Now scoping out Item loading.

Core/include/Core/ItemRegistry.hpp

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 namespace CaveGame::Core
 {
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ namespace CaveGame::Core
             Register(data.mnemonic, data);
         }
 
-
         bool Exists(const std::string& name) {
             return registered_items.contains(name);
         }
@@ -38,4 +38,9 @@ namespace CaveGame::Core
     };
 
     static ItemRegistry& Items() { return ItemRegistry::Instance();}
+
+    bool LoadItemMetadata(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+    bool LoadItemMetadata();
+
 }

Core/include/Core/Macros.hpp

@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@
 
 std::vector<std::string> string_split(const std::string& s, char delim);
 
-std::string string_build(const std::vector<std::string> &list, const std::string& delim = " ");
+std::string string_build(const std::vector<std::string> &list, const std::string& delim = " ");
+
+
+std::string read_file(const std::string &file_path);

Core/include/Core/TileRegistry.hpp

@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ namespace CaveGame::Core {
     /// Convenient access to the tile registry.
     static TileRegistry& Tiles() { return TileRegistry::Instance();}
 
-    std::string read_file(const std::string& file_path);
-
     Color4 parse_color(const JJX::json::value& v);
 
     bool LoadTileMetadata(const std::filesystem::path& path);

Core/src/Core/ItemRegistry.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 #include <Core/ItemRegistry.hpp>
+#include <Core/Macros.hpp>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 namespace CaveGame::Core
 {
 
+    bool LoadItemMetadata(const std::filesystem::path &path) {
+
+    }
+
+    bool LoadItemMetadata() {
+        LoadItemMetadata("assets/data/items.json");
+    }
 }

Core/src/Core/Macros.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <Core/Macros.hpp>
+#include <fstream>
 
 std::vector<std::string> string_split(const std::string &s, char delim) {
     std::vector<std::string> result;
@@ -29,3 +30,20 @@ std::string string_build(const std::vector<std::string> &list, const std::string
     //                               return ss.empty() ? s : ss + delim + s;
     //                           });
 }
+
+std::string read_file(const std::string &file_path) {
+    std::ifstream file(file_path, std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
+    if (!file)
+        throw std::runtime_error("We couldn't find the file: " + file_path);
+
+    std::streamsize file_size;
+    file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
+    file_size = file.tellg();
+    file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+
+    std::string file_content(file_size, '\0');
+    file.read(&file_content[0], file_size);
+    file.close();
+
+    return file_content;
+}

Core/src/Core/TileRegistry.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <format>
 #include <Core/Item.hpp>
 #include <Core/ItemRegistry.hpp>
+#include <Core/Macros.hpp>
 
 namespace CaveGame::Core
 {
@@ -133,22 +134,7 @@ namespace CaveGame::Core
         return true;
     }
 
-    std::string read_file(const std::string &file_path) {
-        std::ifstream file(file_path, std::ios::binary);
-        if (!file)
-            throw std::runtime_error("We couldn't find the file: " + file_path);
 
-        std::streamsize file_size;
-        file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
-        file_size = file.tellg();
-        file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
-
-        std::string file_content(file_size, '\0');
-        file.read(&file_content[0], file_size);
-        file.close();
-
-        return file_content;
-    }
 
     Color4 parse_color(const JJX::json::value &v) {
         if (v.type == JJX::json::value_type::string)