This in the scope of a duplication triggered via any type in the `Variant` realm. that is, the following: `Variant` itself, `Array` and `Dictionary`. That includes invoking `duplicate()` from scripts.
A `duplicate_deep(deep_subresources_mode)` method is added to `Variant`, `Array` and `Dictionary` (for compatibility reasons, simply adding an extra parameter was not possible). The default value for it is `RESOURCE_DEEP_DUPLICATE_NONE`, which is like calling `duplicate(true)`.
Remarks:
- The results of copying resources via those `Variant` types are exactly the same as if the copy were initiated from the `Resource` type at C++.
- In order to keep some separation between `Variant` and the higher-level animal which is `Resource`, `Variant` still contains the original code for that, so it's self-sufficient unless there's a `Resource` involved. Once the deep copy finds a `Resource` that has to be copied according to the duplication parameters, the algorithm invokes the `Resource` duplication machinery. When the stack is unwind back to a nesting level `Variant` can handle, `Variant` duplication logic keeps functioning.
While that is good from a responsibility separation standpoint, that would have a caveat: `Variant` would not be aware of the mapping between original and duplicate subresources and so wouldn't be able to keep preventing multiple duplicates.
To avoid that, this commit also introduces a wormwhole, a sharing mechanism by which `Variant` and `Resource` can collaborate in managing the lifetime of the original-to-duplicates map. The user-visible benefit is that the overduplicate prevention works as broadly as the whole `Variant` entity being copied, including all nesting levels, regardless how disconnected the data members containing resources may be across al the nesting levels. In other words, despite the aforementioned division of duties between `Variant` and `Resource` duplication logic, the duplicates map is shared among them. It's created when first finding a `Resource` and, however how deep the copy was working at that point, the map kept alive unitl the stack is unwind to the root user call, until the first step of the recursion.
Thanks to that common map of duplicates, this commit is able to fix the issue that `Resource::duplicate_for_local_scene()` used to ignore overridden duplicate logic.
Thanks to a refactor, `Resource::duplicate_for_local_scene()` and `Resource::duplicate()` are now both users of the same, parametrized, implementation.
`Resource::duplicate()` now honors deepness in a more consistent and predictable fashion. `Resource::duplicate_deep()` is added (instead of just adding a parameter to the former, for compatibility needs).
The behavior after this change is as follows:
- Deep (`deep=true`, formerly `subresources=true`):
- Previously, only resources found as direct property values of the one to copy would be, recursively, duplicated.
- Now, in addition, arrays and dictionaries are walked so the copy is truly deep, and only local subresources found across are copied.
- Previously, subresources would be duplicated as many times as being referenced throughout the main resource.
- Now, each subresource is only duplicated once and from that point, a referenced to that single copy is used. That's the enhanced behavior that `duplicate_for_local_scene()` already featured.
- The behavior with respect to packed arrays is still duplication.
- Formerly, arrays and dictionaries were recursive duplicated, with resources ignored.
- Now, arrays and dictionaries are recursive duplicated, with resources duplicated.
- When doing it through `duplicate_deep()`, there's a` deep_subresources_mode` parameter, with various possibilites to control if no resources are duplicated (so arrays, etc. are, but keeping referencing the originals), if only the internal ones are (resources with no non-local path, the default), or if all of them are. The default is to copy every subresource, just like `duplicate(true)`.
- Not deep (`deep=false`, formerly `subresources=false`): <a name="resource-shallow"></a>
- Previously, the first level of resources found as direct property values would be duplicated unconditionally. Packed arrays, arrays and dictionaries were non-recursively duplicated.
- Now, no subresource found at any level in any form will be duplicated, but the original reference kept instead. Packed arrays, arrays and dictionaries are referenced, not duplicated at all.
- Now, resources found as values of always-duplicate properties are duplicated, recursively or not matching what was requested for the root call.
This commit also changes what's the virtual method to override to customize the duplication (now it's the protected `_duplicate()` instead of the public `duplicate()`).
Thaddeus Crews
kobewi
Pāvels Nadtočajevs
Marwen Azouzi
Lukas Tenbrink
Rindbee
Haoyu Qiu
Fabio Alessandrelli
Pedro J. Estébanez
aaronp64
Yufeng Ying
Aaron Franke
Logan Detrick
KirbyRider1337