CTK/Libs/CommandLineModules/Documentation/Snippets/ModuleManager/main.cpp

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#include "ctkCmdLineModuleManager.h"
#include "ctkCmdLineModuleBackendLocalProcess.h"
#include "ctkCmdLineModuleFrontendFactoryQtGui.h"
#include "ctkCmdLineModuleFrontendQtGui.h"
#include "ctkCmdLineModuleFuture.h"
#include "ctkException.h"
#include "ctkCmdLineModuleRunException.h"

#include <QApplication>
#include <QDesktopServices>
#include <QWidget>
#include <QUrl>
#include <QDebug>

#include <cstdlib>

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  QApplication myApp(argc, argv);
  myApp.setOrganizationName("CommonTK");
  myApp.setApplicationName("ModuleManagerSnippet");

  // [instantiate-mm]
  // Instantiate a ctkCmdLineModuleManager class.
  ctkCmdLineModuleManager moduleManager(
        // Use "strict" validation mode, rejecting modules with non-valid XML descriptions.
        ctkCmdLineModuleManager::STRICT_VALIDATION,
        // Use the default cache location for this application
        QDesktopServices::storageLocation(QDesktopServices::CacheLocation)
        );
  // [instantiate-mm]

  // [register-backend]
  // Instantiate a back-end for running executable modules in a local process.
  // This back-end handles the "file" Url scheme.
  QScopedPointer<ctkCmdLineModuleBackend> processBackend(new ctkCmdLineModuleBackendLocalProcess);

  // Register the back-end with the module manager.
  moduleManager.registerBackend(processBackend.data());
  // [register-backend]

  // [register-module]
  ctkCmdLineModuleReference moduleRef;
  try
  {
    // Register a local executable as a module, the ctkCmdLineModuleBackendLocalProcess
    // can handle it.
    moduleRef = moduleManager.registerModule(QUrl::fromLocalFile("C:/modules/MyModule.exe"));
  }
  catch (const ctkInvalidArgumentException& e)
  {
    // Module validation failed.
    qDebug() << e;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }
  // [register-module]

  // [create-frontend]
  // We use the "Qt Gui" frontend factory.
  QScopedPointer<ctkCmdLineModuleFrontendFactory> frontendFactory(new ctkCmdLineModuleFrontendFactoryQtGui);
  myApp.addLibraryPath(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/../");

  QScopedPointer<ctkCmdLineModuleFrontend> frontend(frontendFactory->create(moduleRef));

  // Create the actual GUI representation.
  QWidget* gui = qobject_cast<QWidget*>(frontend->guiHandle());
  // [create-frontend]
  Q_UNUSED(gui);

  // Now try and run the module (using the default values for the parameters)
  // and print out any reported output and results.
  // [run-module]
  try
  {
    ctkCmdLineModuleFuture future = moduleManager.run(frontend.data());
    future.waitForFinished();
    qDebug() << "Console output:";
    qDebug() << future.readAllOutputData();
    qDebug() << "Error output:";
    qDebug() << future.readAllErrorData();
    qDebug() << "Results:";
    qDebug() << future.results();
  }
  catch (const ctkCmdLineModuleRunException& e)
  {
    qWarning() << e;
  }
  // [run-module]

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}