Preps for and partially Fixes #2491 - Refactors Toplevel and Application Navigation

CommunityToolkitExample/Program.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ private static void Main (string [] args)
         Services = ConfigureServices ();
         Application.Init ();
         Application.Run (Services.GetRequiredService<LoginView> ());
-        Application.Top.Dispose();
+        Application.Top?.Dispose();
         Application.Shutdown ();
     }
 

SelfContained/Program.cs

@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ private static void Main (string [] args)
 
         #region The code in this region is not intended for use in a self-contained single-file. It's just here to make sure there is no functionality break with localization in Terminal.Gui using single-file
 
-        if (Equals (Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) && Application.SupportedCultures.Count == 0)
+        if (Equals (Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) && Application.SupportedCultures?.Count == 0)
         {
             // Only happens if the project has <InvariantGlobalization>true</InvariantGlobalization>
             Debug.Assert (Application.SupportedCultures.Count == 0);
         }
         else
         {
-            Debug.Assert (Application.SupportedCultures.Count > 0);
+            Debug.Assert (Application.SupportedCultures?.Count > 0);
             Debug.Assert (Equals (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture));
         }
 

Terminal.Gui/Application/Application.Driver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#nullable enable
+namespace Terminal.Gui;
+
+public static partial class Application // Driver abstractions
+{
+    internal static bool _forceFakeConsole;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the <see cref="ConsoleDriver"/> that has been selected. See also <see cref="ForceDriver"/>.</summary>
+    public static ConsoleDriver? Driver { get; internal set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Gets or sets whether <see cref="Application.Driver"/> will be forced to output only the 16 colors defined in
+    ///     <see cref="ColorName"/>. The default is <see langword="false"/>, meaning 24-bit (TrueColor) colors will be output
+    ///     as long as the selected <see cref="ConsoleDriver"/> supports TrueColor.
+    /// </summary>
+    [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (SettingsScope))]
+    public static bool Force16Colors { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Forces the use of the specified driver (one of "fake", "ansi", "curses", "net", or "windows"). If not
+    ///     specified, the driver is selected based on the platform.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     Note, <see cref="Application.Init(ConsoleDriver, string)"/> will override this configuration setting if called
+    ///     with either `driver` or `driverName` specified.
+    /// </remarks>
+    [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (SettingsScope))]
+    public static string ForceDriver { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+}

Terminal.Gui/Application/Application.Initialization.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+#nullable enable
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace Terminal.Gui;
+
+public static partial class Application // Initialization (Init/Shutdown)
+{
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of <see cref="Terminal.Gui"/> Application.</summary>
+    /// <para>Call this method once per instance (or after <see cref="Shutdown"/> has been called).</para>
+    /// <para>
+    ///     This function loads the right <see cref="ConsoleDriver"/> for the platform, Creates a <see cref="Toplevel"/>. and
+    ///     assigns it to <see cref="Top"/>
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    ///     <see cref="Shutdown"/> must be called when the application is closing (typically after
+    ///     <see cref="Run{T}"/> has returned) to ensure resources are cleaned up and
+    ///     terminal settings
+    ///     restored.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    ///     The <see cref="Run{T}"/> function combines
+    ///     <see cref="Init(Terminal.Gui.ConsoleDriver,string)"/> and <see cref="Run(Toplevel, Func{Exception, bool})"/>
+    ///     into a single
+    ///     call. An application cam use <see cref="Run{T}"/> without explicitly calling
+    ///     <see cref="Init(Terminal.Gui.ConsoleDriver,string)"/>.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <param name="driver">
+    ///     The <see cref="ConsoleDriver"/> to use. If neither <paramref name="driver"/> or
+    ///     <paramref name="driverName"/> are specified the default driver for the platform will be used.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="driverName">
+    ///     The short name (e.g. "net", "windows", "ansi", "fake", or "curses") of the
+    ///     <see cref="ConsoleDriver"/> to use. If neither <paramref name="driver"/> or <paramref name="driverName"/> are
+    ///     specified the default driver for the platform will be used.
+    /// </param>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+    public static void Init (ConsoleDriver? driver = null, string? driverName = null) { InternalInit (driver, driverName); }
+
+    internal static bool IsInitialized { get; set; }
+    internal static int MainThreadId { get; set; } = -1;
+
+    // INTERNAL function for initializing an app with a Toplevel factory object, driver, and mainloop.
+    //
+    // Called from:
+    //
+    // Init() - When the user wants to use the default Toplevel. calledViaRunT will be false, causing all state to be reset.
+    // Run<T>() - When the user wants to use a custom Toplevel. calledViaRunT will be true, enabling Run<T>() to be called without calling Init first.
+    // Unit Tests - To initialize the app with a custom Toplevel, using the FakeDriver. calledViaRunT will be false, causing all state to be reset.
+    //
+    // calledViaRunT: If false (default) all state will be reset. If true the state will not be reset.
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+    internal static void InternalInit (
+        ConsoleDriver? driver = null,
+        string? driverName = null,
+        bool calledViaRunT = false
+    )
+    {
+        if (IsInitialized && driver is null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (IsInitialized)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException ("Init has already been called and must be bracketed by Shutdown.");
+        }
+
+        if (!calledViaRunT)
+        {
+            // Reset all class variables (Application is a singleton).
+            ResetState ();
+        }
+
+        Navigation = new ();
+
+        // For UnitTests
+        if (driver is { })
+        {
+            Driver = driver;
+        }
+
+        // Start the process of configuration management.
+        // Note that we end up calling LoadConfigurationFromAllSources
+        // multiple times. We need to do this because some settings are only
+        // valid after a Driver is loaded. In this case we need just
+        // `Settings` so we can determine which driver to use.
+        // Don't reset, so we can inherit the theme from the previous run.
+        Load ();
+        Apply ();
+
+        AddApplicationKeyBindings ();
+
+        // Ignore Configuration for ForceDriver if driverName is specified
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty (driverName))
+        {
+            ForceDriver = driverName;
+        }
+
+        if (Driver is null)
+        {
+            PlatformID p = Environment.OSVersion.Platform;
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty (ForceDriver))
+            {
+                if (p == PlatformID.Win32NT || p == PlatformID.Win32S || p == PlatformID.Win32Windows)
+                {
+                    Driver = new WindowsDriver ();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    Driver = new CursesDriver ();
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                List<Type?> drivers = GetDriverTypes ();
+                Type? driverType = drivers.FirstOrDefault (t => t!.Name.Equals (ForceDriver, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase));
+
+                if (driverType is { })
+                {
+                    Driver = (ConsoleDriver)Activator.CreateInstance (driverType)!;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentException (
+                                                 $"Invalid driver name: {ForceDriver}. Valid names are {string.Join (", ", drivers.Select (t => t!.Name))}"
+                                                );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            MainLoop = Driver!.Init ();
+        }
+        catch (InvalidOperationException ex)
+        {
+            // This is a case where the driver is unable to initialize the console.
+            // This can happen if the console is already in use by another process or
+            // if running in unit tests.
+            // In this case, we want to throw a more specific exception.
+            throw new InvalidOperationException (
+                                                 "Unable to initialize the console. This can happen if the console is already in use by another process or in unit tests.",
+                                                 ex
+                                                );
+        }
+
+        Driver.SizeChanged += Driver_SizeChanged;
+        Driver.KeyDown += Driver_KeyDown;
+        Driver.KeyUp += Driver_KeyUp;
+        Driver.MouseEvent += Driver_MouseEvent;
+
+        SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext (new MainLoopSyncContext ());
+
+        SupportedCultures = GetSupportedCultures ();
+        MainThreadId = Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId;
+        bool init = IsInitialized = true;
+        InitializedChanged?.Invoke (null, new (init));
+    }
+
+    private static void Driver_SizeChanged (object? sender, SizeChangedEventArgs e) { OnSizeChanging (e); }
+    private static void Driver_KeyDown (object? sender, Key e) { OnKeyDown (e); }
+    private static void Driver_KeyUp (object? sender, Key e) { OnKeyUp (e); }
+    private static void Driver_MouseEvent (object? sender, MouseEvent e) { OnMouseEvent (e); }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets of list of <see cref="ConsoleDriver"/> types that are available.</summary>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    public static List<Type?> GetDriverTypes ()
+    {
+        // use reflection to get the list of drivers
+        List<Type?> driverTypes = new ();
+
+        foreach (Assembly asm in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies ())
+        {
+            foreach (Type? type in asm.GetTypes ())
+            {
+                if (type.IsSubclassOf (typeof (ConsoleDriver)) && !type.IsAbstract)
+                {
+                    driverTypes.Add (type);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return driverTypes;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Shutdown an application initialized with <see cref="Init"/>.</summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     Shutdown must be called for every call to <see cref="Init"/> or
+    ///     <see cref="Application.Run(Toplevel, Func{Exception, bool})"/> to ensure all resources are cleaned
+    ///     up (Disposed)
+    ///     and terminal settings are restored.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static void Shutdown ()
+    {
+        // TODO: Throw an exception if Init hasn't been called.
+        ResetState ();
+        PrintJsonErrors ();
+        bool init = IsInitialized;
+        InitializedChanged?.Invoke (null, new (in init));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     This event is raised after the <see cref="Init"/> and <see cref="Shutdown"/> methods have been called.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     Intended to support unit tests that need to know when the application has been initialized.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static event EventHandler<EventArgs<bool>>? InitializedChanged;
+}