View::ViewsOptions map for available options and loader method

app/Bootstrap.cpp

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void main()
 	try
 	{
 		Console console;
-
+		View::loadViewsOptions();
 		do
 		{
 			try

app/ClassContainer.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <map>
 
 #include "Helpers.h"
 #include "ClassContainer.h"
@@ -38,15 +39,17 @@ unsigned User::getUuid()
 
 //---View---
 //----------
-View::View(char *viewName, vector<char> availableOptions, bool hasInterpolation)
+map<string, map<char, string>> View::ViewsOptions = {{ "", {{'\0', ""}} }};
+
+View::View(string viewName, map<char, string> availableOptions, bool hasInterpolation)
 {
-	this->viewName = new char[strlen(viewName) + 1];
-	strcpy(this->viewName, viewName);
+	this->viewName = new char[strlen(viewName.c_str()) + 1];
+	strcpy(this->viewName, viewName.c_str());
 	this->availableOptions = availableOptions;
 	this->hasInterpolation = hasInterpolation;
 }
 
-vector<char> View::getAvailableOptions()
+map<char, string> View::getAvailableOptions()
 {
 	return this->availableOptions;
 }
@@ -56,6 +59,15 @@ char *View::getViewName()
 	return this->viewName;
 }
 
+void View::loadViewsOptions()
+{
+	string someView = "aView",
+		anotherView = "aaaView";
+
+	View::ViewsOptions = { { someView, {{'1', "theview.view"}}},
+					   {anotherView, {{'2', "someview.view"}}} };
+}
+
 View::~View()
 {
 	delete[] this->viewName;
@@ -64,14 +76,16 @@ View::~View()
 //---Console---
 //-------------
 // We need an initial state, because we don't have any means like mapping views to HTTP routes
-char *Console::initialView = "home.view";
+string Console::initialView = "home.view";
 char *Console::viewsFolder = "..\\views";
 
 Console::Console()
 {
 	this->mode = new char[strlen("live") + 1];
 	strcpy(this->mode, "live");
-	this->currentView = new View(Console::initialView, { '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', 'q' }, false);
+	map<char, string> availableOptions = { {'1', "login.view"}, {'2', "signup.view"}, {'3', "browse-index.view"}, {'4', "faq.view"}, {'q', "quit"} };
+
+	this->currentView = new View(Console::initialView, availableOptions, false);
 	this->delay = 2000;
 
 	this->loadViews(Console::viewsFolder);
@@ -91,7 +105,8 @@ Console::Console(char *mode)
 {
 	this->mode = new char[strlen("debug") + 1];
 	strcpy(this->mode, "debug");
-	this->currentView = new View("debug.view", { 'q' }, true);
+	string viewName = "debug.view";
+	this->currentView = new View(viewName, { {'q', "quit"} }, true);
 
 	this->loadViews(Console::viewsFolder);
 
@@ -108,7 +123,7 @@ Console::Console(char *mode)
 
 void Console::setLastInput(char input)
 {
-	if (isInCharVector(this->currentView->getAvailableOptions(), input))
+	if (isInCharStringMap(this->currentView->getAvailableOptions(), input))
 	{
 		this->lastInput = input;
 	}
@@ -164,6 +179,13 @@ void Console::renderView(View &view)
 	viewFile.close();
 }
 
+void Console::renderNextView()
+{
+	this->currentView = new View(this->currentView->getAvailableOptions().find(this->getLastInput())->second, { {'5', "lala"} }, false);
+
+	//TODO: finish the renderer
+}
+
 void Console::reloadView()
 {
 	system("cls");

app/ClassContainer.h

@@ -1,31 +1,36 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <map>
 
 using namespace std;
 namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem::v1;
 
 class View {
 private:
+	static map<string, map<char, string>> ViewsOptions;
 	char *viewName;
 	bool hasInterpolation;
-	vector<char> availableOptions;
+	map<char, string> availableOptions;
+
 	View();
 public:
-	View(char *, vector<char>, bool);
-	vector<char> getAvailableOptions();
+	View(string, map<char, string>, bool);
+
+	map<char, string> getAvailableOptions();
 	char *getViewName();
+	static void loadViewsOptions();
+
 	~View();
 };
 
 class Console {
 private:
-	static char *initialView;
+	static string initialView;
 	static char *viewsFolder;
-	View *currentView;
 	char *mode;
 	char lastInput;
 	unsigned delay;
-
+	View *currentView;
 	vector<fs::path> loadedViews;
 
 	void loadViews(const fs::path &);
@@ -36,6 +41,7 @@ class Console {
 	char getLastInput();
 	void setLastInput(char);
 	void renderView(View &);
+	void renderNextView();
 	void reloadView();
 	unsigned getDelay();
 

app/Helpers.cpp

@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
+#include <map>
 
 #include "Helpers.h"
 
+bool isInCharStringMap(const map<char, string> &haystack, char needle)
+{
+	return haystack.find(needle) != haystack.end();
+}
+
 bool isInCharVector(vector<char> haystack, char needle)
 {
 	return find(haystack.begin(), haystack.end(), needle) != haystack.end();

app/Helpers.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-bool isInCharVector(vector<char>, char);
-bool isInIntVector(vector<int>, int);
-bool isInStringVector(vector<string>, string);
+bool isInCharStringMap(const map<char, string> &, char);
+bool isInCharVector(const vector<char> &, char);
+bool isInIntVector(const vector<int> &, int);
+bool isInStringVector(const vector<string> &, string);

views/home.view

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ _\ \ || (_| | (__|   </ ___/| | |_| \__ \/ ___/| | |_| \__ \
  | 4) FAQ
  | 5) Help
 
- | *Press q to quit the application...
+ *** Press q to quit the application...

views/login.view

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 _\ \ || (_| | (__|   </ ___/| | |_| \__ \/ ___/| | |_| \__ \
 \__/\__\__,_|\___|_|\_\/    |_|\__,_|___/\/    |_|\__,_|___/
 
-Welcome back!
+Welcome back again!
 
 @{