improve plugin facing api with c++ helpers

solanaceae/plugin/plugin_manager.hpp

@@ -21,29 +21,7 @@ void g_provideInstance__internal(const char* id, const char* version, const char
 
 } // extern C
 
-namespace internal {
-	template<typename T>
-	class g_type_version {
-		typedef char yes[1];
-		typedef char no [2];
-
-		template<typename C> static yes& test_version(decltype(&C::version));
-		template<typename C> static no& test_version(...);
-
-		static bool const has_version = sizeof(test_version<T>(nullptr)) == sizeof(yes);
-		static constexpr const char* get_version(void) {
-			if constexpr (has_version) {
-				return T::version;
-			} else {
-				return "UNK"; // default version
-			}
-		}
-
-		public:
-			static constexpr const char* version = get_version();
-	};
-} // internal
-
+#include "./version_helper.inl"
 
 // templated helper, use or make sure vtable is right
 template<typename T>

solanaceae/plugin/solana_plugin_v1.h

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ SOLANA_PLUGIN_EXPORT void solana_plugin_stop(void);
 // ---------- called periodically ----------
 // rendering needs to be called in a different interval AND needs to be garantied from mainthread
 // the functions return the minimum time in seconds until the update should be called next
+// the interval is not garantied. in fact, clients can call them with a much longer interval
 
 // for compute tasks
 SOLANA_PLUGIN_EXPORT float solana_plugin_tick(float delta);
@@ -59,6 +60,69 @@ SOLANA_PLUGIN_EXPORT float solana_plugin_render(float delta);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
+
+// in c++ we can provide generic helpers
+#include "./version_helper.inl"
+
+#include <string>
+
+// templated helper, use or make sure vtable is right
+
+// versioned means explicitly provided
+
+// ---------- provide ----------
+template<typename T>
+static void plug_provideInstance(const SolanaAPI* solana_api, const char* id, const char* version, const char* plugin_name, T* instance) {
+	solana_api->provideInstance(id, version, plugin_name, instance);
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+static void plug_provideInstance(const SolanaAPI* solana_api, const char* id, const char* plugin_name, T* instance) {
+	plug_provideInstance<T>(solana_api, id, internal::g_type_version<T>::version, plugin_name, instance);
+}
+
+#define PLUG_PROVIDE_INSTANCE_VERSIONED(x, ver, p, i) plug_provideInstance(solana_api, #x, ver, p, i)
+#define PLUG_PROVIDE_INSTANCE(x, p, i) plug_provideInstance(solana_api, #x, p, i)
+
+// ---------- resolve optional ----------
+
+template<typename T>
+static T* plug_resolveInstanceOptional(const SolanaAPI* solana_api, const char* id, const char* version) {
+	return static_cast<T*>(solana_api->resolveInstance(id, version));
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+static T* plug_resolveInstanceOptional(const SolanaAPI* solana_api, const char* id) {
+	return plug_resolveInstanceOptional<T>(solana_api, id, internal::g_type_version<T>::version);
+}
+
+// ---------- resolve require ----------
+// throws if id+version is not found
+
+struct ResolveException {
+	std::string what;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+static T* plug_resolveInstance(const SolanaAPI* solana_api, const char* id, const char* version) {
+	T* res = plug_resolveInstanceOptional<T>(solana_api, id, version);
+	if (res == nullptr) {
+		throw ResolveException{"missing " + std::string{id} + " " + version};
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+template<typename T>
+static T* plug_resolveInstance(const SolanaAPI* solana_api, const char* id) {
+	return plug_resolveInstance<T>(solana_api, id, internal::g_type_version<T>::version);
+}
+
+#define PLUG_RESOLVE_INSTANCE_VERSIONED(x, ver) plug_resolveInstance<x>(solana_api, #x, ver)
+#define PLUG_RESOLVE_INSTANCE(x) plug_resolveInstance<x>(solana_api, #x)
+
+// optional variants dont error
+#define PLUG_RESOLVE_INSTANCE_VERSIONED_OPT(x, ver) plug_resolveInstanceOptional<x>(solana_api, #x, ver)
+#define PLUG_RESOLVE_INSTANCE_OPT(x) plug_resolveInstanceOptional<x>(solana_api, #x)
+
 #endif
 
 #endif // SOLANA_PLUGIN__H

solanaceae/plugin/version_helper.inl

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace internal {
+	template<typename T>
+	class g_type_version {
+		typedef char yes[1];
+		typedef char no [2];
+
+		template<typename C> static yes& test_version(decltype(&C::version));
+		template<typename C> static no& test_version(...);
+
+		static bool const has_version = sizeof(test_version<T>(nullptr)) == sizeof(yes);
+		static constexpr const char* get_version(void) {
+			if constexpr (has_version) {
+				return T::version;
+			} else {
+				return "UNK"; // default version
+			}
+		}
+
+		public:
+			static constexpr const char* version = get_version();
+	};
+} // internal
+