scummvm/engines/obsolete.h
Max Horn 593b929047 DETECTOR: Separate code for handling obsolete gameids from advanced detector
This includes a renaming of ADObsoleteGameID to Engine::ObsoleteGameID,
and AdvancedDetector::findGameID now is Engines::findGameID.

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#ifndef ENGINES_OBSOLETE_H
#define ENGINES_OBSOLETE_H
#include "engines/game.h"
namespace Engines {
/**
* Structure for autoupgrading targets using an obsolete gameid
* to the correct new gameid.
*/
struct ObsoleteGameID {
/** Name of the obsolete gameid. */
const char *from;
/** Name of the corresponding new gameid. */
const char *to;
/**
* If platform is set to a value different from Common::kPlatformUnknown,
* then upgradeTargetIfNecessary() will use this value to set the platform
* attribute of any target it updates using this ObsoleteGameID record.
* This is useful when the old gameid encoded the target platform (e.g.
* "zakTowns" for FM-TOWNS) while the new gameid does not (e.g. "zak").
*/
Common::Platform platform;
};
/**
* Check if the currently active game target has an obsolete gameid;
* if so, replace it by the correct new gameid.
* This function is typically invoked by a MetaEngine::createInstance
* implementation.
*/
void upgradeTargetIfNecessary(const ObsoleteGameID *obsoleteList);
/**
* Scan through the given list of plain game descriptors specified and search
* for 'gameid' in there. If a match is found, returns a GameDescriptor
* with gameid and description set.
*
* Optionally can take a list of obsolete game ids into account in order
* to support obsolete gameids.
*/
GameDescriptor findGameID(
const char *gameid,
const PlainGameDescriptor *gameids,
const ObsoleteGameID *obsoleteList = 0
);
} // End of namespace Engines
#endif