- prepare general way to send (proto) messages. currently only incomming protomessages are forwarded

- begin impl. of json server


Former-commit-id: 8f9237cd57ada1e84dc05e60b9ad723e47fd57b1

include/hyperion/Hyperion.h

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // Hyperion includes
 #include <hyperion/LedString.h>
 #include <hyperion/PriorityMuxer.h>
+#include <hyperion/MessageForwarder.h>
 
 // Effect engine includes
 #include <effectengine/EffectDefinition.h>
@@ -125,6 +126,10 @@ public slots:
 	/// Tell Hyperion that the transforms have changed and the leds need to be updated
 	void transformsUpdated();
 
+	/// Returns  MessageForwarder Object
+	/// @return instance of message forwarder object
+	MessageForwarder * getForwarder();
+
 	///
 	/// Clears the given priority channel. This will switch the led-colors to the colors of the next
 	/// lower priority channel (or off if no more channels are set)
@@ -168,6 +173,7 @@ public:
 	static RgbChannelTransform * createRgbChannelTransform(const Json::Value& colorConfig);
 
 	static LedDevice * createColorSmoothing(const Json::Value & smoothingConfig, LedDevice * ledDevice);
+	static MessageForwarder * createMessageForwarder(const Json::Value & forwarderConfig);
 
 signals:
 	/// Signal which is emitted when a priority channel is actively cleared
@@ -201,6 +207,9 @@ private:
 	/// Effect engine
 	EffectEngine * _effectEngine;
 
+	// proto and json Message forwarder
+	MessageForwarder * _messageForwarder;
+
 	/// The timer for handling priority channel timeouts
 	QTimer _timer;
 };

include/hyperion/MessageForwarder.h

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#pragma once
+
+// STL includes
+#include <vector>
+#include <map>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <limits>
+
+// QT includes
+#include <QList>
+#include <QStringList>
+
+// Utils includes
+#include <utils/ColorRgb.h>
+class MessageForwarder
+{
+public:
+	MessageForwarder();
+	~MessageForwarder();
+	
+	void addJsonSlave(std::string slave);
+	void addProtoSlave(std::string slave);
+	void sendMessage();
+	
+	QStringList getProtoSlaves();
+
+private:
+	bool _running;
+
+	QStringList _protoSlaves;
+};