From 7ba0304232ce18b988218172349ef543fc21199b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bent Witthold <bent@working-copy.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:24:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added SettingsHandler class.

---
 CMakeLists.txt           |  1 +
 data/settingshandler.cpp | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 data/settingshandler.h   | 15 ++++++++++++++
 genericcore.cpp          |  1 +
 4 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 data/settingshandler.cpp
 create mode 100644 data/settingshandler.h

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9256626..0e25cf8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ add_library(${TARGET_APP} STATIC
   genericcore.h
   ${TS_FILES}
   constants.h
+  data/settingshandler.h data/settingshandler.cpp
 )
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
diff --git a/data/settingshandler.cpp b/data/settingshandler.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb11006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/settingshandler.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#include "settingshandler.h"
+
+#include <QSettings>
+
+QVariantMap SettingsHandler::getSettings(QString group) {
+  QSettings settings;
+  QVariantMap result;
+
+  if (!group.isEmpty()) {
+    settings.beginGroup(group);
+  }
+
+  foreach (QString key, settings.allKeys()) {
+    result.insert(key, settings.value(key));
+  }
+
+  if (!group.isEmpty()) {
+    settings.endGroup();
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+void SettingsHandler::saveSettings(QVariantMap settingMap, QString group) {
+  qInfo() << "saving settings...";
+
+  QSettings settings;
+  if (!group.isEmpty()) {
+    settings.beginGroup(group);
+  }
+
+  foreach (QString key, settingMap.keys()) {
+    //    qDebug() << "saving:" << key << "-" << settingMap.value(key);
+    settings.setValue(key, settingMap.value(key));
+  }
+  if (!group.isEmpty()) {
+    settings.endGroup();
+  }
+
+  settings.sync();
+}
+
+SettingsHandler::SettingsHandler() {}
diff --git a/data/settingshandler.h b/data/settingshandler.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a636cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/settingshandler.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef SETTINGSHANDLER_H
+#define SETTINGSHANDLER_H
+
+#include <QVariantMap>
+
+class SettingsHandler {
+ public:
+  static QVariantMap getSettings(QString group = "");
+  static void saveSettings(QVariantMap settingMap, QString group = "");
+
+ private:
+  SettingsHandler();
+};
+
+#endif  // SETTINGSHANDLER_H
diff --git a/genericcore.cpp b/genericcore.cpp
index 7d5daed..e8e61ea 100644
--- a/genericcore.cpp
+++ b/genericcore.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ QString GenericCore::getMaintenanceToolFilePath() const {
 
 /// setting the applicationDirPath hard coded to test update feature from IDE
 #ifdef QT_DEBUG
+  // REFACTOR retrieve application name automatically instead of using hard coded name
   applicationDirPath = "/opt/GenericQtClient";
 #endif