[config] Introduction of YAML format for eCAL configuration

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ body:
       Platform                 : x64
 
       ------------------------- CONFIGURATION --------------------------
-      Default INI              : C:\ProgramData\eCAL\ecal.ini
+      Default YAML             : C:\ProgramData\eCAL\ecal.yaml
 
       ------------------------- NETWORK --------------------------------
       Host name                : FRLBJRXW

.github/workflows/build-macos.yml

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
         -DPython_FIND_STRATEGY=LOCATION \
         -DPython_FIND_REGISTRY=NEVER
         sudo mkdir /etc/ecal
-        sudo cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ecal/core/cfg/ecal.ini" /etc/ecal
+        sudo cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ecal/core/cfg/ecal.yaml" /etc/ecal
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Build Release

.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yml

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_RECYCLE=ON \
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCP_PUBSUB=ON \
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=ON \
-        -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP=OFF \
+        -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP=ON \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=/etc \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
         -DPython_FIND_VIRTUALENV=ONLY
 
         sudo mkdir /etc/ecal
-        sudo cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ecal/core/cfg/ecal.ini" /etc/ecal
+        sudo cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ecal/core/cfg/ecal.yaml" /etc/ecal
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Build Release

.github/workflows/build-windows.yml

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_RECYCLE=ON ^
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCP_PUBSUB=ON ^
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=OFF ^
-        -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP=OFF ^
+        -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP=ON ^
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_UDPCAP=ON ^
         -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ^
         -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="%ProgramFiles%/Cap'n Proto/lib/cmake/CapnProto" ^
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
         -DCPACK_PACK_WITH_INNOSETUP=ON
         mkdir "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\eCAL"
-        copy "%GITHUB_WORKSPACE%\ecal\core\cfg\ecal.ini" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\eCAL"
+        copy "%GITHUB_WORKSPACE%\ecal\core\cfg\ecal.yaml" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\eCAL"
       shell: cmd
 
     - name: Build SDK

.github/workflows/clang-tidy-review.yml

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
                     -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_RECYCLE=ON \
                     -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCP_PUBSUB=ON \
                     -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=OFF \
-                    -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP=OFF \
+                    -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP=ON \
                     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
                     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=/etc \
                     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \

.github/workflows/documentation.yml

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_RECYCLE=ON \
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCP_PUBSUB=ON \
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=OFF \
-        -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP=OFF \
+        -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP=ON \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=/etc \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ option(ECAL_USE_CLOCKLOCK_MUTEX                "Use native mutex with monotonic
 set(ECAL_CORE_HAS_PROTOBUF                                                                                         ON)
 set(ECAL_CORE_BUILD_SAMPLES                                                                          ${BUILD_SAMPLES})
 set(ECAL_CORE_BUILD_TESTS                                                                         ${BUILD_ECAL_TESTS})
-set(ECAL_CORE_CONFIG_INIFILE                                                                                       ON)
+set(ECAL_CORE_CONFIGURATION                                                                                        ON)
 set(ECAL_CORE_COMMAND_LINE                                                                                         ON)
 set(ECAL_CORE_REGISTRATION                                                                                         ON)
 set(ECAL_CORE_MONITORING                                                                                           ON)

CMakePresets.json

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG": "OFF",
         "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TERMCOLOR": "OFF",
         "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2": "OFF",
-        "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP": "OFF",
+        "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP": "ON",
         "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL": "OFF",
         "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5": "OFF"
       }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG": "ON",
         "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TERMCOLOR": "ON",
         "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2": "ON",
-        "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP": null,
+        "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP": "ON",
         "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL": null,
         "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5": null
       }

app/mon/mon_gui/src/ecalmon.cpp

@@ -102,21 +102,21 @@ Ecalmon::Ecalmon(QWidget *parent)
 
     if (multicast_ttl <= 0)
     {
-      network_mode_widget_->setToolTip("ERROR: Network enabled but TTL is " + QString::number(multicast_ttl) + ". Change via ecal.ini");
+      network_mode_widget_->setToolTip("ERROR: Network enabled but TTL is " + QString::number(multicast_ttl) + ". Change via ecal.yaml");
       network_mode_widget_->setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(255, 128, 128); color: black");
       network_mode_warning_icon_->setVisible(true);
     }
     else
     {
       network_mode_widget_->setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(80, 255, 120); color: black");
-      network_mode_widget_->setToolTip("Change via ecal.ini");
+      network_mode_widget_->setToolTip("Change via ecal.yaml");
     }
   }
   else
   {
     network_mode_label_->setText("Network mode: Local");
     network_mode_widget_->setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(44, 148, 255); color: black");
-    network_mode_widget_->setToolTip("Change via ecal.ini");
+    network_mode_widget_->setToolTip("Change via ecal.yaml");
   }
 
   error_label_                = new QLabel(this);

app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/ecalmon_tree_widget/topic_widget.cpp

@@ -192,11 +192,11 @@ void TopicWidget::loadRegExpLists()
   include_string = QString::fromStdString(eCAL::Config::GetMonitoringFilterIncludeList()); //ini.GetValue(MON_SECTION_S, MON_FILTER_INCL_S);
 
 
-  // The ecal.ini defines a very strange regex format: A filter consists of
+  // The ecal.yaml defines a very strange regex format: A filter consists of
   // several regular expressions divided by "," or ";". Thus we have to
   // split the string into 'actual' regular expressions. This will break every
   // regular expression that properly uses a ",". We cannot do anything about
-  // that without changing the ecal.ini specification.
+  // that without changing the ecal.yaml specification.
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0)
   QList<QString> const exclude_string_list = exclude_string.split(QRegularExpression("[\\,,;]"), Qt::SplitBehaviorFlags::SkipEmptyParts);
   QList<QString> const include_string_list = include_string.split(QRegularExpression("[\\,,;]"), Qt::SplitBehaviorFlags::SkipEmptyParts);

app/rec/rec_client_core/src/job/record_job.cpp

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ namespace eCAL
           }
         }
 
-        // Copy ecal.ini
+        // Copy ecal.yaml
 #ifdef CopyFile
 #define CopyFile_6376c040f4f54106b205ef6ddbb2090a CopyFile
 #undef CopyFile
@@ -174,28 +174,28 @@ namespace eCAL
 
           if (ecal_ini_original_path.empty())
           {
-            const std::string error_message = "Error copying ecal.ini: The system information does not contain \"Default INI\" identifier."; 
+            const std::string error_message = "Error copying ecal.yaml: The system information does not contain \"Default INI\" identifier."; 
             info_ = { false, error_message };
             EcalRecLogger::Instance()->error(error_message);
           }
 
           if (EcalUtils::Filesystem::IsFile(ecal_ini_original_path))
           {
-            std::string ecal_ini_dest_path = EcalUtils::Filesystem::ToNativeSeperators(hostname_dir + "/ecal.ini");
-            EcalRecLogger::Instance()->info("Copying ecal.ini from \"" + ecal_ini_original_path + "\" to \"" + ecal_ini_dest_path + "\"");
+            std::string ecal_ini_dest_path = EcalUtils::Filesystem::ToNativeSeperators(hostname_dir + "/ecal.yaml");
+            EcalRecLogger::Instance()->info("Copying ecal.yaml from \"" + ecal_ini_original_path + "\" to \"" + ecal_ini_dest_path + "\"");
 
             if (!EcalUtils::Filesystem::CopyFile(ecal_ini_original_path, ecal_ini_dest_path, EcalUtils::Filesystem::OsStyle::Current))
             {
-              const std::string error_message = "Error copying ecal.ini file to \"" + ecal_ini_dest_path + "\""; 
+              const std::string error_message = "Error copying ecal.yaml file to \"" + ecal_ini_dest_path + "\""; 
               info_ = { false, error_message };
               EcalRecLogger::Instance()->error(error_message);
             }
           }
           else
           {
-            const std::string error_message = "Warning: ecal.ini does not exist and will not be copied."; 
+            const std::string error_message = "Warning: ecal.yaml does not exist and will not be copied."; 
             info_ = { false, error_message };
-            EcalRecLogger::Instance()->warn("Warning: ecal.ini does not exist and will not be copied.");
+            EcalRecLogger::Instance()->warn("Warning: ecal.yaml does not exist and will not be copied.");
           }
         }
 #ifdef CopyFile_6376c040f4f54106b205ef6ddbb2090a

build_win/win_make_cmake.bat

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ set CMAKE_OPTIONS_SDK=-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=_install ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_RECYCLE=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCP_PUBSUB=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=OFF ^
--DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP=OFF ^
+-DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_UDPCAP=ON ^
 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ^
 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ^

cpack/innosetup/ecal_setup.iss.in

@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ Source: "{#ComponentStagingDir}\runtime\*";           DestDir: "{app}";      Fla
 Source: "{#ComponentStagingDir}\Unspecified\*";       DestDir: "{app}";      Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs; Components: runtime
 Source: "{#ComponentStagingDir}\libraries\bin\*";     DestDir: "{app}\bin\"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs; Components: runtime
 
-Source: "{#ComponentStagingDir}\_configuration\cfg\ecal.ini";     DestDir: "{commonappdata}\eCAL\"; Tasks: not replaceconf; Flags: ignoreversion confirmoverwrite; Components: runtime
-Source: "{#ComponentStagingDir}\_configuration\cfg\ecal.ini";     DestDir: "{commonappdata}\eCAL\"; Tasks: replaceconf;     Flags: ignoreversion;                  Components: runtime
+Source: "{#ComponentStagingDir}\_configuration\cfg\ecal.yaml";     DestDir: "{commonappdata}\eCAL\"; Tasks: not replaceconf; Flags: ignoreversion confirmoverwrite; Components: runtime
+Source: "{#ComponentStagingDir}\_configuration\cfg\ecal.yaml";     DestDir: "{commonappdata}\eCAL\"; Tasks: replaceconf;     Flags: ignoreversion;                  Components: runtime
 Source: "{#ComponentStagingDir}\_configuration\cfg\ecaltime.ini"; DestDir: "{commonappdata}\eCAL\";                         Flags: ignoreversion;                  Components: runtime
 
 ; applications
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Name: "{group}\eCAL Monitor";                         Filename: "{app}\bin\ecal_
 Name: "{group}\eCAL Recorder";                        Filename: "{app}\bin\ecal_rec_gui.exe";                      Components: applications
 Name: "{group}\eCAL Player";                          Filename: "{app}\bin\ecal_play_gui.exe";                     Components: applications
 Name: "{group}\eCAL Sys";                             Filename: "{app}\bin\ecal_sys_gui.exe";                      Components: applications
-Name: "{group}\Configuration\Edit ecal.ini";          Filename: "{commonappdata}\eCAL\ecal.ini";                   Components: runtime
+Name: "{group}\Configuration\Edit ecal.yaml";         Filename: "{commonappdata}\eCAL\ecal.yaml";                  Components: runtime
 
 Name: "{group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#AppName}}";     Filename: "{uninstallexe}"
 Name: "{commondesktop}\eCAL Launcher";                Filename: "{app}\bin\ecal_launcher.exe"; Tasks: desktopicon; Components: applications

doc/rst/advanced/ecal_in_docker.rst

@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ Seamless IPC-Communication across host borders
 
 .. important::
    This will work with eCAL 5.12 and higher.
-   Older versions lack the ability to utilize the ``host_group_name`` in the :file:`ecal.ini` file, thus it won't work.
+   Older versions lack the ability to utilize the ``host_group_name`` in the :file:`ecal.yaml` file, thus it won't work.
 
 
-In eCAL, you are able to set host belonging over network borders by utilizing the :file:`ecal.ini` configuration file with the same ``host_group_name`` - in the following steps, you will learn how to set this up.
+In eCAL, you are able to set host belonging over network borders by utilizing the :file:`ecal.yaml` configuration file with the same ``host_group_name`` - in the following steps, you will learn how to set this up.
 
 .. note::
     If we don't set the same ``host_group_name`` on our Host and our Containers, an IPC-Communication across host borders is not available with different host names.
@@ -207,28 +207,28 @@ In eCAL, you are able to set host belonging over network borders by utilizing th
 
       sudo docker network create --driver=bridge --subnet=10.0.10.0/24 my_network
 
-#. Edit your :file:`ecal.ini` and run your Container within the newly created docker network
+#. Edit your :file:`ecal.yaml` and run your Container within the newly created docker network
 
    * You will use our previously discussed :ref:`ecal-runtime-image<ecal_in_docker>` for the next step.
 
-   * First, open :file:`/etc/ecal/ecal.ini` from your preferred editor.
+   * First, open :file:`/etc/ecal/ecal.yaml` from your preferred editor.
 
    * Search for the line ``network_enabled`` and set it to ``true``.
 
    * Search for the line ``host_group_name`` and write your preferred name.
 
-   * Save and close the :file:`ecal.ini` file.
+   * Save and close the :file:`ecal.yaml` file.
 
-   * Now your :file:`ecal.ini` file is prepared.
-     We want to use it not only for our Host-System but also for our Container, so we don't need to edit the :file:`ecal.ini` in our Container again.
+   * Now your :file:`ecal.yaml` file is prepared.
+     We want to use it not only for our Host-System but also for our Container, so we don't need to edit the :file:`ecal.yaml` in our Container again.
      To achieve that, run following command to start your container:
 
    .. code-block:: bash
 
-      sudo docker run --rm -it --ipc=host --pid=host --network=my_network --name=container1 -h=container1 --ip=10.0.10.10 -v /etc/ecal/ecal.ini:/etc/ecal/ecal.ini ecal-runtime
+      sudo docker run --rm -it --ipc=host --pid=host --network=my_network --name=container1 -h=container1 --ip=10.0.10.10 -v /etc/ecal/ecal.yaml:/etc/ecal/ecal.yaml ecal-runtime
 
    - You should now be inside the root shell of your Container.
-     Check if your :file:`ecal.ini` file is correct.
+     Check if your :file:`ecal.yaml` file is correct.
 
    - Now your Container is prepared and configured correctly, so we are ready to start an eCAL example.
 

doc/rst/advanced/layers/shm.rst

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Configuration
 The SHM Layer is set to ``auto`` (= 2) by default.
 This means, that it is used automatically for all messages that need to be transmitted inside a single host.
 
-The system-configuration-parameters in the :file:`ecal.ini` are:
+The system-configuration-parameters in the :file:`ecal.yaml` are:
 
 .. code-block:: ini
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ If subscribers are too slow to process incoming messages then the overall softwa
 There may still be cases where it could make sense to synchronize the transfer of the payload from a publisher to a subscriber by using an additional handshake event.
 This event is signaled by a subscriber back to the sending publisher to confirm the complete payload transmission.
 
-The handshake mechanism can be activated in the :file:`ecal.ini`:
+The handshake mechanism can be activated in the :file:`ecal.yaml`:
 
 .. code-block:: ini
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ You can activate the feature in the following ways.
 
 - **Use multi-buffering as system-default**:
 
-  Edit your :file:`ecal.ini` and set a buffer count greater than 1:
+  Edit your :file:`ecal.yaml` and set a buffer count greater than 1:
 
   .. code-block:: ini
 

doc/rst/advanced/layers/shm_zerocopy.rst

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Enabling eCAL Zero Copy
 
 - **Use zero-copy as system-default:**
 
-  Zero Copy can be enabled as system default from the :file:`ecal.ini` file like follows:
+  Zero Copy can be enabled as system default from the :file:`ecal.yaml` file like follows:
 
   .. code-block:: ini
 

doc/rst/advanced/layers/tcp.rst

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ You can activate TCP in the following ways:
 
 #. **Use TCP as system default (only recommended for testing):**
 
-   Modify the :file:`ecal.ini` and change the following:
+   Modify the :file:`ecal.yaml` and change the following:
 
    .. code-block:: ini
 

doc/rst/advanced/message_drops.rst

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Dropping on Transport Layer
   - Having different link speeds in your network will almost always cause many drops for large messages, as you are e.g. sending with 10 Gbit to a 1Gbit port and so 90% of all packages are dropped.
     This has to be viewed on a traffic-per-message-basis, not on a traffic-per-second basis. For instance, you may be sending only 1 message per second from a 10Gibt link. This message is maybe sent in 10ms, while the 1 Gbit link would need 100ms to receive all the data.
     Consequently, the 1Gbit connection will inevitably start dropping fragments, even though the network is not even close to its capacity.
-    You can work around it by just connecting everything with the same link-speed, and by using the ``bandwidth_max_udp`` setting from the :ref:`ecal.ini <configuration_options>`
+    You can work around it by just connecting everything with the same link-speed, and by using the ``bandwidth_max_udp`` setting from the :ref:`ecal.yaml <configuration_options>`
 
   - Larger eCAL Messages are more likely to be corrupt, as they consist of more fragments.
 

doc/rst/advanced/src/ecal_in_docker/ecal_runtime_container/Dockerfile

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ RUN apt-get install -y ecal
 # You can omit this, if you don't want to build applications in the container.
 RUN apt-get install -y cmake g++ libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler
 
-# Set network_enabled = true in ecal.ini.
+# Set network_enabled = true in ecal.yaml.
 # You can omit this, if you only need local communication.
-RUN awk -F"=" '/^network_enabled/{$2="= true"}1' /etc/ecal/ecal.ini > /etc/ecal/ecal.tmp && \
-	rm /etc/ecal/ecal.ini && \
-	mv /etc/ecal/ecal.tmp /etc/ecal/ecal.ini 
+RUN awk -F"=" '/^network_enabled/{$2="= true"}1' /etc/ecal/ecal.yaml > /etc/ecal/ecal.tmp && \
+	rm /etc/ecal/ecal.yaml && \
+	mv /etc/ecal/ecal.tmp /etc/ecal/ecal.yaml 
 
 # Print the eCAL config
 RUN ecal_config