started implementing loadLevel

src/level.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #include "building.hpp"
 #include "effect.hpp"
 #include "engine.hpp"
+#include "highfive/H5File.hpp"
+#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/xml_parser.hpp>
 #include "spritesheet.hpp"
 #include "unit.hpp"
 #include <SDL.h>
@@ -22,6 +25,36 @@ Level::Level(std::string name, int width, int height, std::vector<Tile> tiles,
   }
 };
 
+  Level Level::loadLevel(std::string path)
+{
+  HighFive::File file(path, HighFive::File::ReadOnly);
+
+  // read level metadata
+  std::string level_metadata;
+  file.getDataSet("level/metadata").read(level_metadata);
+
+  // read tilesarray
+  std::vector<uint8_t> level_tilesarray;
+  file.getDataSet("level/tilesarray").read(level_tilesarray);
+
+  // extract metadata from xml
+  std::istringstream xmlStream(level_metadata);
+  boost::property_tree::ptree pt;
+  boost::property_tree::read_xml(xmlStream, pt);
+  int width = pt.get<int>("level.width");
+  int height = pt.get<int>("level.height");
+  std::string name = pt.get<std::string>("level.name");
+  std::vector<Tile> tiles;
+  tiles.reserve(width*height);
+  for (uint8_t value : level_tilesarray)
+  {
+    tiles.push_back(Tile())
+  }
+
+
+  throw std::runtime_error("some");
+};
+
 void Level::render(Engine &engine, std::vector<SDL_Event> &events) {
   const int RENDERING_SCALE = 3;
 

src/level.hpp

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public:
         std::vector<Building> buildings, std::vector<Unit> units,
         std::vector<Effect>);
 
+  static Level loadLevel(std::string path);
+
   void render(Engine &engine, std::vector<SDL_Event> &events);
 
 private:

src/main.cpp

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ int main() {
   Window window("Advanced Wars", 960, 960);
 
   Engine engine(window);
+  Level levell = Level::loadLevel("level.h5");
+  return 0;
 
   // Construct a level
   std::vector<Tile> tiles;