Async added for skin manager.

RecrownedAthenaeum/UI/Skin/SkinManager.cs

@@ -4,21 +4,56 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline;
 using RecrownedAthenaeum.Data;
 using RecrownedAthenaeum.SpecialTypes;
-using RecrownedAthenaeum.UI.Skin.Definitions;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
 
 namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.UI.Skin
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Called when the skin manager has completed a async action.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="actionCompleted">The completed action.</param>
+    public delegate void AsyncComplete(SkinManager.Action actionCompleted);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Manages reference to default and loading of custom skins.
     /// </summary>
     public class SkinManager
     {
         private const string EXTENSION = ".rbskin";
-
         private readonly MergedSkin mergedSkin = new MergedSkin();
+        private Thread thread;
+        private Action action;
+        private GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice;
+        private string selectedSkinPath;
+        private SkinData skinDataToUse;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The list of paths for all found skins by <see cref="SearchSkinDirectory"/>. May be null.
+        /// </summary>
+        public volatile List<string> skinPaths;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The event that is called when a state changes.
+        /// </summary>
+        public event AsyncComplete AsyncCompleteEvent;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The various possible states a skin manager could be in.
+        /// </summary>
+        public enum Action
+        {
+            /// <summary>
+            /// After a search has completed.
+            /// </summary>
+            SEARCH,
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Having the skin generated to be in a useable state.
+            /// </summary>
+            GENERATE
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// the skin that favors the selected skin, but still has a fallback to the default skin in case anything is missing.
@@ -40,15 +75,13 @@ namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.UI.Skin
         /// </summary>
         public string skinsDirectory;
 
-        List<string> skinPaths = new List<string>();
-
         /// <summary>
-        /// Updates list of skins by searching recursively in the set <see cref="skinsDirectory"/>.
+        /// Performs a recursive asynchronous search of the directory given in a path set by <see cref="skinsDirectory"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public void SearchForSkins()
+        public void SearchSkinDirectory()
         {
-            skinPaths.Clear();
-            skinPaths = RecursiveSkinSearch(skinsDirectory);
+            action = Action.SEARCH;
+            AttemptAsync();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -66,13 +99,49 @@ namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.UI.Skin
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Generate skin from skin data.
+        /// Generates a skin asynchronously.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="skinData">The skin data to generate skin from.</param>
+        /// <param name="graphicsDevice">Graphics device to use for texture creation.</param>
+        /// <param name="skinData">The data to generate from.</param>
         /// <param name="path">The path pointing to the file with the extension "<see cref="EXTENSION"/>".</param>
-        /// <param name="graphicsDevice">The graphics device to generate the texture.</param>
-        /// <returns>The skin generated from the skin data.</returns>
-        public Skin GenerateSkinFromData(SkinData skinData, string path, GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice)
+        public void GenerateSkin(GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice, SkinData skinData, string path)
+        {
+            action = Action.GENERATE;
+            this.graphicsDevice = graphicsDevice;
+            this.selectedSkinPath = path;
+            this.skinDataToUse = skinData;
+
+            AttemptAsync();
+        }
+
+        private void AttemptAsync()
+        {
+            if (thread != null && thread.IsAlive) throw new InvalidOperationException("Already performing task: " + action);
+            thread = new Thread(ThreadStart);
+        }
+
+        private void ThreadStart()
+        {
+            switch (action)
+            {
+                case Action.SEARCH:
+                    SearchForSkins();
+                    OnAsyncComplete(action);
+                    break;
+                case Action.GENERATE:
+                    SelectedSkin = GenerateSkinFromData(skinDataToUse, selectedSkinPath, graphicsDevice);
+                    OnAsyncComplete(action);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void SearchForSkins()
+        {
+            skinPaths.Clear();
+            skinPaths = RecursiveSkinSearch(skinsDirectory);
+        }
+
+        private Skin GenerateSkinFromData(SkinData skinData, string path, GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice)
         {
             TextureAtlasDataReader textureAtlasDataReader = new TextureAtlasDataReader();
             FileInfo[] skinFiles = Directory.GetParent(path).GetFiles();
@@ -96,7 +165,8 @@ namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.UI.Skin
                 {
                     cursorTexture = Texture2D.FromStream(graphicsDevice, stream);
                 }
-            } else
+            }
+            else
             {
                 cursorTexture = textureAtlas[skinData.cursorTextureName].AsTexture2D(graphicsDevice);
             }
@@ -137,5 +207,9 @@ namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.UI.Skin
             return skins;
         }
 
+        private void OnAsyncComplete(Action newState)
+        {
+            AsyncCompleteEvent?.Invoke(newState);
+        }
     }
 }