added serialize, deserialize, post sync and pre sync functions for script engine

include/openspace/scripting/scriptengine.h

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
  */
 
 namespace openspace {
+	class SyncBuffer;
+
 namespace scripting {
 
 class ScriptEngine {
@@ -67,6 +69,16 @@ public:
 
 	bool writeDocumentation(const std::string& filename, const std::string& type) const;
 
+	void serialize(SyncBuffer* syncBuffer);
+
+	void deserialize(SyncBuffer* syncBuffer);
+
+	void postSynchronizationPreDraw();
+
+	void preSynchronization();
+
+	void queueScript(const std::string &script);
+
     std::vector<std::string> allLuaFunctions() const;
     
 private:
@@ -80,6 +92,11 @@ private:
     
     lua_State* _state;
     std::set<LuaLibrary> _registeredLibraries;
+
+	//sync variables
+	std::mutex _mutex;
+	std::vector<std::string> _queuedScripts;
+	std::string _currentSyncedScript;
 };
   
 } // namespace scripting

src/scripting/scriptengine.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <ghoul/logging/logmanager.h>
 #include <ghoul/filesystem/filesystem.h>
+#include <openspace/util/syncbuffer.h>
 
 #include <ghoul/lua/lua_helper.h>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -605,6 +606,45 @@ bool ScriptEngine::writeDocumentation(const std::string& filename, const std::st
 	}
 }
 
+void ScriptEngine::serialize(SyncBuffer* syncBuffer){
+	syncBuffer->encode(_currentSyncedScript);
+}
+
+void ScriptEngine::deserialize(SyncBuffer* syncBuffer){
+	syncBuffer->decode(_currentSyncedScript);
+}
+
+void ScriptEngine::postSynchronizationPreDraw(){
+	
+}
+
+void ScriptEngine::preSynchronization(){
+	if (!_currentSyncedScript.empty()){
+		runScript(_currentSyncedScript);
+		_currentSyncedScript.clear();
+	}
+
+	_mutex.lock();
+	
+	if (!_queuedScripts.empty()){
+		_currentSyncedScript = _queuedScripts.back();
+		_queuedScripts.pop_back();
+	}
+	
+	_mutex.unlock();
+}
+
+void ScriptEngine::queueScript(const std::string &script){
+	if (script.empty())
+		return;
+
+	_mutex.lock();
+
+	_queuedScripts.insert(_queuedScripts.begin(), script);
+
+	_mutex.unlock();
+}
+
 
 } // namespace scripting
 } // namespace openspace