LS,
I am experimenting getting simutrans accessible and/or updatable by webbrowser.
First for this I took the mongoose package which provides http/webserver fuctionality and added mongoose.c to the simutans project.
Now updated simworld.h with the following :
class karte_t
{
public:
struct mg_context *ctx;
static void *karte_t::callback(enum mg_event event,
struct mg_connection *conn);
and then updated simworld.cc to use start the webserver and reply to requests.
void *karte_t::callback(enum mg_event event,
struct mg_connection *conn) {
const struct mg_request_info *request_info = mg_get_request_info(conn);
if (event == MG_NEW_REQUEST) {
char content[1024];
int content_length = _snprintf(content, sizeof(content),
"Hello from Simutrans! Remote port: %d ",
request_info->remote_port);
mg_printf(conn,
"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain\r\n"
"Content-Length: %d\r\n" // Always set Content-Length
"\r\n"
"%s",
content_length, content);
// Mark as processed
return "";
} else {
return NULL;
}
}
karte_t::karte_t() :
settings(umgebung_t::default_einstellungen),
convoi_array(0),
ausflugsziele(16),
stadt(0),
marker(0,0)
{
const char *options[] = {"listening_ports", "8080", NULL};
ctx = mg_start( &callback, NULL, options);
// length of day and other time stuff
Works like a charm. Starting simutrans and using a browser to access localhost:8080 gives the expected result.
But now on to delivering some simutrans content. For that I exptected to be able to access the karte_t data and functions in the callback function but no luck there. Cannot acccess the data themself and also not using the this to get to there.
using this.get_fab_list().getcount()
gives the error 'this' : can only be referenced inside non-static member functions
using get_fab_list().getcount()
gives the error 'karte_t::get_fab_list' : illegal call of non-static member function
One thing to mention too is that I do need to have the callback function static, otherwise the usage of this in the ctx = mg_start( &callback, NULL, options); will not work.
Any hints to do further trials appreciated.
Kind regards,
Herman
The difficulty, I think, is with the requirement to have your callback function static. All the actual game data in Simutrans (including everything in karte_t), other than the settings, are instantiated objects, which cannot be accessed from static methods. The world itself is a non-static object of the class karte_t. (In theory, it would be possible to have multiple worlds with the same Simutrans process, but the code is not set up to cope with that, and there would be little point).
Most callbacks take a context parameter where user data can be passed. The karte_t instance must be sent through that. This might mean that the callback must be reregistered when a new game is created/loaded.
LS,
The solution is indeed to pass the karte_t instance when starting the webservice.
karte_t::karte_t() :
{
const char *options[] = {"listening_ports", "8080", NULL};
ctx = mg_start( &callback, this, options);
and retrieving this userdata in the callback function.
void *karte_t::callback(enum mg_event event,
struct mg_connection *conn) {
const struct mg_request_info *request_info = mg_get_request_info(conn);
karte_t *myworld = (karte_t*) request_info->user_data;
In that way I do have access to the "welt".
Now further exerimenting with retrieving data using the web.
Herman