Added SettingsHandler class.

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})

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() {}

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

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