Adds extractNodesFromPtree() to search a ptree for specific nodes.

DesignEvaluator/src/main.cpp

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #include <boost/property_tree/xml_parser.hpp>
 #include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
 
-void printNodeNames(const boost::property_tree::ptree& tree, const std::string& indent = "") {
+void printNodeNames(const boost::property_tree::ptree& myPtree, const std::string& indent = "") {
     // Iterate through each child node of the given tree
-    for (const auto& node : tree) {
+    for (const auto& node : myPtree) {
         // Print the node's name
         std::cout << indent << node.first;
 
@@ -23,14 +23,28 @@ void printNodeNames(const boost::property_tree::ptree& tree, const std::string&
     }
 }
 
-int containsSymbol(const std::string& myString, const std::string& mySymbol) {
-    if (myString.find(mySymbol) != std::string::npos) {
+int containsSymbol(const std::string& my_string, const std::string& my_symbol) {
+    if (my_string.find(my_symbol) != std::string::npos) {
         return 1;
     } else {
         return 0;
     }
 }
 
+boost::property_tree::ptree extractNodesFromPtree(const boost::property_tree::ptree& ptree, const std::string& target_node) {
+    boost::property_tree::ptree reduced_ptree{};
+
+    for (const auto& parent_node : ptree) {
+        if (parent_node.first == target_node) {
+            reduced_ptree.add_child(parent_node.first, parent_node.second);
+        }
+        boost::property_tree::ptree myPtree{};
+        myPtree = extractNodesFromPtree(parent_node.second, target_node);
+    }
+
+    return reduced_ptree;
+}
+
 enum State { 
     DefiningFilePaths,
     LoadingXMLsIntoTrees,
@@ -119,16 +133,17 @@ int main () {
             std::cout << "Current State: " << state << std::endl;
 
             // Iterate through the children of <ConfigFile.ProgramSettings.Parameters>
-            for (const boost::property_tree::ptree::value_type& parent_nodes : config_tree.get_child("ConfigFile.ProgramSettings.Parameters")) {
-                boost::property_tree::ptree temporary_tree{};
-                // Iterate through the children of parent_node
-                for (const auto &child_nodes : parent_nodes.second) {
-                    if (child_nodes.first == "SubPath") {
-                        temporary_tree.add_child(child_nodes.first, child_nodes.second);
-                    }
-                }
-                reduced_config_tree.add_child(parent_nodes.first, temporary_tree);
-            }
+            // for (const boost::property_tree::ptree::value_type& parent_nodes : config_tree.get_child("ConfigFile.ProgramSettings.Parameters")) {
+            //     boost::property_tree::ptree temporary_tree{};
+            //     // Iterate through the children of parent_node
+            //     for (const auto &child_nodes : parent_nodes.second) {
+            //         if (child_nodes.first == "SubPath") {
+            //             temporary_tree.add_child(child_nodes.first, child_nodes.second);
+            //         }
+            //     }
+            //     reduced_config_tree.add_child(parent_nodes.first, temporary_tree);
+            // }
+            reduced_config_tree = extractNodesFromPtree(config_tree, "SubPath");
             // printNodeNames(reduced_config_tree);
             state = State::SubstractingNodeValues;
             break;