[WIP] Added json serialization using nlohmann/json

Dependencies/json/include/json_fwd.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++
+// |  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.12.0
+// |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 - 2025 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+#ifndef INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_
+#define INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_
+
+#include <cstdint> // int64_t, uint64_t
+#include <map> // map
+#include <memory> // allocator
+#include <string> // string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/abi_macros.hpp>
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++
+// |  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.12.0
+// |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 - 2025 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+
+
+// This file contains all macro definitions affecting or depending on the ABI
+
+#ifndef JSON_SKIP_LIBRARY_VERSION_CHECK
+    #if defined(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR) && defined(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR) && defined(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH)
+        #if NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 3 || NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR != 12 || NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH != 0
+            #warning "Already included a different version of the library!"
+        #endif
+    #endif
+#endif
+
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR 3   // NOLINT(modernize-macro-to-enum)
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR 12  // NOLINT(modernize-macro-to-enum)
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH 0   // NOLINT(modernize-macro-to-enum)
+
+#ifndef JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+    #define JSON_DIAGNOSTICS 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+    #define JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON
+    #define JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON 0
+#endif
+
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTICS _diag
+#else
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTICS
+#endif
+
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS _dp
+#else
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+#endif
+
+#if JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON _ldvcmp
+#else
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION 0
+#endif
+
+// Construct the namespace ABI tags component
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c) json_abi ## a ## b ## c
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c) \
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c)
+
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS                                       \
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(                                   \
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTICS,                       \
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON, \
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS)
+
+// Construct the namespace version component
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT_EX(major, minor, patch) \
+    _v ## major ## _ ## minor ## _ ## patch
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT(major, minor, patch) \
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT_EX(major, minor, patch)
+
+#if NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION
+#else
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION                                 \
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR, \
+                                           NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR, \
+                                           NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH)
+#endif
+
+// Combine namespace components
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_CONCAT_EX(a, b) a ## b
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_CONCAT(a, b) \
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_CONCAT_EX(a, b)
+
+#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE               \
+    nlohmann::NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_CONCAT( \
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS,           \
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN                \
+    namespace nlohmann                               \
+    {                                                \
+    inline namespace NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_CONCAT( \
+                NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS,              \
+                NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION)     \
+    {
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END                                     \
+    }  /* namespace (inline namespace) NOLINT(readability/namespace) */ \
+    }  // namespace nlohmann
+#endif
+
+
+/*!
+@brief namespace for Niels Lohmann
+@see https://github.com/nlohmann
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
+/*!
+@brief default JSONSerializer template argument
+
+This serializer ignores the template arguments and uses ADL
+([argument-dependent lookup](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/adl))
+for serialization.
+*/
+template<typename T = void, typename SFINAE = void>
+struct adl_serializer;
+
+/// a class to store JSON values
+/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/
+template<template<typename U, typename V, typename... Args> class ObjectType =
+         std::map,
+         template<typename U, typename... Args> class ArrayType = std::vector,
+         class StringType = std::string, class BooleanType = bool,
+         class NumberIntegerType = std::int64_t,
+         class NumberUnsignedType = std::uint64_t,
+         class NumberFloatType = double,
+         template<typename U> class AllocatorType = std::allocator,
+         template<typename T, typename SFINAE = void> class JSONSerializer =
+         adl_serializer,
+         class BinaryType = std::vector<std::uint8_t>, // cppcheck-suppress syntaxError
+         class CustomBaseClass = void>
+class basic_json;
+
+/// @brief JSON Pointer defines a string syntax for identifying a specific value within a JSON document
+/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/json_pointer/
+template<typename RefStringType>
+class json_pointer;
+
+/*!
+@brief default specialization
+@sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/json/
+*/
+using json = basic_json<>;
+
+/// @brief a minimal map-like container that preserves insertion order
+/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/ordered_map/
+template<class Key, class T, class IgnoredLess, class Allocator>
+struct ordered_map;
+
+/// @brief specialization that maintains the insertion order of object keys
+/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/ordered_json/
+using ordered_json = basic_json<nlohmann::ordered_map>;
+
+NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
+
+#endif  // INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_

Dependencies/json/premake5.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+project "json"
+	kind "SharedItems"
+	files { "**.hpp", "**.lua" }
+	characterset ("MBCS")

Sources/Overload/OvCore/include/OvCore/Resources/Material.h

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <any>
+#include <json.hpp>
 #include <map>
 
 #include <OvRendering/Data/Material.h>
@@ -35,6 +36,22 @@ namespace OvCore::Resources
 		*/
 		virtual void OnDeserialize(tinyxml2::XMLDocument& p_doc, tinyxml2::XMLNode* p_node) override;
 
-		const std::string path;
+		std::string path;
+
+		NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE(
+			Material,
+			path,
+			m_features,
+			m_userInterface,
+			m_blendable,
+			m_backfaceCulling,
+			m_frontfaceCulling,
+			m_depthTest,
+			m_depthWriting,
+			m_colorWriting,
+			m_castShadows,
+			m_receiveShadows,
+			m_gpuInstances
+		);
 	};
 }

Sources/Overload/OvCore/premake5.lua

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project "OvCore"
 	cppdialect "C++20"
 	files { "**.h", "**.inl", "**.cpp", "**.lua" }
 	includedirs { 
-		dependdir .. "glfw/include", dependdir .. "stb_image/include", dependdir .. "lua/include", dependdir .. "sol/include", dependdir .. "bullet3/include", dependdir .. "glad/include", dependdir .. "soloud/include", dependdir .. "ImGui/include", dependdir .. "tinyxml2/include", dependdir .. "tracy",
+		dependdir .. "glfw/include", dependdir .. "stb_image/include", dependdir .. "lua/include", dependdir .. "sol/include", dependdir .. "bullet3/include", dependdir .. "glad/include", dependdir .. "soloud/include", dependdir .. "ImGui/include", dependdir .. "tinyxml2/include", dependdir .. "tracy", dependdir .. "json/include",
 		"%{wks.location}/OvAnalytics/include", "%{wks.location}/OvAudio/include", "%{wks.location}/OvDebug/include", "%{wks.location}/OvMaths/include", "%{wks.location}/OvPhysics/include",
 		"%{wks.location}/OvRendering/include", "%{wks.location}/OvTools/include", "%{wks.location}/OvUI/include", "%{wks.location}/OvWindowing/include",
 		"include"

Sources/Overload/OvCore/src/OvCore/Resources/Loaders/MaterialLoader.cpp

@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@
 * @licence: MIT
 */
 
+#include <json.hpp>
+
 #include <OvCore/Resources/Loaders/MaterialLoader.h>
 
 #include <OvDebug/Logger.h>
+#include <json_fwd.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
 
 OvCore::Resources::Material * OvCore::Resources::Loaders::MaterialLoader::Create(const std::string & p_path)
 {
@@ -30,6 +35,16 @@ OvCore::Resources::Material * OvCore::Resources::Loaders::MaterialLoader::Create
 
 void OvCore::Resources::Loaders::MaterialLoader::Reload(Material& p_material, const std::string& p_path)
 {
+	if (std::filesystem::exists(std::format("{}.json", p_path)))
+	{
+		std::ifstream file(std::format("{}.json", p_path));
+		nlohmann::json j;
+		file >> j;
+		p_material = j.template get<std::remove_reference<decltype(p_material)>::type>();
+		OVLOG_INFO("[MATERIAL] \"" + p_path + "\" Reloaded");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
 	doc.LoadFile(p_path.c_str());
 	if (!doc.Error())
@@ -42,6 +57,11 @@ void OvCore::Resources::Loaders::MaterialLoader::Reload(Material& p_material, co
 
 void OvCore::Resources::Loaders::MaterialLoader::Save(Material& p_material, const std::string& p_path)
 {
+	nlohmann::json j = p_material;
+	std::cout << j << std::endl;
+	std::ofstream file(std::format("{}.json", p_path));
+	file << std::setw(4) << j << std::endl;
+
 	tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
 	tinyxml2::XMLNode* node = doc.NewElement("root");
 	doc.InsertFirstChild(node);

Sources/Overload/OvEditor/premake5.lua

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project "OvEditor"
 	cppdialect "C++20"
 	files { "**.h", "**.inl","**.cpp", "**.lua", "**.rc", "**.ini" }
 	includedirs {
-		dependdir .. "glfw/include", dependdir .. "stb_image/include", dependdir .. "lua/include", dependdir .. "sol/include", dependdir .. "bullet3/include", dependdir .. "glad/include", dependdir .. "soloud/include", dependdir .. "ImGui/include", dependdir .. "tinyxml2/include", dependdir .. "tracy",
+		dependdir .. "glfw/include", dependdir .. "stb_image/include", dependdir .. "lua/include", dependdir .. "sol/include", dependdir .. "bullet3/include", dependdir .. "glad/include", dependdir .. "soloud/include", dependdir .. "ImGui/include", dependdir .. "tinyxml2/include", dependdir .. "tracy", dependdir .. "json/include",
 		"%{wks.location}/OvAnalytics/include", "%{wks.location}/OvAudio/include", "%{wks.location}/OvCore/include",
 		"%{wks.location}/OvDebug/include", "%{wks.location}/OvMaths/include", "%{wks.location}/OvPhysics/include",
 		"%{wks.location}/OvRendering/include", "%{wks.location}/OvTools/include", "%{wks.location}/OvUI/include", "%{wks.location}/OvWindowing/include",

Sources/Overload/OvGame/premake5.lua

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project "OvGame"
 	cppdialect "C++20"
 	files { "**.h", "**.inl", "**.cpp", "**.lua", "**.rc" }
 	includedirs {
-		dependdir .. "glfw/include", dependdir .. "stb_image/include", dependdir .. "lua/include", dependdir .. "sol/include", dependdir .. "bullet3/include", dependdir .. "glad/include", dependdir .. "soloud/include", dependdir .. "ImGui/include", dependdir .. "tinyxml2/include", dependdir .. "tracy",
+		dependdir .. "glfw/include", dependdir .. "stb_image/include", dependdir .. "lua/include", dependdir .. "sol/include", dependdir .. "bullet3/include", dependdir .. "glad/include", dependdir .. "soloud/include", dependdir .. "ImGui/include", dependdir .. "tinyxml2/include", dependdir .. "tracy", dependdir .. "json/include",
 		"%{wks.location}/OvAnalytics/include", "%{wks.location}/OvAudio/include", "%{wks.location}/OvCore/include",
 		"%{wks.location}/OvDebug/include", "%{wks.location}/OvMaths/include", "%{wks.location}/OvPhysics/include",
 		"%{wks.location}/OvRendering/include", "%{wks.location}/OvTools/include", "%{wks.location}/OvUI/include", "%{wks.location}/OvWindowing/include",

Sources/Overload/premake5.lua

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ group ""
 
 group "Dependencies/Prebuilt"
 	include "../../Dependencies/bullet3"
+	include "../../Dependencies/json"
 	include "../../Dependencies/stb_image"
 	include "../../Dependencies/sol"
 group ""