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OpenSpace/include/openspace/documentation/documentationgenerator.h
Emma Broman 804444e267 Simplify Property code (#1575)
* Remove the PropertyDelegate

* Remove some unused and redundant property types

* Use helper functions for Lua/Json conversion

* Solve a bug in SelectionProperty that occurred when re-setting options

* General simplification and refactoring of the code
2021-05-04 09:32:29 +02:00

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#ifndef __OPENSPACE_CORE___DOCUMENTATIONGENERATOR___H__
#define __OPENSPACE_CORE___DOCUMENTATIONGENERATOR___H__
#include <string>
#include <vector>
namespace openspace {
/*
* This abstract class is used for instances when another class has the ability to
* generate a Handlebar generated documentation file that contains valuable information
* for the user. Instances of this are the DocumentationEngine results, the list of
* Property%s generated by the Scene, or the FactoryEngine results. The documentation is
* generated through the writeDocumentation method.
*
* The concrete subclass needs to overload the generateJson class that will return the
* Json that is parsed by Handlebar to generate the webpage.
*
* A list of Handlebar templates, the variable name for the result of the generateJson
* method, and the Javascript file that contains additional logic is passed in the
* constructor.
*/
class DocumentationGenerator {
public:
/// This struct contains a single Handlebar template, with the name and the filename
struct HandlebarTemplate {
std::string name; ///< The name of the Handlebar template defined in \m filename
std::string filename; ///< The filename referenced in the \m name
};
/**
* The constructor that is used to set the member variables later used in the
* writeDocumentation method.
* \param name The name of the written documentation
* \param jsonName The variable name of the value generated by the generateJson
* \param handlebarTemplates A list of Handlebar templates that is added to the
* documentation file
* \param javascriptFilename The path to a Javascript source file that is added to the
* documentation and that can contain additional functionality
* \pre name must not be empty
* \pre jsonName must not be empty
* \pre Each handlebarTemplates' \c name must not be empty
* \pre javascriptFilename must not be empty
*/
DocumentationGenerator(std::string name, std::string jsonName,
std::vector<HandlebarTemplate> handlebarTemplates);
/// Default constructor
virtual ~DocumentationGenerator() = default;
//getter for handlebar templates
std::vector<HandlebarTemplate> templatesToRegister();
//getter for identifier
std::string jsonName();
/**
* This abstract method is used by concrete subclasses to provide the actual data that
* is used in the documentation written by this DocumentationGenerator class. The JSON
* string returned by this function will be stored in the variable with the
* \c jsonName as passed in the constructor.
* \return A JSON script that is parsed and stored in the variable passed in the
* DocumentationGenerator constructor
*/
virtual std::string generateJson() const = 0;
private:
const std::string _name;
const std::string _jsonName;
const std::vector<HandlebarTemplate> _handlebarTemplates;
};
} // namespace openspace
#endif // __OPENSPACE_CORE___DOCUMENTATIONGENERATOR___H__