TAPsGlobalFnsAndResources.cpp

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/******************************************************************************
TAPsGlobalFnsAndResources.cpp
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// A collection of global functions and resources.
/******************************************************************************
SUKITTI PUNAK   (08/18/2009)
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#include "TAPsGlobalFnsAndResources.hpp"
// Using Inclusion Model (i.e. definitions are included in declarations)
//                       (this name.cpp is included in name.hpp)
// Each friend is defined directly inside its declaration.

BEGIN_NAMESPACE_TAPs
//=============================================================================
bool        Global::m_isInitialized         = false;
std::string Global::m_GL_TAPsResourcePath   = "";
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Get the path to TAPs resource
std::string Global::GetTAPsResourcePath ()
{
    if ( !m_isInitialized ) {
        try {
            Initialize();
        }
        catch ( char * e ) {
            std::cout << "Initialization Failed: " << e << std::endl;
        }
    }
    return m_GL_TAPsResourcePath;
}

// Set the path to TAPs resource
void Global::SetTAPsResourcePath ()
{
    // Look for the path in the environment variable named "TAPsResource".
    char * TAPsResourcePath = getenv( "TAPsResource" );
    if ( TAPsResourcePath ) {
        m_GL_TAPsResourcePath += TAPsResourcePath + std::string("/");
    }
    else {  // If "TAPsResource" doesn't exist, then use this path.
        m_GL_TAPsResourcePath = "TAPsResource/";
    }
    //std::cout << "The path to TAPs resource: " << m_GL_TAPsResourcePath << "\n";
}

// Initialize
bool Global::Initialize () throw(...)
{
    SetTAPsResourcePath();
    //throw "Initialization failed!";

    m_isInitialized = true;
    return m_isInitialized;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//=============================================================================
END_NAMESPACE_TAPs
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