ladder integration

[MelTraX]

I wrote an API now that should give you everything you need to integrate my new ladder system into SpringLobby?:

https://meltrax.homeip.net/projects/other/spring/ladder/lobby/

[MelTraX]

The URL still works but the real ladder now uses the old domain and therefore the API is at:

http://www.spring-league.com/ladder/lobby/

[Malric <vladmihaisima@…>]

First patch

[Malric <vladmihaisima@…>]

Second patch (should have in the same as the first)

[Malric <vladmihaisima@…>]

This is an initial patch. I plan to finish it, but I am going to vacation, so it is good to be publicly available, so that I get some feedback. If one of the dev could skim it and tell me if there are better ways to do what I do please tell me. I choosed libcurl as I didn't find any reference that wx supports https and the ladder uses https.

Most of the points that are questionable have a TODO in comment.

The patch contains initial support for ladder systems. First what works:

• Getting ladder list from server and the max player 'rule'.
  
• Setting in the host dialog the correct battle description, max number of players and password.
  
• Sending the results back (if the password wouldn't be hashed - this is set in ladder.cpp line 200)
  

What doesn't work (and should be fixed):

• -lcurl is not added by default to the link command. I hacked the makefile and added LIBCURL=-lcurl after the autogen etc.
  
• The password is hashed, so a different password should be set in the settings. For test I used my password hardcoded in ladder.cpp
  
• All the rules of the ladder have to be imposed (min players, max players, mod, map, resources, etc)
  
• Error reporting
  
• Load information about players
  

Please tell me if you prefer other formatting, conventions etc. I tried to follow what I have seen but it is not that regular :). I will be able to reply for sure after 20 july (possible also in the meantime).

[BrainDamage]

i wrote a short page about preferred coding style for the project, i did some fixes to your code, simplified it a lot in the parsing part and changed many parts to use wxArrayString and wxString so it becomes unicode aware and it's 3 times more readble and easier to expand.

you can check it in the ladder branch of my repository

[BrainDamage]

forgot the link to the page: http://trac.springlobby.info/wiki/CodingStyle

[Malric <vladmihaisima@…>]

As promised, the work continued: the 0001-Made-the-connect-dialog-aware-of-branches.patch patch make the connect dialog aware of ladder. It does not yet verify the password or ladder host.

Also a new tab "register ladder" should be done.

PS: Maybe you can put this bug next to "ladder API" in page http://trac.springlobby.info/wiki/Hack

[Malric <vladmihaisima@…>]

Patch to baindamage ladder branch, that make the connection dialog aware of ladders.

[Malric <vladmihaisima@…>]

Please delay the integration of the patch, I will make a public git repo tonight...

[Malric <vladmihaisima@…>]

Repo for my work:

git clone git://66.36.240.138/springlobby.git

[Malric <vladmihaisima@…>]

The remote branch on which the work should be is : ladder_support.

If you do not see any difference please tell me...