flightgear/src/GUI/new_gui.hxx

// new_gui.hxx - XML-configured GUI subsystem.

#ifndef __NEW_GUI_HXX
#define __NEW_GUI_HXX 1

#ifndef __cplusplus
# error This library requires C++
#endif

#include <plib/pu.h>

#include <simgear/compiler.h>	// for SG_USING_STD
#include <simgear/misc/props.hxx>

#include <vector>
SG_USING_STD(vector);

#include <map>
SG_USING_STD(map);

#include <Main/fgfs.hxx>
#include <Main/fg_props.hxx>

class FGMenuBar;
class FGDialog;
class FGBinding;


/**
 * XML-configured GUI subsystem.
 *
 * This subsystem manages the graphical user interface for FlightGear.
 * It creates a menubar from the XML configuration file in
 * $FG_ROOT/gui/menubar.xml, then stores the configuration properties
 * for XML-configured dialog boxes in $FG_ROOT/gui/dialogs/*.  It
 * can show or hide the menubar, and can display any dialog by name.
 */
class NewGUI : public FGSubsystem
{
public:

    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    NewGUI ();

    /**
     * Destructor.
     */
    virtual ~NewGUI ();

    /**
     * Initialize the GUI subsystem.
     */
    virtual void init ();

    /**
     * Bind properties for the GUI subsystem.
     *
     * Currently, this method binds the properties for showing and
     * hiding the menu.
     */
    virtual void bind ();

    /**
     * Unbind properties for the GUI subsystem.
     */
    virtual void unbind ();

    /**
     * Update the GUI subsystem.
     *
     * Currently, this method is a no-op, because nothing the GUI
     * subsystem does is time-dependent.
     */
    virtual void update (double delta_time_sec);

    /**
     * Display a dialog box.
     *
     * At initialization time, the subsystem reads all of the XML
     * configuration files from $FG_ROOT/gui/dialogs/*.  The
     * configuration for each dialog specifies a name, and this method
     * invokes the dialog with the name specified (if it exists).
     *
     * @param name The name of the dialog box.
     * @return true if the dialog exists, false otherwise.
     */
    virtual bool showDialog (const string &name);


    /**
     * Close the currently-active dialog, if any.
     *
     * @return true if a dialog was active, false otherwise.
     */
    virtual bool closeActiveDialog ();


    /**
     * Return a pointer to the current menubar.
     */
    virtual FGMenuBar * getMenuBar ();


    /**
     * Ignore this method.
     *
     * This method is for internal use only, but it has to be public
     * so that a non-class callback can see it.
     */
    virtual void setActiveDialog (FGDialog * dialog);

    /**
     * Get the dialog currently active, if any.
     *
     * @return The active dialog, or 0 if none is active.
     */
    virtual FGDialog * getActiveDialog ();

protected:

    /**
     * Test if the menubar is visible.
     *
     * This method exists only for binding.
     */
    virtual bool getMenuBarVisible () const;

    /**
     * Show or hide the menubar.
     *
     * This method exists only for binding.
     */
    virtual void setMenuBarVisible (bool visible);


private:

    // Read all the configuration files in a directory.
    void readDir (const char * path);

    FGMenuBar * _menubar;
    FGDialog * _active_dialog;
    map<string,SGPropertyNode_ptr> _dialog_props;

};


#endif // __NEW_GUI_HXX