const vector< string >& getStringList( int playernum, const string &mykey )
{
if ( playernum < 0 || (unsigned int) playernum >= _Universe->numPlayers() ) {
static const vector<string> empty;
return empty;
}
SaveGame *savegame = _Universe->AccessCockpit( playernum )->savegame;
/* Should check old-style string lists, but it would defeat the purpose
of this fast getter. Besides, any functionality that uses this one is
using the new-style string lists, so we're cool (or ought to be) */
return savegame->readMissionStringData( mykey );
}
vector< string > loadStringList( int playernum, const string &mykey )
{
if ( playernum < 0 || (unsigned int) playernum >= _Universe->numPlayers() )
return vector< string > ();
SaveGame *savegame = _Universe->AccessCockpit( playernum )->savegame;
vector< string >rez;
const vector< string > &ans = savegame->readMissionStringData( mykey );
if (ans.size() > 0) {
/* This is the modern way to store string data: as strings */
rez.reserve(ans.size());
rez.insert(rez.end(), ans.begin(), ans.end());
} else {
/* This variant loads it from float data, converting to character data.
It's a legacy variant, highly and unpleasantly convoluted and sub-performant,
but we must support it to be compatible with old savegames */
const vector< float > &ans = savegame->readMissionData( mykey );
int lengt = ans.size();
rez.reserve(ans.size());
if (lengt >= 1) {
string curstr;
int length = (int)ans[0];
for (int j = 0; j < length && j < lengt; j++) {
char myint = (char)ans[j+1];
if (myint != '\0') {
curstr += myint;
} else {
rez.push_back( curstr );
curstr = "";
}
}
}
}
return rez;
}
