3 files changed, 112 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/engine/Dynamic/Descriptors/Menu.go b/engine/Dynamic/Descriptors/Menu.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc0c2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/Dynamic/Descriptors/Menu.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package descriptors
+
+import ui "github.com/DegustatorPonos/RuinesOfRafdolon/UI"
+
+type MenuDescriptor struct {
+	PaddingX float32
+	PaddingY float32
+	Contents UIElementDescriptor
+}
+
+func (base *MenuDescriptor) Parse() (*ui.Menu, error) {
+	var contents, contentsErr = base.Contents.Parse()
+	if contentsErr != nil {
+		return nil, contentsErr
+	}
+	return &ui.Menu {
+		PaddingX: base.PaddingX,
+		PaddingY: base.PaddingY,
+		Contents: contents,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/engine/Dynamic/Descriptors/UIElement.go b/engine/Dynamic/Descriptors/UIElement.go
index 9b88ab3..1b19ba2 100644
--- a/engine/Dynamic/Descriptors/UIElement.go
+++ b/engine/Dynamic/Descriptors/UIElement.go
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ type UIElementDescriptor struct {
 	Spacing float32
 }
 
+// We have to initialize the map so that we avoid the circular reference in the recursive parsing
 func InitUIParser() {
 	typeParsers = map[string]func(*UIElementDescriptor) ui.UIElement {
 		ui.VoidTypeName: parseAsVoid,
 		ui.LabelTypeName: parseAsLabel,
 		ui.GridRowTypeName: parseAsGridRow,
+		ui.GridColumnTypeName: parseAsGridColumn,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -82,3 +84,21 @@ func parseAsGridRow(base *UIElementDescriptor) ui.UIElement {
 	}
 	return &outp
 }
+
+func parseAsGridColumn(base *UIElementDescriptor) ui.UIElement {
+	var outp = ui.GridColumn {
+		Weight: base.Weight,
+		Spacing: base.Spacing,
+		Style: base.Style.Parse(),
+		Objects: make([]ui.UIElement, 0, len(base.Children)),
+	}
+	for _, v := range base.Children {
+		var child, parseErr = v.Parse()
+		if parseErr != nil {
+			rl.TraceLog(rl.LogWarning, "Failed to parse a parent element of a grid column: %v", parseErr.Error())
+			continue
+		}
+		outp.Objects = append(outp.Objects, child)
+	}
+	return &outp
+}
diff --git a/engine/Dynamic/DynamicMenu.go b/engine/Dynamic/DynamicMenu.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1f3cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/Dynamic/DynamicMenu.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package dynamic
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	coreobjects "github.com/DegustatorPonos/RuinesOfRafdolon/CoreObjects"
+	descriptors "github.com/DegustatorPonos/RuinesOfRafdolon/Dynamic/Descriptors"
+	ui "github.com/DegustatorPonos/RuinesOfRafdolon/UI"
+	rl "github.com/gen2brain/raylib-go/raylib"
+)
+
+// Represents a menu variant that is loaded from a file
+type DynamicMenu struct {
+	FileLocation string
+	baseMenu *ui.Menu
+}
+
+func (base *DynamicMenu) Create(manager *coreobjects.SceneManager) {
+	var err = base.LoadMenu()
+	if err != nil {
+		rl.TraceLog(rl.LogWarning, "Failed to load the menu from the file %v: %v", base.FileLocation, err.Error())
+		base.baseMenu = &ui.Menu { 
+			Contents: &ui.Void{},
+		}
+	}
+	base.baseMenu.Create(manager)
+}
+
+func (base *DynamicMenu) Destroy() {
+	base.baseMenu.Destroy()
+}
+
+func (base *DynamicMenu) Update() {
+	base.baseMenu.Update()
+}
+
+func (base *DynamicMenu) Draw() {
+	base.baseMenu.Draw()
+}
+
+func (base *DynamicMenu) GetMousePosition() rl.Vector2 {
+	return rl.GetMousePosition()
+}
+
+func (base *DynamicMenu) String() string {
+	var outp, jsonErr = json.Marshal(base)
+	if jsonErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("Failed to parse: %s", jsonErr.Error())
+	}
+	return string(outp)
+}
+
+// Loads the menu from the file. Does not initialize it
+func (base *DynamicMenu) LoadMenu() error {
+	var file, fErr = os.ReadFile(base.FileLocation)
+	if fErr != nil {
+		return fErr
+	}
+	var descriptor = descriptors.MenuDescriptor{}
+	if jsonErr := json.Unmarshal(file, &descriptor); jsonErr != nil {
+		return jsonErr
+	}
+	var parsed, parseErr = descriptor.Parse()
+	if parseErr != nil {
+		return parseErr
+	}
+	base.baseMenu = parsed
+	return nil
+}