add the ability to load substitution rules from JSON

docs/substitution_sample.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "TestNodeConfigs": { 
+        "MyTest": {
+                "async_delay": 2000,
+                "return_status": "SUCCESS",
+                "post_script": "msg ='message SUBSTITUED'"
+        }
+    },   
+
+    "SubstitutionRules": {
+        "mysub/action_*": "TestAction",
+        "talk": "TestSaySomething",
+        "last_action": "MyTest"
+    }
+}

examples/t11_replace_rules.cpp

@@ -6,30 +6,48 @@
 static const char* xml_text = R"(
 <root BTCPP_format="4">
 
-    <BehaviorTree ID="MainTree">
-        <Sequence>
-            <SaySomething name="talk" message="hello world"/>
-            <Fallback>
-                <AlwaysFailure name="failing_action"/>
-                <SubTree ID="MySub" name="mysub"/>
-            </Fallback>
-            <SaySomething message="before last_action"/>
-            <Script code="msg:='after last_action'"/>
-            <AlwaysSuccess name="last_action"/>
-            <SaySomething message="{msg}"/>
-        </Sequence>
-    </BehaviorTree>
-
-    <BehaviorTree ID="MySub">
-      <Sequence>
-        <AlwaysSuccess name="action_subA"/>
-        <AlwaysSuccess name="action_subB"/>
-      </Sequence>
-    </BehaviorTree>
+  <BehaviorTree ID="MainTree">
+    <Sequence>
+      <SaySomething name="talk" message="hello world"/>
+        <Fallback>
+          <AlwaysFailure name="failing_action"/>
+          <SubTree ID="MySub" name="mysub"/>
+        </Fallback>
+        <SaySomething message="before last_action"/>
+        <Script code="msg:='after last_action'"/>
+        <AlwaysSuccess name="last_action"/>
+        <SaySomething message="{msg}"/>
+    </Sequence>
+  </BehaviorTree>
+
+  <BehaviorTree ID="MySub">
+    <Sequence>
+      <AlwaysSuccess name="action_subA"/>
+      <AlwaysSuccess name="action_subB"/>
+    </Sequence>
+  </BehaviorTree>
 
 </root>
  )";
 
+static const char* json_text = R"(
+{
+  "TestNodeConfigs": {
+    "MyTest": {
+      "async_delay": 2000,
+      "return_status": "SUCCESS",
+      "post_script": "msg ='message SUBSTITUED'"
+    }
+  },
+
+  "SubstitutionRules": {
+    "mysub/action_*": "TestAction",
+    "talk": "TestSaySomething",
+    "last_action": "MyTest"
+  }
+}
+ )";
+
 // clang-format on
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
@@ -60,28 +78,38 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     return BT::NodeStatus::SUCCESS;
   });
 
-  // These configurations will be passed to a TestNode
-  BT::TestNodeConfig test_config;
-  // Convert the node in asynchronous and wait 2000 ms
-  test_config.async_delay = std::chrono::milliseconds(2000);
-  // Execute this postcondition, once completed
-  test_config.post_script = "msg ='message SUBSTITUED'";
-
   //----------------------------
   // pass "no_sub" as first argument to avoid adding rules
   bool skip_substitution = (argc == 2) && std::string(argv[1]) == "no_sub";
 
   if(!skip_substitution)
   {
-    // Substitute nodes which match this wildcard pattern with TestAction
-    factory.addSubstitutionRule("mysub/action_*", "TestAction");
-
-    // Substitute the node with name [talk] with TestSaySomething
-    factory.addSubstitutionRule("talk", "TestSaySomething");
+    // we can use a JSOn file to configure the substitution rules
+    // or do it manually
+    bool const USE_JSON = true;
 
-    // Substitute the node with name [last_action] with a TestNode,
-    // configured using test_config
-    factory.addSubstitutionRule("last_action", test_config);
+    if(USE_JSON)
+    {
+      factory.loadSubstitutionRuleFromJSON(json_text);
+    }
+    else {
+      // Substitute nodes which match this wildcard pattern with TestAction
+      factory.addSubstitutionRule("mysub/action_*", "TestAction");
+
+      // Substitute the node with name [talk] with TestSaySomething
+      factory.addSubstitutionRule("talk", "TestSaySomething");
+
+      // This configuration will be passed to a TestNode
+      BT::TestNodeConfig test_config;
+      // Convert the node in asynchronous and wait 2000 ms
+      test_config.async_delay = std::chrono::milliseconds(2000);
+      // Execute this postcondition, once completed
+      test_config.post_script = "msg ='message SUBSTITUED'";
+
+      // Substitute the node with name [last_action] with a TestNode,
+      // configured using test_config
+      factory.addSubstitutionRule("last_action", test_config);
+    }
   }
 
   factory.registerBehaviorTreeFromText(xml_text);

include/behaviortree_cpp/bt_factory.h

@@ -439,6 +439,21 @@ class BehaviorTreeFactory
    */
   void addSubstitutionRule(StringView filter, SubstitutionRule rule);
 
+  /**
+   * @brief loadSubstitutionRuleFromJSON will parse a JSON file to
+   * create a set of substitution rules. See Tutorial 11
+   * for an example of the syntax.
+   *
+   * @param json_text  the JSON file as text (BOT the path of the file)
+   */
+  void loadSubstitutionRuleFromJSON(const std::string& json_text);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief substitutionRules return the current substitution rules.
+   */
+  const std::unordered_map<std::string, SubstitutionRule>&
+  substitutionRules() const;
+
 private:
   std::unordered_map<std::string, NodeBuilder> builders_;
   std::unordered_map<std::string, TreeNodeManifest> manifests_;

src/bt_factory.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include "behaviortree_cpp/bt_factory.h"
 #include "behaviortree_cpp/utils/shared_library.h"
+#include "behaviortree_cpp/contrib/json.hpp"
 #include "behaviortree_cpp/xml_parsing.h"
 #include "wildcards/wildcards.hpp"
 
@@ -419,6 +420,51 @@ void BehaviorTreeFactory::addSubstitutionRule(StringView filter, SubstitutionRul
   substitution_rules_[std::string(filter)] = rule;
 }
 
+void BehaviorTreeFactory::loadSubstitutionRuleFromJSON(const std::string &json_text)
+{
+  auto const json = nlohmann::json::parse(json_text);
+
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, TestNodeConfig> configs;
+
+  auto test_configs = json.at("TestNodeConfigs");
+  for(auto const& [name, test_config]: test_configs.items())
+  {
+    auto& config = configs[name];
+
+    auto status = test_config.at("return_status").get<std::string>();
+    config.return_status = convertFromString<NodeStatus>(status);
+    if(test_config.contains("async_delay"))
+    {
+      config.async_delay =
+          std::chrono::milliseconds(test_config["async_delay"].get<int>());
+    }
+    if(test_config.contains("post_script"))
+    {
+      config.post_script = test_config["post_script"].get<std::string>();
+    }
+  }
+
+  auto substitutions = json.at("SubstitutionRules");
+  for(auto const& [node_name, test]: substitutions.items())
+  {
+    auto test_name = test.get<std::string>();
+    auto it = configs.find(test_name);
+    if(it == configs.end())
+    {
+      addSubstitutionRule(node_name, test_name);
+    }
+    else {
+      addSubstitutionRule(node_name, it->second);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const std::unordered_map<std::string, BehaviorTreeFactory::SubstitutionRule> &
+BehaviorTreeFactory::substitutionRules() const
+{
+  return substitution_rules_;
+}
+
 
 void Tree::initialize()
 {

tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -4,25 +4,28 @@
 set(BT_TESTS
   src/action_test_node.cpp
   src/condition_test_node.cpp
-  gtest_tree.cpp
-  gtest_sequence.cpp
-  gtest_parallel.cpp
-  gtest_fallback.cpp
-  gtest_factory.cpp
-  gtest_decorator.cpp
+
   gtest_blackboard.cpp
+  gtest_coroutines.cpp
+  gtest_decorator.cpp
+  gtest_factory.cpp
+  gtest_fallback.cpp
+  gtest_parallel.cpp
   gtest_preconditions.cpp
   gtest_postconditions.cpp
   gtest_match.cpp
   gtest_ports.cpp
   gtest_json.cpp
+  gtest_sequence.cpp
   gtest_skipping.cpp
+  gtest_substitution.cpp
   gtest_subtree.cpp
   gtest_switch.cpp
+  gtest_tree.cpp
   gtest_wakeup.cpp
-  test_helper.hpp
+
   script_parser_test.cpp
-  gtest_coroutines.cpp
+  test_helper.hpp
 )
 
 set(TEST_DEPENDECIES

tests/gtest_substitution.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "behaviortree_cpp/bt_factory.h"
+
+using namespace BT;
+
+static const char* json_text = R"(
+{
+  "TestNodeConfigs": {
+    "TestA": {
+      "async_delay": 2000,
+      "return_status": "SUCCESS",
+      "post_script": "msg ='message SUBSTITUED'"
+    },
+    "TestB": {
+      "return_status": "FAILURE"
+    }
+  },
+
+  "SubstitutionRules": {
+    "actionA": "TestA",
+    "actionB": "TestB",
+    "actionC": "NotAConfig"
+  }
+}
+ )";
+
+TEST(Substitution, Parser)
+{
+  BehaviorTreeFactory factory;
+
+  factory.loadSubstitutionRuleFromJSON(json_text);
+
+  const auto& rules = factory.substitutionRules();
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(rules.size(), 3);
+  ASSERT_EQ(rules.count("actionA"), 1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(rules.count("actionB"), 1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(rules.count("actionC"), 1);
+
+  auto configA = std::get_if<TestNodeConfig>(&rules.at("actionA"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(configA->return_status, NodeStatus::SUCCESS);
+  ASSERT_EQ(configA->async_delay, std::chrono::milliseconds(2000));
+  ASSERT_EQ(configA->post_script, "msg ='message SUBSTITUED'");
+
+  auto configB = std::get_if<TestNodeConfig>(&rules.at("actionB"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(configB->return_status, NodeStatus::FAILURE);
+  ASSERT_EQ(configB->async_delay, std::chrono::milliseconds(0));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(configB->post_script.empty());
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(*std::get_if<std::string>(&rules.at("actionC")), "NotAConfig");
+}