Improve compatibility of CLI entrypoint, adding quick and dirty xinst…

… to json conversion script

Material/Scripts/convert.py

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# This script converts old .xinst files into the new .json input format.
+# It only supports the basics, thus, only works for basic inputs.
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--input", "-i", required=True, help="Input .xinst file")
+    parser.add_argument("--output", "-o", required=True, help="Output .json file")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def convert(input_file: str, output_file: str) -> None:
+    tree = ET.parse(input_file)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+
+    # Convert the XML nodes to dictionaries
+    containers = []
+    for container in root.findall(".//Container"):
+        container_dict = {
+            "id": int(container.get("ID")),
+            "length": float(container.find("Cube").get("Length")),
+            "width": float(container.find("Cube").get("Width")),
+            "height": float(container.find("Cube").get("Height")),
+            "maxWeight": float(container.get("MaxWeight") or 0),
+        }
+        containers.append(container_dict)
+    pieces = []
+    for piece in root.findall(".//Piece"):
+        piece_dict = {
+            "id": int(piece.get("ID")),
+            "weight": float(piece.get("Weight") or 0),
+            "cubes": [
+                {
+                    "x": float(cube.find("Point").get("X")),
+                    "y": float(cube.find("Point").get("Y")),
+                    "z": float(cube.find("Point").get("Z")),
+                    "length": float(cube.get("Length")),
+                    "width": float(cube.get("Width")),
+                    "height": float(cube.get("Height")),
+                }
+                for cube in piece.findall(".//Cube")
+            ],
+        }
+        pieces.append(piece_dict)
+
+    # Combine and write data
+    data = {"containers": containers, "pieces": pieces}
+    with open(output_file, "w") as f:
+        json.dump(data, f, indent=4)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    args = parse_args()
+    convert(args.input, args.output)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

SC.CLI/Program.cs

@@ -29,8 +29,26 @@ private static void Main(string[] args)
 
         private static void Execute(Options opts)
         {
-            // Read input file (either from file or from stdin)
-            var instance = JsonIO.From<JsonCalculation>(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(opts.Input) ? Console.In.ReadToEnd() : File.ReadAllText(opts.Input));
+            // Read the content fully first (either from file or from stdin)
+            var content = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(opts.Input) ? Console.In.ReadToEnd() : File.ReadAllText(opts.Input);
+
+            // Try to parse the input as a calculation
+            var instance = JsonIO.From<JsonCalculation>(content);
+
+            // If nothing useful was found, try to parse it as an unnested instance (without a configuration)
+            if (instance == null || instance.Instance == null && instance.Configuration == null)
+            {
+                var inst = JsonIO.From<JsonInstance>(content);
+                if (inst != null)
+                    instance = new JsonCalculation() { Instance = inst };
+            }
+
+            // If still nothing useful was found, abort
+            if (instance == null || instance.Instance == null)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("No 'instance' found in input file.");
+                return;
+            }
 
             // >> Run calculation
             Action<string> logger = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(opts.Output) ? null : Console.Write;