From b770d869ae919f40a007652017caec59f13b2689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vasily <vautkin@teknik.io>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 11:59:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add initial planning for paths API

The idea is to reduce manual string directories in the general code as
much as possible, in order to reduce typos and general weirdness.
---
 build_scripts/qt/sources.pri |  6 ++++--
 src/utils/paths.cpp          | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/utils/paths.h            | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/utils/paths.cpp
 create mode 100644 src/utils/paths.h

diff --git a/build_scripts/qt/sources.pri b/build_scripts/qt/sources.pri
index e97b3c7..3cf35c7 100644
--- a/build_scripts/qt/sources.pri
+++ b/build_scripts/qt/sources.pri
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ SOURCES += src/main.cpp\
     src/tabcontrollers/keyboardinput/KeyboardInputDummy.cpp \
     src/openvr/openvr_init.cpp \
     src/openvr/ivrinput.cpp \
-    src/utils/setup.cpp
+    src/utils/setup.cpp \
+    src/utils/paths.cpp
 
 HEADERS += src/overlaycontroller.h \
     src/tabcontrollers/AudioTabController.h \
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ HEADERS += src/overlaycontroller.h \
     src/openvr/ivrinput_action_set.h \
     src/openvr/ivrinput_input_source.h \
     src/openvr/ivrinput.h \
-    src/utils/setup.h
+    src/utils/setup.h \
+    src/utils/paths.h
 
 win32 {
     SOURCES += src/tabcontrollers/audiomanager/AudioManagerWindows.cpp \
diff --git a/src/utils/paths.cpp b/src/utils/paths.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd958b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/paths.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include "paths.h"
+#include <QStandardPaths>
+namespace paths
+{
+optional<string> binaryDirectory()
+{
+    const auto binaryDir
+        = QStandardPaths::writableLocation( QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation );
+
+    if ( binaryDir != "" )
+    {
+        return binaryDir.toStdString();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return {};
+    }
+}
+} // namespace paths
diff --git a/src/utils/paths.h b/src/utils/paths.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ce5685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/paths.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <string>
+#include <optional>
+
+namespace paths
+{
+using std::optional;
+using std::string;
+
+optional<string> binaryDirectory();
+optional<string> binaryDirectoryFindFile( string fileName );
+
+optional<string> qmlDirectory();
+optional<string> qmlDirectoryFindFile( string fileName );
+
+optional<string> imageDirectory();
+optional<string> imageDirectoryFindFile( string fileName );
+
+optional<string> soundDirectory();
+optional<string> soundDirectoryFindFile( string fileName );
+
+optional<string> settingsDirectory();
+optional<string> settingsDirectoryFindFile( string fileName );
+
+} // namespace paths