[CHANGE] - extended path determination mechanism in OW, modules now have their...

[CHANGE] - extended path determination mechanism in OW, modules now have their own, local path, adopting CMake Files according to it

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ INCLUDE( ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../tools/CMakeModules/Utils.cmake )
 SET( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin )
 SET( CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib )
 SET( CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib )
-SET( SHARED_FILES_RELATIVE "../share/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}" CACHE PATH "Relative path to bin/ denoting the destination for shaders and cfg files." )  # this path us the relative path to bin/ used for all shared files like shaders and config file
+SET( SHARED_FILES_RELATIVE "../share/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}" CACHE INTERNAL "Relative path to bin/ denoting the destination for shaders and cfg files." )  # this path us the relative path to bin/ used for all shared files like shaders and config file
 
 # CMAKE automatism to select static vs. shared building:
 #-------------------------------------------------------
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ ENDIF()
 
 SET( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-g -DDEBUG -O2" CACHE STRING "" FORCE )
 
-add_definitions( '-DW_SHARED_FILES_RELATIVE="${SHARED_FILES_RELATIVE}"' )   # this relative path is used for all shared files like shaders and config files
-
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( dataHandler )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( graphicsEngine )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( gui )

src/common/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( OWcommon ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} )
 # with these defines.
 add_definitions( '-DW_LIB_PREFIX="${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}"' )
 add_definitions( '-DW_LIB_SUFFIX="${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"' )
-IF( CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 )
-    add_definitions( '-DW_LIB_PATH="."' )               # use relative paths here
-ELSE()
-    add_definitions( '-DW_LIB_PATH="../lib"' )
-ENDIF()
 
 # Unit tests
 IF( OW_COMPILE_TESTS )

src/graphicsEngine/WGEResourceManager.cpp → src/common/WPathHelper.cpp

@@ -22,71 +22,113 @@
 //
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <boost/tokenizer.hpp>
 
-#include <string>
+#include "WPreferences.h"
 
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include "WPathHelper.h"
 
-#include "WGEResourceManager.h"
-#include "WGraphicsEngine.h"
+// path helper instance as singleton
+boost::shared_ptr< WPathHelper > WPathHelper::m_instance = boost::shared_ptr< WPathHelper >();
 
-// resource manager instance as singleton
-boost::shared_ptr< WGEResourceManager > WGEResourceManager::m_instance = boost::shared_ptr< WGEResourceManager >();
-
-WGEResourceManager::WGEResourceManager()
+WPathHelper::WPathHelper()
 {
-    // initialize
+    // initialize members
 }
 
-WGEResourceManager::~WGEResourceManager()
+WPathHelper::~WPathHelper()
 {
     // cleanup
 }
 
-boost::shared_ptr< WGEResourceManager > WGEResourceManager::getResourceManager()
+boost::shared_ptr< WPathHelper > WPathHelper::getPathHelper()
 {
     if ( !m_instance )
     {
-        m_instance = boost::shared_ptr< WGEResourceManager >( new WGEResourceManager() );
+        m_instance = boost::shared_ptr< WPathHelper >( new WPathHelper() );
     }
 
     return m_instance;
 }
 
-std::string WGEResourceManager::getDefaultFont()
+void WPathHelper::setAppPath( boost::filesystem::path appPath )
+{
+    m_appPath    = appPath;
+    m_sharePath  = m_appPath / "../share/OpenWalnut";
+    m_libPath    = m_appPath / "../lib";
+    m_modulePath = m_libPath / "modules";
+}
+
+boost::filesystem::path WPathHelper::getAppPath()
+{
+    return getPathHelper()->m_appPath;
+}
+
+boost::filesystem::path WPathHelper::getConfigFile()
+{
+    // TODO(ebaum): we should prefer a user config file in ~.walnut.cfg in future. This needs to be platform independent of course.
+    return getPathHelper()->m_sharePath / "walnut.cfg";
+}
+
+boost::filesystem::path WPathHelper::getFontPath()
+{
+    return getPathHelper()->m_sharePath / "fonts";
+}
+
+boost::filesystem::path WPathHelper::getShaderPath()
+{
+    return getPathHelper()->m_sharePath / "shaders";
+}
+
+WPathHelper::Fonts WPathHelper::getAllFonts()
 {
-    // NOTE: as osgVoewer::StatsHandler uses hard coded font names, we need to ensure that our default font also is available as file "arial.ttf"
-    // in the fonts subdirectory. So, if you change the default font here please also ensure arial.ttf points to/is the same as the new default
-    // font.
-    return m_boldFont;
+    Fonts fonts;
+    fonts.Regular   = getFontPath() / "LiberationMono-Regular.ttf";
+    fonts.Bold      = getFontPath() / "LiberationMono-Bold.ttf";
+    fonts.Italic    = getFontPath() / "LiberationMono-Italic.ttf";
+    fonts.Default   = fonts.Bold;
+
+    return fonts;
 }
 
-std::string WGEResourceManager::getRegularFont()
+boost::filesystem::path WPathHelper::getModulePath()
 {
-    return m_regularFont;
+    return getPathHelper()->m_modulePath;
 }
 
-std::string WGEResourceManager::getItalicFont()
+boost::filesystem::path WPathHelper::getLibPath()
 {
-    return m_italicFont;
+    return getPathHelper()->m_libPath;
 }
 
-std::string WGEResourceManager::getBoldFont()
+boost::filesystem::path WPathHelper::getSharePath()
 {
-    return m_boldFont;
+    return getPathHelper()->m_sharePath;
 }
 
-void WGEResourceManager::setFontPath( std::string path )
+std::vector< boost::filesystem::path > WPathHelper::getAllModulePaths()
 {
-    // NOTE: the osgViewer::StatsHandler uses a hard coded font filename. :-(. Fortunately OSG allows us to modify the search path using
-    // environment variables:
-    setenv( "OSGFILEPATH", path.c_str(), 1 );
-
-    namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
-    fs::path fontPath = path;
-    m_regularFont = fs::path( fontPath / "LiberationMono-Regular.ttf" ).file_string();
-    m_boldFont = fs::path( fontPath / "LiberationMono-Bold.ttf" ).file_string();
-    m_italicFont = fs::path( fontPath / "LiberationMono-Italic.ttf" ).file_string();
+    // the list of paths
+    std::vector< boost::filesystem::path > paths;
+    // the first element always is the global search path
+    paths.push_back( getModulePath() );
+
+    std::string additionalPaths = "";
+    if ( !WPreferences::getPreference< std::string >( "modules.path", &additionalPaths ) )
+    {
+        // no config option found.
+        return paths;
+    }
+
+    // separate list of additional paths:
+    typedef boost::tokenizer< boost::char_separator< char > > tokenizer;
+    boost::char_separator< char > sep( ";" );
+    tokenizer tok( additionalPaths, sep );
+    for ( tokenizer::iterator it = tok.begin(); it != tok.end(); ++it )
+    {
+        paths.push_back( boost::filesystem::path( *it ) );
+    }
+
+    return paths;
 }
 

src/common/WPathHelper.h

+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Project: OpenWalnut ( http://www.openwalnut.org )
+//
+// Copyright 2009 OpenWalnut Community, BSV@Uni-Leipzig and CNCF@MPI-CBS
+// For more information see http://www.openwalnut.org/copying
+//
+// This file is part of OpenWalnut.
+//
+// OpenWalnut is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// OpenWalnut is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with OpenWalnut. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef WPATHHELPER_H
+#define WPATHHELPER_H
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+
+/**
+ * Singleton class helping to find files and paths. It is a useful to to search for resources and the central place to "hardcode" relative paths.
+ * It contains global paths only. Modules have their OWN local paths.
+ */
+class WPathHelper
+{
+public:
+
+    /**
+     * Default constructor.
+     */
+    WPathHelper();
+
+    /**
+     * Destructor.
+     */
+    virtual ~WPathHelper();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns instance of the path helper. If it does not exists, it will be created.
+     *
+     * \return the running path helper instance.
+     */
+    static boost::shared_ptr< WPathHelper > getPathHelper();
+
+    /**
+     * Set the current application path. This should be called only once.
+     *
+     * \param appPath the application path
+     */
+    void setAppPath( boost::filesystem::path appPath );
+
+    /**
+     * The path where the binary file resides in. This is for example /usr/bin.
+     *
+     * \return the application path.
+     */
+    static boost::filesystem::path getAppPath();
+
+    /**
+     * The path of the configuration file walnut.cfg. Always use this file to parse configurations.
+     *
+     * \return the config file.
+     */
+    static boost::filesystem::path getConfigFile();
+
+    /**
+     * The path where font files reside in.
+     *
+     * \return the font path.
+     */
+    static boost::filesystem::path getFontPath();
+
+    /**
+     * Paths to all known fonts.
+     */
+    typedef struct
+    {
+        boost::filesystem::path Default;
+        boost::filesystem::path Regular;
+        boost::filesystem::path Italic;
+        boost::filesystem::path Bold;
+    }
+    Fonts;
+
+    /**
+     * The paths to all fonts supported.
+     *
+     * \return the file paths to all fonts
+     */
+    static Fonts getAllFonts();
+
+    /**
+     * The path to the global shaders. Modules usually have their own local shader directory.
+     *
+     * \return global shader path.
+     */
+    static boost::filesystem::path getShaderPath();
+
+    /**
+     * The path to the globally installed modules. This does not respect any environment variables or config options! Use this only to search
+     * global modules. To get a list of all module search paths, including user defined ones, use getAllModulePaths().
+     *
+     * \return path to globally installed modules.
+     */
+    static boost::filesystem::path getModulePath();
+
+    /**
+     * This returns a list of search paths for modules. This list is defined by the "modules.path" - option in walnut.cfg. All of these
+     * directories CAN contain modules. On startup, they get searched in the specified order.
+     *
+     * \return list of search paths for modules
+     */
+    static std::vector< boost::filesystem::path > getAllModulePaths();
+
+    /**
+     * The path to the OW libs. You normally should not need this.
+     *
+     * \return the path to the libs.
+     */
+    static boost::filesystem::path getLibPath();
+
+    /**
+     * The path where shared files reside in.
+     *
+     * \return the shared files path.
+     */
+    static boost::filesystem::path getSharePath();
+
+protected:
+
+private:
+
+    /**
+     * Application path. NOT the path of the binary. The binary path is m_appPath+"/walnut".
+     */
+    boost::filesystem::path m_appPath;
+
+    /**
+     * The path where all the shared files reside in.
+     */
+    boost::filesystem::path m_sharePath;
+
+    /**
+     * The path to the globally installed modules.
+     */
+    boost::filesystem::path m_modulePath;
+
+    /**
+     * The path to the OW libs.
+     */
+    boost::filesystem::path m_libPath;
+
+    /**
+     * Singleton instance of WPathHelper.
+     */
+    static boost::shared_ptr< WPathHelper > m_instance;
+};
+
+#endif  // WPATHHELPER_H
+

src/common/WSharedLib.cpp

@@ -276,6 +276,6 @@ std::string WSharedLib::getSystemSuffix()
 
 std::string WSharedLib::getSystemLibPath()
 {
-    return W_LIB_PATH;
+    return "../lib";
 }
 

src/graphicsEngine/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ IF( OW_COMPILE_TESTS )
           "WGESignals.cpp"
           "WGraphicsEngine.cpp"
           "WGEScene.cpp"
-          "WGEResourceManager.cpp"
           "WGEViewer.cpp"
           "WGEGraphicsWindow.cpp"
           "WGEGroupNode.cpp"

src/graphicsEngine/WGEResourceManager.h

-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//
-// Project: OpenWalnut ( http://www.openwalnut.org )
-//
-// Copyright 2009 OpenWalnut Community, BSV@Uni-Leipzig and CNCF@MPI-CBS
-// For more information see http://www.openwalnut.org/copying
-//
-// This file is part of OpenWalnut.
-//
-// OpenWalnut is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// OpenWalnut is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with OpenWalnut. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-//
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#ifndef WGERESOURCEMANAGER_H
-#define WGERESOURCEMANAGER_H
-
-#include <string>
-
-#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
-
-/**
- * Class used to manage out-of-code resources used in the graphics engine. Those resources are especially fonts, shaders and
- * icons/symbols/textures. This is useful to avoid a lot of hard coded path/filenames in the source tree.
- */
-class WGEResourceManager
-{
-public:
-
-    /**
-     * Default constructor.
-     */
-    WGEResourceManager();
-
-    /**
-     * Destructor.
-     */
-    virtual ~WGEResourceManager();
-
-    /**
-     * Returns instance of the resource manager. If it does not exists, it will be created.
-     *
-     * \return the running resource manager instance.
-     */
-    static boost::shared_ptr< WGEResourceManager > getResourceManager();
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the default font which should be used at the most cases.
-     *
-     * \return the absolute filename to the font.
-     */
-    std::string getDefaultFont();
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the regular (non-bold) font.
-     * \note you should use getDefaultFont() in the most cases.
-     *
-     * \return the absolute filename to the font.
-     */
-    std::string getRegularFont();
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the italic font.
-     * \note you should use getDefaultFont() in the most cases.
-     *
-     * \return the absolute filename to the font.
-     */
-    std::string getItalicFont();
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the bold font.
-     * \note you should use getDefaultFont() in the most cases.
-     *
-     * \return the absolute filename to the font.
-     */
-    std::string getBoldFont();
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the internal font paths according to the specified one.
-     *
-     * \param path the new path.
-     */
-    void setFontPath( std::string path );
-
-protected:
-
-    /**
-     * Filename of standard regular font.
-     */
-    std::string m_regularFont;
-
-    /**
-     * Filename of standard bold font.
-     */
-    std::string m_boldFont;
-
-    /**
-     * Filename of standard italic font.
-     */
-    std::string m_italicFont;
-
-private:
-
-    /**
-     * Singleton instance of WGraphicsEngine.
-     */
-    static boost::shared_ptr< WGEResourceManager > m_instance;
-};
-
-#endif  // WGERESOURCEMANAGER_H
-

src/graphicsEngine/WGraphicsEngine.cpp

@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include "WGraphicsEngine.h"
 #include "exceptions/WGEInitFailed.h"
 #include "exceptions/WGESignalSubscriptionFailed.h"
-#include "WGEResourceManager.h"
 
 // graphics engine instance as singleton
 boost::shared_ptr< WGraphicsEngine > WGraphicsEngine::m_instance = boost::shared_ptr< WGraphicsEngine >();
@@ -57,12 +56,6 @@ WGraphicsEngine::WGraphicsEngine():
 
     // initialize members
     m_rootNode = new WGEScene();
-
-    m_shaderPath = "";
-    m_fontPath = "";
-
-    // init resource manager ( it is a singleton and gets created during first "getResourceManager" request.
-    WGEResourceManager::getResourceManager();
 }
 
 WGraphicsEngine::~WGraphicsEngine()
@@ -87,29 +80,6 @@ osg::ref_ptr<WGEScene> WGraphicsEngine::getScene()
     return m_rootNode;
 }
 
-std::string WGraphicsEngine::getShaderPath() const
-{
-    return m_shaderPath;
-}
-
-void WGraphicsEngine::setShaderPath( std::string path )
-{
-    m_shaderPath = path;
-}
-
-std::string WGraphicsEngine::getFontPath() const
-{
-    return m_fontPath;
-}
-
-void WGraphicsEngine::setFontPath( std::string path )
-{
-    m_fontPath = path;
-
-    // we need to propagate the change to the resource manager
-    WGEResourceManager::getResourceManager()->setFontPath( path );
-}
-
 boost::shared_ptr<WGEViewer> WGraphicsEngine::createViewer( std::string name, int x, int y,
                                                             int width, int height, WGECamera::ProjectionMode projectionMode,
                                                             WColor bgColor )

src/graphicsEngine/WGraphicsEngine.h

@@ -78,34 +78,6 @@ public:
      */
     osg::ref_ptr<WGEScene> getScene();
 
-    /**
-     * Return the path where the shaders are expected to be located.
-     *
-     * \return shader path
-     */
-    std::string getShaderPath() const;
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the shader path.
-     *
-     * \param path path to shaders.
-     */
-    void setShaderPath( std::string path );
-
-    /**
-     * Return the path where the fonts are expected to be located.
-     *
-     * \return font path
-     */
-    std::string getFontPath() const;
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the font path.
-     *
-     * \param path path to fonts.
-     */
-    void setFontPath( std::string path );
-
     /**
      * Creates a new viewer. Does basic initialization and sets the default scene.
      *
@@ -145,15 +117,6 @@ public:
      */
     boost::shared_ptr< WGEViewer > getViewer();
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the currently selected default font usable in osgText nodes.
-     *
-     * \return Filename of the default font.
-     *
-     * \note this also contains the absolute path.
-     */
-    std::string getDefaultFont();
-
     /**
      * Returns instance of the graphics engine. If it does not exists, it will be created.
      *
@@ -203,13 +166,6 @@ protected:
      */
     boost::mutex m_viewersLock;
 
-    /**
-     * Path to the shaders.
-     */
-    std::string m_shaderPath;
-
-    std::string m_fontPath; //!< Path where the fonts are expected.
-
     /**
      * OpenSceneGraph composite viewer. Contains all created osgViewer::Views.
      */

src/graphicsEngine/WShader.cpp

@@ -39,12 +39,13 @@
 
 #include "WGraphicsEngine.h"
 #include "../common/WLogger.h"
+#include "../common/WPathHelper.h"
 
 #include "WShader.h"
 
-WShader::WShader( std::string name ):
+WShader::WShader( std::string name, boost::filesystem::path search ):
     osg::Program(),
-    m_shaderPath( WGraphicsEngine::getGraphicsEngine()->getShaderPath() ),
+    m_shaderPath( search ),