Added new project types:utility,blank

blank = does nothing / not a project. will use for extensions and including subprojects later
utility = performs pre/post build commands only
completely untested. just noticed this was missing

Boilerplate/jsonProcessor.lua

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local project = require("project")
+local auProject = require("project")
 
 function JsonProcessor(info)
     local result, err = json.decode(io.readfile(info.path .. "/Aurora.json"))
@@ -25,8 +25,15 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
         forEach(result.include, handleUserJsonInclude)
     end
 
+    local tryAddDefine = function(aaa)
+        if (aaa) then
+            defines(aaa)
+        end
+    end
+
     local handleInclude = function(this) 
         local result = this.result
+
         if (result.type:lower() == "aurora") then
             includedirs (info.path .. "/Include")
         elseif (result.type:lower() == "lazy_free") then
@@ -41,7 +48,11 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
             handleJSONInclude(result)
         elseif (result.type:lower() == "empty") then
             handleJSONInclude(result)
+        elseif ((result.type:lower() == "utility") or (result.type:lower() == "null")) then
+            return
         end
+
+        tryAddDefine(result.defines)
     end 
 
     local handlePostBuild = function(obj) 
@@ -71,11 +82,21 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
 
     local handleLink = function(this) 
         dependson(this.info.name)
+
+        if ((type:lower() == "utility") or (type:lower() == "null")) then
+            return
+        end
+
         links(this.info.name)
         handleDllImportMaybe(this)
     end
 
     local handleReference = function(this) 
+        local type = this.result.type
+
+        if ((type:lower() == "utility") or (type:lower() == "null")) then
+            return
+        end
 
         local cur = getProjectInfo(getCurrentProjectName())
         if (cur and cur.isShared) then
@@ -89,44 +110,50 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
         handleInclude(this)
     end
 
-    local tryAddDefine = function (aaa) 
-        if (aaa) then
-            defines(aaa)
-        end 
-    end
-
     local handleProcess = function (a)
         local result = a.result
         local name = a.info.name
         local path = a.info.path
 
+        local isBlank = false
+
         if (result.type:lower() == "aurora") then
             local srcPath = path .. "/Source"
             local incPath = path .. "/Include"
 
-            project(name, a.info.projectType, {srcPath}, {srcPath, incPath}, a.info.out, path)
+            auProject(name, a.info.projectType, {srcPath}, {srcPath, incPath}, a.info.out, path)
 
         elseif (result.type:lower() == "lazy_free") then 
-            project(name, a.info.projectType, {path .. "/*.*"}, {path .. "/"}, a.info.out, path)
+            auProject(name, a.info.projectType, {path .. "/*.*"}, {path .. "/"}, a.info.out, path)
 
         elseif (result.type:lower() == "root") then 
-            project(name, a.info.projectType, {path .. "/**.*"}, {path .. "/"}, a.info.out, path)
+            auProject(name, a.info.projectType, {path .. "/**.*"}, {path .. "/"}, a.info.out, path)
 
         elseif (result.type:lower() == "pair") then 
-            project(name, a.info.projectType, {path .. "/" .. result.srcSource .. "/**.*"}, {path .. "/" .. result.srcInclude}, a.info.out, path)
+            auProject(name, a.info.projectType, {path .. "/" .. result.srcSource .. "/**.*"}, {path .. "/" .. result.srcInclude}, a.info.out, path)
 
         elseif (result.type:lower() == "generic") then 
-            project(name, a.info.projectType, nil, nil, a.info.out, path)
+            print("type 'generic' is deprecated, use 'empty' instead")
+            print("'generic' will soon be replaced by the behaviour of 'aurora'")
+            auProject(name, a.info.projectType, nil, nil, a.info.out, path)
 
         elseif (result.type:lower() == "empty") then
-            project(name, a.info.projectType, nil, nil, a.info.out, path)
+            auProject(name, a.info.projectType, nil, nil, a.info.out, path)
+
+        elseif (result.type:lower() == "utility") then
+            project(name)
+            kind "utility"
+            isBlank = true
+
+        elseif (result.type:lower() == "null") then
+            return
 
         else
-            print "invalid project type"
+            print "invalid auProject type"
             os.exit()
         end
         
-        handleJSONInclude(result) -- include project public headers, do not use handleInclude, that could reinclude a header included in `project`
+        handleJSONInclude(result) -- include auProject public headers, do not use handleInclude, that could reinclude a header included in `project`
                                   -- that could potentially fuck with #include_next 
 
         local handleFeature = function(feature)
@@ -221,12 +248,14 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
             files(path .. "/" .. source)
         end
 
-        forEach(result.depends, handleDepends, info.path)
+        forEach(result.require, handleRequire)
+
+        if (not isBlank) then
             forEach(result.features, handleFeature, info.path)
             forEach(result.excludes, handleExcludes, info.path)
             forEach(result.sources, handleSources, info.path)
+            forEach(result.depends, handleDepends, info.path)
             forEach(result["soft-depends"], handleSoftDepends)
-        forEach(result.require, handleRequire)
 
             if (a.info.projectType:lower() == "sharedlib") then
                 tryAddDefine(result.dllexport)
@@ -235,6 +264,7 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
             tryAddDefine(result.impdefines)
 
             defines(result.defines)
+        end
 
         forEach(result.actions, handleAction, info.path)
         forEach(result.postBuild, handlePostBuild, info.path)
@@ -247,7 +277,7 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
         local subinfo = {
             namespace = info.namespace,
             path = info.path .. "/" .. subproj.path,
-            projectType = subproj.type,
+            projectType = subproj.projectType,
             out = info.out,
             name = nil,
             translations = info.translations

JSON Schema.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         "type": 
         {
             "type": "string",
-            "enum": ["pair", "empty", "root", "lazy_free"],
+            "enum": ["pair", "empty", "root", "lazy_free", "utility", "blank"],
             "description": "https://pastebin.com/ThE2t9EJ"
         },
         "srcSource":