kicad/include/env_vars.h

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/**
 * @file env_vars.h
 * Functions related to environment variables, including help functions
 */

#ifndef ENV_VARS_H
#define ENV_VARS_H

#include <wx/string.h>
#include <map>
#include <vector>
#include <optional>

class ENV_VAR_ITEM;

namespace ENV_VAR
{
    using ENV_VAR_LIST = std::vector<wxString>;

    /**
     * Determine if an environment variable is "predefined", i.e. if the
     * name of the variable is special to KiCad, and isn't just a user-specified
     * substitution name.
     * @param  aEnvVar the variable to check
     * @return         true if predefined
     */
    bool IsEnvVarImmutable( const wxString& aEnvVar );

    /**
     * Get the list of pre-defined environment variables.
     */
    const ENV_VAR_LIST& GetPredefinedEnvVars();

    /**
     * Constructs a versioned environment variable based on this KiCad major version
     * @param aBaseName is the suffix, like TEMPLATE_DIR
     * @return an environment variable name, like KICAD8_TEMPLATE_DIR
     */
    wxString GetVersionedEnvVarName( const wxString& aBaseName );

    /**
     * Attempts to retrieve the value of a versioned environment variable, such as
     * KICAD8_TEMPLATE_DIR.  If this value exists in the map, it will be returned.  If not, the
     * map will be searched for keys matching KICAD*_<aBaseName>, and the first match's value will
     * be returned.  If there are no matches, std::nullopt will be returned.
     * @param aMap is an ENV_VAR_MAP (@see environment.h)
     * @param aBaseName is the suffix for the environment variable (@see GetVersionedEnvVarName)
     */
    std::optional<wxString> GetVersionedEnvVarValue( const std::map<wxString, ENV_VAR_ITEM>& aMap,
                                                     const wxString& aBaseName );

    /**
     * Look up long-form help text for a given environment variable.
     *
     * This is intended for use in more verbose help resources (as opposed to
     * tooltip text)
     *
     * @param  aEnvVar The variable to look up
     * @return         A string with help for that variable. Empty if
     *                 no help available for this variable.
     */
    wxString LookUpEnvVarHelp( const wxString& aEnvVar );

    /**
     * Get an environment variable as a specific type, if set correctly
     *
     * @param aEnvVarName the name of the environment variable
     * @return an std::optional containing the value, if set and parseable, otherwise empty.
     */
    template <typename VAL_TYPE>
    std::optional<VAL_TYPE> GetEnvVar( const wxString& aEnvVarName );

    /**
     * Get a string environment variable, if it is set.
     *
     * @param aEnvVarName the name of the environment variable
     * @return an std::optional containing the value, if set, otherwise empty.
     */
    template<>
    std::optional<wxString> GetEnvVar( const wxString& aEnvVarName );

    /**
     * Get a double from an environment variable, if set
     *
     * @param aEnvVarName the name of the environment variable
     * @return an std::optional containing the value, if set and parseable as a double,
     * otherwise empty.
     */
    template <>
    std::optional<double> GetEnvVar( const wxString& aEnvVarName );
};

#endif /* ENV_VARS_H */