_source_folder(std::string_view _folder);
+
+    static std::vector<AssetRegistry*> get_records();
+    static AssetRegistry* get_record(uuid_t uuid);
+private:
+    static std::unordered_map<uuids::uuid, std::unique_ptr<AssetRegistry>> _registry;
+
+    static bool does_meta_exist(const Path& path);
+    static void generate_meta_file(const Path& path);
+};
+
+
+#endif //B_ENGINE_ASSETREGISTRY_H