Engine getting complicated - need some JSON for troubleshooting.

src/compiler/TemplateNodes.h

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ public:
 		return mChildren.size();
 	}
 
+	virtual std::string getIdentifier() const
+	{
+		return {};
+	}
+
 	TemplateNode* getChild(std::size_t index) const
 	{
 		return mChildren[index].get();
@@ -41,13 +46,23 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	template<typename T>
-	T* getFirstChildShallow() const
+	T* getFirstChildShallow(const std::string& identifier = {}) const
 	{
 		for (const auto& child : mChildren)
 		{
 			if (auto ret = dynamic_cast<T*>(child.get()))
 			{
-				return ret;
+				if (!identifier.empty())
+				{
+					if (child->getIdentifier() == identifier)
+					{
+						return ret;
+					}
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					return ret;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return nullptr;
@@ -58,12 +73,17 @@ public:
 		mExtensionParent = parent;
 	}
 
-	virtual std::string render()
+	virtual std::string render(TemplateNode* parentContext = nullptr)
 	{
+		if (!parentContext && mExtensionParent)
+		{
+			parentContext = mExtensionParent;
+		}
+
 		std::string content;
 		for (size_t idx = 0; idx < mChildren.size(); idx++)
 		{
-			content += mChildren[idx]->render();
+			content += mChildren[idx]->render(parentContext);
 		}
 		return content;
 	}
@@ -80,10 +100,9 @@ class TemplateExtends : public TemplateNode
 {
 public:
 	TemplateExtends(TemplateNode* parent, const std::string& path)
-		: TemplateNode(parent),
+		: TemplateNode(parent)
-		mPath(path)
 	{
-
+		mPath = StringUtils::stripQuotes(path);
 	};
 
 	std::string getRawContent() const override
@@ -122,6 +141,28 @@ public:
 		return content;
 	}
 
+	std::string renderAsParent(TemplateNode* base)
+	{
+		return {};
+	}
+
+	std::string render(TemplateNode* parentContext) override
+	{
+		std::string content;
+		if (parentContext)
+		{
+			if (auto parent_node = parentContext->getFirstChildShallow<TemplateBlock>(getIdentifier()))
+			{
+				content = dynamic_cast<TemplateBlock*>(parent_node)->renderAsParent(this);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+
+		}
+		return content;
+	}
+
 private:
 	std::string mName;
 	std::vector<std::string> mBody;
@@ -165,12 +206,12 @@ public:
 		return !mContent.empty();
 	}
 
-	std::string render() override
+	std::string render(TemplateNode* parentContext) override
 	{
 		std::string content;
 		for (const auto& line : mContent)
 		{
-			content += line;
+			content += line + '\n';
 		}
 		return content;
 	}

src/core/StringUtils.cpp

@@ -121,3 +121,22 @@ std::string StringUtils::ToPaddedString(unsigned numBytes, unsigned entry)
     sstr << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(numBytes) << entry;
     return sstr.str();
 }
+
+std::string StringUtils::stripQuotes(const std::string& input)
+{
+    if (input.size() < 3)
+    {
+        return input;
+    }
+    std::size_t start_index = 0;
+    std::size_t end_index = input.size()-1;
+    if (input[start_index] == '"')
+    {
+        start_index = 1;
+    }
+    if (input[end_index] == '"')
+    {
+        end_index = end_index - 1;
+    }
+    return input.substr(start_index, end_index - start_index + 1);
+}

src/core/StringUtils.h

@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ public:
     static std::string ToPaddedString(unsigned numBytes, unsigned entry);
     static std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& input);
     static std::string strip(const std::string& input);
+    static std::string stripQuotes(const std::string& input);
 };