Add back missing parameter helper functions

Author: anjaldoshi

Source/Processors/Parameter/Parameter.cpp

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 
 #include "Parameter.h"
-#include "../../../PluginGenerator/Source/Utility/openEphys_pluginHelpers.h"
+#include "ParameterHelpers.h"
 
 
 Parameter::Parameter (const String& name, bool defaultValue, int ID, bool deactivateDuringAcquisition)

Source/Processors/Parameter/ParameterHelpers.h

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+    ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    This file is part of the Open Ephys GUI
+    Copyright (C) 2020 Open Ephys
+
+    ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef __PARAMETER_HELPERS__
+#define __PARAMETER_HELPERS__
+
+#include <JuceHeader.h>
+
+/** Returns the string reporesentation of an array. */
+template<typename ValueType>
+static String convertArrayToString (const Array<ValueType>& sourceArray)
+{
+    // Allow to convert only the arrays which store arithmetic types
+    //if (! std::is_arithmetic<ValueType>::value)
+    //{
+    //    DBG ("Not Arithmetic");
+    //    return String::empty;
+    //}
+
+    String stringRepr;
+    for (auto value: sourceArray)
+        stringRepr += value.toString() + ",";
+
+    // Some hardcode - remove last coma at the end of the string
+    stringRepr = stringRepr.dropLastCharacters (1);
+
+    return stringRepr;
+}
+
+
+/** Creates and returns the array created from given string. Could be dangerous. */
+template <typename ValueType>
+static Array<var> createArrayFromString (const String& arrayString, const String& breakCharacters, const String& quoteCharacters = String::empty)
+{
+    // Allow to convert only the arrays which store arithmetic types
+    if (! std::is_arithmetic<ValueType>::value)
+       return Array<var> {};
+
+    StringArray valuesStr;
+    valuesStr.addTokens (arrayString, breakCharacters, quoteCharacters);
+
+    const bool isBool   = std::is_same<ValueType, bool>::value;
+    const bool isInt    = std::is_same<ValueType, int>::value;
+    const bool isLong   = std::is_same<ValueType, long>::value;
+    const bool isFloat  = std::is_same<ValueType, float>::value;
+    const bool isDouble = std::is_same<ValueType, double>::value;
+
+    Array<var> resultArray;
+    for (const auto& line: valuesStr)
+    {
+        if (isBool)
+            resultArray.add (line.getFloatValue());
+        else if (isInt)
+            resultArray.add (line.getIntValue());
+        else if (isLong)
+            resultArray.add (line.getLargeIntValue());
+        else if (isFloat)
+            resultArray.add (line.getFloatValue());
+        else if (isDouble)
+            resultArray.add (line.getDoubleValue());
+        // If any another type - try to convert to int
+        else
+            resultArray.add (line.getIntValue());
+    }
+
+    return resultArray;
+}
+
+#endif // __PARAMETER_HELPERS__