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Packages/com.jovian.encounter-system/Runtime/DialogLineRef.cs

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+using System;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace Jovian.EncounterSystem {
+    /// <summary>Looks up <see cref="id"/> in the library passed to <see cref="Resolve"/>; falls back to <see cref="inlineText"/>.</summary>
+    [Serializable]
+    public struct DialogLineRef {
+        public string id;
+        [TextArea(2, 6)] public string inlineText;
+
+        public string Resolve(DialogLineLibrary library) {
+            if(!library || string.IsNullOrEmpty(id)) {
+                return inlineText;
+            }
+            var text = library.Resolve(id);
+            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(text) ? text : inlineText;
+        }
+    }
+}