Misc Improvements (#7)

* get rid of optional<ptr> -> double indirection

* more optional cleanup

* fix

* add more render pixel type options

* towards different views

* missing virtual declaration of ShowImage

* fix runtime

* init image view factory

* fix build

Render Image close button re-enable

add readme

init documentation

use awesomeDoxygen

ci build docs

install doxygen

id token permission

add pages write permission

.github/workflows/cmake.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: setup
       run: |
         sudo apt update
-        sudo apt -y install libopencv-dev libglfw3 libglfw3-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev
+        sudo apt -y install libopencv-dev libglfw3 libglfw3-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev doxygen
     - name: configure
       run: cmake --preset gcc-debug
     - name: build
@@ -28,3 +27,24 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cd ${{github.workspace}}/build/gcc-debug
         ctest -C Debug
+
+    - name: Upload static files as artifact
+      id: deployment
+      uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        path: ${{github.workspace}}/build/gcc-debug/doc/html
+
+  # Deployment job
+  deploy:
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      pages: write
+    needs: build
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ message(STATUS "GLFW:\t" ${glfw3_module_DIR})
 message(STATUS "PFD:\t\t" ${pfd_DIR})
 message(STATUS "SPDLOG:\t" ${spdlog_DIR})
 
+#====================
+# Options
+option(PIXELARIUM_BUILD_UNITTESTS "Generate Unittests" ON)
+option(PIXELARIUM_BUILD_DOCS      "Generate Documentation" ON)
+#====================
+
 if(WIN32)
   set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
   if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
@@ -31,6 +37,8 @@ if(UNIX)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -g --std=c++20")
 endif()
 
+string(TOUPPER "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}" PIXELARIUM_TITLE)
+
 add_subdirectory(${pfd_DIR})
 add_subdirectory(${spdlog_DIR})
 add_subdirectory(${glfw3_module_DIR})
@@ -64,11 +72,31 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
   PUBLIC ${LIBCZI_INCLUDE_DIR}
   PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
-option(PIXELARIUM_BUILD_UNITTESTS "Generate Unittests" ON)
-
 
 if(PIXELARIUM_BUILD_UNITTESTS)
   include(CTest)
   enable_testing()
   add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
+
+if(PIXELARIUM_BUILD_DOCS)
+  include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/awesomeDoxygen.cmake)
+  set(MAINPAGE_FILE "doc/index.md")
+  find_package(Doxygen)
+  if (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+
+    set(DOXYGEN_IN ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile.in)
+    set(DOXYGEN_OUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile)
+
+    configure_file(${DOXYGEN_IN} ${DOXYGEN_OUT} @ONLY)
+    message(STATUS "Building Docs")
+
+    add_custom_target(doxygen ALL
+      COMMAND ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${DOXYGEN_OUT}
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+      COMMENT "Generating Docs")
+
+  else (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Doxygen need to be installed to generate the doxygen documentation")
+  endif (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+endif()

CMakePresets.json

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS": "ON",
         "FETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED": "OFF",
         "CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE": "ON",
-        "PIXELARIUM_BUILD_UNITTESTS": "ON"
+        "PIXELARIUM_BUILD_UNITTESTS": "ON",
+        "PIXELARIUM_BUILD_DOCS": "OFF"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@
       "cacheVariables": {
         "CMAKE_C_COMPILER": "gcc",
         "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER": "g++",
-        "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Debug"
+        "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Debug",
+        "PIXELARIUM_BUILD_DOCS": "ON"
       }
     }
   ],

Readme.org

@@ -6,4 +6,59 @@
 #+author: Maximilian Kueffner
 #+exclude_tags: noexport
 
+* Synopsis
+
+Pixelarium strives to be a batteries-included visualizer application to be used in conjunction with an external algorithm.
+It can be linked e.g. against a library containing arbitrary functionally. Pixelarium can support viewing the results and result files of such a library.
+It tries to be as flexible as possible.
+
+This is still work in progress and will change significantly.
+
+* Prerequisites
+
+Dependencies are either submodules in the =modules= subdirectory or artifacts of the cmake build process from the =cmake= directory. This repository should therefore be cloned recursively:
+#+begin_src sh
+  git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/m-aXimilian/pixelarium.git
+#+end_src
+
+Apart from that, this project needs OpenCV installed on the host system and available for cmake's =find_package=.
+
+* Building
+
+Given that the prerequisites are fulfilled, building can be achieved via one of the presets or by calling cmake directly.
+
+** Presets
+
+Pixelarium has a few presets setting specific compilers and configurations defined in =CMakePresets.json=.
+
+They can be listed by calling
+#+begin_src sh :results raw :wrap src sh
+  cmake --list-presets
+#+end_src
+which will give something like
+#+RESULTS:
+#+begin_src sh
+Available configure presets:
+
+  "clang-release"
+  "clang-debug"
+  "gcc-release"
+  "gcc-debug"
+#+end_src
+
+Building with the =clang-debug= preset would look like
+#+begin_src sh
+  cmake --preset clang-debug
+  cmake --build --preset clang-debug
+#+end_src
+
+** Direct
+
+If you want to specify compiler settings and options which are not defined in a preset, use cmake "directly" like
+#+begin_src sh
+  cmake -B build -S .
+  cmake --build build
+#+end_src
+
+* TODO Example
 

cmake/awesomeDoxygen.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+include(FetchContent)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+    doxygen-awesome-css
+    URL https://github.com/jothepro/doxygen-awesome-css/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
+)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(doxygen-awesome-css)
+
+# Save the location the files were cloned into
+# This allows us to get the path to doxygen-awesome.css
+FetchContent_GetProperties(doxygen-awesome-css SOURCE_DIR AWESOME_CSS_DIR)

doc/Doxyfile.in

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+PROJECT_NAME           = @PIXELARIUM_TITLE@
+
+OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = @PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@/doc
+INPUT                  = @PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/lib/app \
+                         @PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/doc \
+                         @PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/lib/imaging \
+                         @PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/lib/utilities \
+                         @PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/lib/rendering \
+                         @PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/lib/resources
+
+DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
+GENERATE_LATEX         = NO
+FULL_PATH_NAMES        = NO
+USE_MDFILE_AS_MAINPAGE = @PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/doc/index.md
+HTML_EXTRA_STYLESHEET  = @AWESOME_CSS_DIR@/doxygen-awesome.css

doc/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Synopsis
+
+Pixelarium strives to be a batteries-included visualizer application to be used in conjunction with an external algorithm.
+It can be linked e.g. against a library containing arbitrary functionally. Pixelarium can support viewing the results and result files of such a library.
+It tries to be as flexible as possible.
+
+This is still work in progress and will change significantly.
+
+
+# Prerequisites
+
+Dependencies are either submodules in the `modules` subdirectory or artifacts of the cmake build process from the `cmake` directory. This repository should therefore be cloned recursively:
+
+    git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/m-aXimilian/pixelarium.git
+
+Apart from that, this project needs OpenCV installed on the host system and available for cmake's `find_package`.
+
+
+# Building
+
+Given that the prerequisites are fulfilled, building can be achieved via one of the presets or by calling cmake directly.
+
+
+## Presets
+
+Pixelarium has a few presets setting specific compilers and configurations defined in `CMakePresets.json`.
+
+They can be listed by calling
+
+    cmake --list-presets
+
+which will give something like
+
+    Available configure presets:
+    
+      "clang-release"
+      "clang-debug"
+      "gcc-release"
+      "gcc-debug"
+
+Building with the `clang-debug` preset would look like
+
+    cmake --preset clang-debug
+    cmake --build --preset clang-debug
+
+
+## Direct
+
+If you want to specify compiler settings and options which are not defined in a preset, use cmake "directly" like
+
+    cmake -B build -S .
+    cmake --build build
+
+

lib/app/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-set(PIXELARIUM_TITLE ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME})
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/app_resources_default.h.in
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/app_resources_default.h @ONLY)
 
 set(APPLIBSRC
+  AppGLFW.hpp
   AppGLFW.cpp
+  DefaultApp.hpp
   DefaultApp.cpp
   ${imgui_DIR}/imgui.cpp
   ${imgui_DIR}/imgui_demo.cpp

lib/app/DefaultApp.cpp

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void pixelarium::ui::DefaultApp::RenderImages()
 
 void pixelarium::ui::DefaultApp::ImageGalleryRender()
 {
-    ImGui::SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(300, 500));
+    ImGui::SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(300, 550));
     ImGui::Begin(SHOWIMAGEGALLERY, &this->image_listp_);
 
     // this updates the render collection
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ void pixelarium::ui::DefaultApp::ImageGalleryRender()
 
 void pixelarium::ui::DefaultApp::LoadImage()
 {
-    size_t last_id{};
     auto res{pfd::open_file("Load Inputs", pfd::path::home(), {"All Files", "*"}, pfd::opt::multiselect).result()};
     for (auto& p : res)
     {

lib/imaging/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ message(STATUS "OpenCV_LIBs from: " ${OpenCV_LIBS})
 
 set(IMAGELIBSRC
   IPixelariumImage.hpp
+  PixelariumImageFactory.hpp
   PixelariumImageFactory.cpp
+  impl/PixelariumJpg.hpp
   impl/PixelariumJpg.cpp
+  impl/PixelariumPng.hpp
   impl/PixelariumPng.cpp
+  impl/PixelariumCzi.hpp
   impl/PixelariumCzi.cpp
 )
 

lib/imaging/IPixelariumImage.hpp

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <opencv2/core/mat.hpp>
-#include <optional>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace pixelarium::imaging
@@ -35,15 +34,27 @@ class IPixelariumImage
     virtual ~IPixelariumImage() = default;
 
     // this will have to throw or something for multidimensional images
-    virtual std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImage() = 0;
+    virtual std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> TryGetImage() = 0;
 
-    virtual std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImage(const IImageQuery&) = 0;
+    virtual std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> TryGetImage(const IImageQuery&) = 0;
 
-    virtual std::string Name() const noexcept = 0;
+    virtual std::vector<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImages(const IImageQuery&) = 0;
 
     virtual bool Empty() const noexcept = 0;
 
-    virtual std::filesystem::path Uri() const noexcept = 0;
+    // default implemented
+   public:
+    virtual std::filesystem::path Uri() const noexcept { return this->uri_; }
+
+    virtual std::string Name() const noexcept
+    {
+        if (!this->uri_.empty())
+        {
+            return this->uri_.filename().string();
+        }
+
+        return {};
+    }
 
    public:
     const static ImageFileType type_{ImageFileType::ABSTRACT};

lib/imaging/PixelariumImageFactory.cpp

@@ -8,26 +8,6 @@
 #include "impl/PixelariumJpg.hpp"
 #include "impl/PixelariumPng.hpp"
 
-constexpr pixelarium::imaging::ImageFileType ExtensionToType(const std::string& extension)
-{
-    std::string lower_ext{extension};
-    std::ranges::transform(extension, lower_ext.begin(), [](const char c) -> char { return std::tolower(c); });
-
-    if (lower_ext == ".jpg" || lower_ext == ".jpeg")
-    {
-        return pixelarium::imaging::ImageFileType::JPG;
-    }
-    if (lower_ext == ".png")
-    {
-        return pixelarium::imaging::ImageFileType::PNG;
-    }
-    if (lower_ext == ".czi")
-    {
-        return pixelarium::imaging::ImageFileType::CZI;
-    }
-
-    return pixelarium::imaging::ImageFileType::UNKNOWN;
-}
 
 /*static*/ std::unique_ptr<pixelarium::imaging::IPixelariumImage>
 pixelarium::imaging::PixelariumImageFactory::CreateImage(const std::string& uri)

lib/imaging/PixelariumImageFactory.hpp

@@ -5,6 +5,27 @@
 #include "IPixelariumImage.hpp"
 namespace pixelarium::imaging
 {
+constexpr pixelarium::imaging::ImageFileType ExtensionToType(const std::string& extension)
+{
+    std::string lower_ext{extension};
+    std::ranges::transform(extension, lower_ext.begin(), [](const char c) -> char { return std::tolower(c); });
+
+    if (lower_ext == ".jpg" || lower_ext == ".jpeg")
+    {
+        return pixelarium::imaging::ImageFileType::JPG;
+    }
+    if (lower_ext == ".png")
+    {
+        return pixelarium::imaging::ImageFileType::PNG;
+    }
+    if (lower_ext == ".czi")
+    {
+        return pixelarium::imaging::ImageFileType::CZI;
+    }
+
+    return pixelarium::imaging::ImageFileType::UNKNOWN;
+}
+
 class PixelariumImageFactory
 {
    public:

lib/imaging/impl/PixelariumCzi.cpp

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pixelarium::imaging::PixelariumCzi::PixelariumCzi(const std::string& uri)
     this->uri_ = std::filesystem::path(uri);
 }
 
-std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> pixelarium::imaging::PixelariumCzi::TryGetImage()
+std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> pixelarium::imaging::PixelariumCzi::TryGetImage()
 {
     auto stream = libCZI::CreateStreamFromFile(this->uri_.wstring().c_str());
     auto cziReader = libCZI::CreateCZIReader();

lib/imaging/impl/PixelariumCzi.hpp

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 
 namespace pixelarium::imaging
 {
+struct CziParams : public IImageQuery
+{
+    
+};
+
 class PixelariumCzi : public IPixelariumImage
 {
    public:
@@ -13,26 +18,20 @@ class PixelariumCzi : public IPixelariumImage
 
     // IPixelariumImage member implementations
    public:
-    std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImage() override;
+    std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> TryGetImage() override;
 
-    std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImage(const IImageQuery&) override
+    std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> TryGetImage(const IImageQuery&) override
     {
         // ToDo: proper error
         throw std::runtime_error("Not implemented.");
     }
 
-    std::string Name() const noexcept override
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImages(const IImageQuery&) override
     {
-        if (!this->uri_.empty())
+        // ToDo: proper error
-        {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Not implemented.");
-            return this->uri_.filename().string();
-        }
-
-        return {};
     }
 
-    std::filesystem::path Uri() const noexcept override { return this->uri_.string(); }
-
     bool Empty() const noexcept override { return this->is_empty_; }
 
    public:

lib/imaging/impl/PixelariumJpg.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pixelarium::imaging::PixelariumJpg::PixelariumJpg(const std::string& uri)
     this->uri_ = std::filesystem::path(uri);
 }
 
-std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> pixelarium::imaging::PixelariumJpg::TryGetImage()
+std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> pixelarium::imaging::PixelariumJpg::TryGetImage()
 {
     try
     {

lib/imaging/impl/PixelariumJpg.hpp

@@ -14,27 +14,18 @@ class PixelariumJpg : public IPixelariumImage
 
     // IPixelariumImage member implementations
    public:
-    std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImage() override;
+    std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> TryGetImage() override;
 
-    std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImage(const IImageQuery&) override
+    std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> TryGetImage(const IImageQuery&) override
     {
         // ToDo: proper error
         throw std::runtime_error("Not possible with jpg.");
     }
 
-    std::string Name() const noexcept override
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImages(const IImageQuery&) override
     {
-        if (!this->uri_.empty())
+        // ToDo: proper error
-        {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Not possible with jpg.");
-            return this->uri_.filename().string();
-        }
-
-        return {};
-    }
-
-    std::filesystem::path Uri() const noexcept override
-    {
-        return this->uri_.string();
     }
 
     bool Empty() const noexcept override { return this->is_empty_; }

lib/imaging/impl/PixelariumPng.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pixelarium::imaging::PixelariumPng::PixelariumPng(const std::string& uri)
     this->uri_ = std::filesystem::path(uri);
 }
 
-std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> pixelarium::imaging::PixelariumPng::TryGetImage()
+std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> pixelarium::imaging::PixelariumPng::TryGetImage()
 {
     try
     {

lib/imaging/impl/PixelariumPng.hpp

@@ -14,27 +14,18 @@ class PixelariumPng : public IPixelariumImage
 
     // IPixelariumImage member implementations
    public:
-    std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImage() override;
+    std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> TryGetImage() override;
 
-    std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImage(const IImageQuery&) override
+    std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> TryGetImage(const IImageQuery&) override
     {
         // ToDo: proper error
         throw std::runtime_error("Not possible with png.");
     }
 
-    std::string Name() const noexcept override
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImages(const IImageQuery&) override
     {
-        if (!this->uri_.empty())
+        // ToDo: proper error
-        {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Not possible with png.");
-            return this->uri_.filename().string();
-        }
-
-        return {};
-    }
-
-    std::filesystem::path Uri() const noexcept override
-    {
-        return this->uri_.string();
     }
 
     bool Empty() const noexcept override { return this->is_empty_; }

lib/rendering/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 set(RENDERLIBNAME pixelariumrenderlib)
 
 set(RENDERLIBSRC
+  CvMatRender.hpp
   CvMatRender.cpp
+  RenderImageManager.hpp
   RenderImageManager.cpp
-  PixelariumImageView.cpp
+  IPixelariumImageView.hpp
+  PixelariumImageViewDefault.hpp
+  PixelariumImageViewDefault.cpp
+  ImageViewFactory.hpp
   ImageViewFactory.cpp)
 
 add_library(${RENDERLIBNAME} STATIC

lib/rendering/CvMatRender.cpp

@@ -61,24 +61,30 @@ GLuint pixelarium::render::CvMatRender::uploadTexture()
 
     glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->texture_);
 
-    // glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
-    // glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
     glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
     glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
 
     const int width = img_.cols;
     const int height = img_.rows;
 
-    GLenum format = (img_.type() == CV_32FC3 || img_.type() == CV_32FC1) ? GL_RGB : GL_RGBA;
+    switch (img_.type()) {
-    GLenum type = (img_.type() == CV_16U || img_.type() == CV_16UC3) ? GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT : GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
+        case CV_16U:
-    GLenum internalFormat = GL_RGBA;
+        case CV_16UC3:
-    if (img_.type() == CV_32FC3 || img_.type() == CV_32FC1)
+        case 26:
-    {
+            glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1);
-        internalFormat = GL_RGB;
+            glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, width, height, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, img_.data);
+            break;
+        case 5:
+        case 29:
+            glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1);
+            glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, width, height, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_FLOAT, img_.data);
+            break;
+        default:
+            glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH, 0);
+            glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, img_.cols, img_.rows, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, img_.data);
+            break;
     }
 
-    glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, internalFormat, width, height, 0, format, type, img_.data);
-
     GLenum error = glGetError();
     if (error != GL_NO_ERROR)
     {
@@ -98,9 +104,9 @@ GLuint pixelarium::render::CvMatRender::Render() { return this->uploadTexture();
 GLuint pixelarium::render::CvMatRender::Render(float factor)
 {
     auto res_val {this->base_->TryGetImage()};
-    if (res_val.has_value())
+    if (res_val)
     {
-        cv::resize(*res_val.value(), this->img_, cv::Size(0, 0), factor, factor, cv::INTER_LINEAR_EXACT);
+        cv::resize(*res_val, this->img_, cv::Size(0, 0), factor, factor, cv::INTER_LINEAR_EXACT);
     }
 
     return this->uploadTexture();
@@ -114,12 +120,12 @@ GLuint pixelarium::render::CvMatRender::Render(size_t width, size_t height)
 {
     auto res_val {this->base_->TryGetImage()};
 
-    if (!res_val.has_value())
+    if (!res_val)
     {
         return this->Render(1.0f);
     }
 
-    const auto sz{res_val.value()->size()};
+    const auto sz{res_val->size()};
 
     const auto get_factor = [](auto opt1, auto opt2) -> float { return opt1 < opt2 ? opt1 : opt2; };
 
@@ -137,16 +143,11 @@ void pixelarium::render::CvMatRender::ResetRenderImage()
 
     auto root_res = this->base_->TryGetImage();
 
-    if (!root_res.has_value())
+    if (!root_res)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (root_res.value() == nullptr)
     {
         return;
     }
 
     // we copy here
-    this->img_ = (*root_res.value()).clone();
+    this->img_ = root_res->clone();
 }

lib/rendering/IPixelariumImageView.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "imaging/IPixelariumImage.hpp"
+#include "rendering/CvMatRender.hpp"
+
+namespace pixelarium::render
+{
+class IPixelariumImageView
+{
+   public:
+    virtual ~IPixelariumImageView() = default;
+    virtual void ShowImage() = 0;
+
+    // default implemented
+   public:
+    virtual const bool* GetStatus() const noexcept { return &this->open_p; }
+    virtual void ForceUpdate() noexcept { this->is_dirty_ = true; }
+
+   protected:
+    std::shared_ptr<imaging::IPixelariumImage> img_{};
+    std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> cached_image_{};
+    render::CvMatRender render_;
+    bool open_p{true};
+    bool is_dirty_{true};
+};
+}  // namespace pixelarium::render

lib/rendering/ImageViewFactory.cpp

@@ -1,29 +1,49 @@
 #include "ImageViewFactory.hpp"
 
 #include <memory>
-#include <optional>
+#include "imaging/PixelariumImageFactory.hpp"
+#include "rendering/IPixelariumImageView.hpp"
+#include "rendering/PixelariumImageViewDefault.hpp"
 
 /// @brief Creates a PixelariumImageView from a resource image.
 /// @param image_id The ID of the image resource to render.
 /// @return A unique pointer to the PixelariumImageView, or nullptr if the image resource is not found or is empty.  The image data is copied.
-std::unique_ptr<pixelarium::render::PixelariumImageView> pixelarium::render::ImageViewFactory::RenderImage(
+std::unique_ptr<pixelarium::render::IPixelariumImageView> pixelarium::render::ImageViewFactory::RenderImage(
     size_t image_id)
 {
     auto res{this->image_pool_.GetResource(image_id)};
 
-    if (!res.has_value())
+    auto img{res.lock()};
+
+    if (img == nullptr)
     {
         return {};
     }
 
-    auto img {res.value().lock()};
-
     if (img->Empty())
     {
         return {};
     }
 
-    // beware: here we copy the actual image resource over to the new image
+    auto type = imaging::ExtensionToType(img->Uri().extension().string());
-    return std::make_unique<PixelariumImageView>(img);
+
+    switch (type)
+    {
+        case imaging::ImageFileType::UNKNOWN:
+        case imaging::ImageFileType::ABSTRACT:
+            return {};
+        case imaging::ImageFileType::PNG:
+        case imaging::ImageFileType::JPG:
+            log_.Info("Creating a Default View");
+            // beware: here we copy the actual image resource over to the new image
+            return std::make_unique<PixelariumImageViewDefault>(img);
+        case imaging::ImageFileType::CZI:
+            log_.Info("{}: Creating a CZI View");
+            // beware: here we copy the actual image resource over to the new image
+            return std::make_unique<PixelariumImageViewDefault>(img);
+            // return std::make_unique<PixelariumImageViewCzi>(img);
+        default:
+            return {};
+    }
 }
 

lib/rendering/ImageViewFactory.hpp

@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "PixelariumImageView.hpp"
+#include "PixelariumImageViewDefault.hpp"
+#include "rendering/IPixelariumImageView.hpp"
 #include "resources/resource.hpp"
+#include "utilities/ILog.hpp"
 namespace pixelarium::render
 {
 class ImageViewFactory
 {
     using Image = imaging::IPixelariumImage;
     using Pool = resources::ImageResourcePool;
+    using Log = utils::log::ILog;
 
    public:
-    explicit ImageViewFactory(Pool& pool) : image_pool_(pool) {}
+    explicit ImageViewFactory(Pool& pool, const Log& log) : image_pool_(pool), log_(log) {}
 
-    std::unique_ptr<PixelariumImageView> RenderImage(size_t id);
+    std::unique_ptr<IPixelariumImageView> RenderImage(size_t id);
 
    private:
     Pool& image_pool_;
+    const Log& log_;
 };
 }  // namespace pixelarium::render

lib/rendering/PixelariumImageView.hpp

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <memory>
-
-#include "imaging/IPixelariumImage.hpp"
-#include "imgui.h"
-#include "rendering/CvMatRender.hpp"
-
-namespace pixelarium::render
-{
-class PixelariumImageView
-{
-    using Image = imaging::IPixelariumImage;
-    using Render = render::CvMatRender;
-
-   public:
-    explicit PixelariumImageView(std::shared_ptr<Image> img) : img_(img) { render_ = Render(img_); }
-    PixelariumImageView() = delete;
-    PixelariumImageView(PixelariumImageView&) = delete;
-    PixelariumImageView(const PixelariumImageView&) = delete;
-    PixelariumImageView(PixelariumImageView&&) = delete;
-    PixelariumImageView& operator=(PixelariumImageView&) = delete;
-    PixelariumImageView& operator=(PixelariumImageView&&) = delete;
-
-    // void ToggleView(bool target) { open_p = target; }
-    const bool* GetStatus() const noexcept { return &this->open_p; }
-    void ShowImage();
-
-   private:
-    std::shared_ptr<Image> img_;
-    std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> cached_image_ {};
-    Render render_;
-    bool open_p{true};
-    ImVec2 curr_dim_{};
-};
-}  // namespace pixelarium::render

lib/rendering/PixelariumImageViewDefault.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "PixelariumImageView.hpp"
+#include "PixelariumImageViewDefault.hpp"
 
 #include <format>
 
@@ -39,14 +39,15 @@ ImVec2 aspect_const_dimensions(const ImVec2& raw_dim, const ImVec2& curr_dim)
 /// If the image is null, empty, or has an empty name, the function returns immediately.  Otherwise, it creates an ImGui
 /// window with a horizontal scrollbar and menu bar. The image is rendered using the CvMatRender object, resizing it to
 /// fit the available window space.  The raw and rendered dimensions are displayed below the image.
-void pixelarium::render::PixelariumImageView::ShowImage()
+void pixelarium::render::PixelariumImageViewDefault::ShowImage()
 {
-    if (!this->cached_image_.has_value())
+    if (!this->cached_image_ || this->is_dirty_)
     {
         this->cached_image_ = this->img_->TryGetImage();
+        this->is_dirty_ = false;
     }
 
-    if (this->img_->Empty() || this->img_->type_ == imaging::ImageFileType::UNKNOWN || !cached_image_.has_value() || this->img_->Name().empty())
+    if (this->img_->Empty() || this->img_->type_ == imaging::ImageFileType::UNKNOWN || !cached_image_ || this->img_->Name().empty())
     {
         // do nothing
         return;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ void pixelarium::render::PixelariumImageView::ShowImage()
 
     this->curr_dim_ = new_dim;
 
-    ImVec2 dim(cached_image_.value()->cols, cached_image_.value()->rows);
+    ImVec2 dim(cached_image_->cols, cached_image_->rows);
 
     ImGui::Image(reinterpret_cast<ImTextureID>(reinterpret_cast<void*>(texture)),
                  aspect_const_dimensions(dim, new_dim));

lib/rendering/PixelariumImageViewDefault.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "imaging/IPixelariumImage.hpp"
+#include "imgui.h"
+#include "rendering/CvMatRender.hpp"
+#include "rendering/IPixelariumImageView.hpp"
+
+namespace pixelarium::render
+{
+class PixelariumImageViewDefault : public IPixelariumImageView
+{
+    using Image = imaging::IPixelariumImage;
+    using Render = render::CvMatRender;
+
+   public:
+    explicit PixelariumImageViewDefault(std::shared_ptr<Image> img)
+    {
+        img_ = img;
+        render_ = Render(img_);
+    }
+    PixelariumImageViewDefault() = delete;
+    PixelariumImageViewDefault(PixelariumImageViewDefault&) = delete;
+    PixelariumImageViewDefault(const PixelariumImageViewDefault&) = delete;
+    PixelariumImageViewDefault(PixelariumImageViewDefault&&) = delete;
+    PixelariumImageViewDefault& operator=(PixelariumImageViewDefault&) = delete;
+    PixelariumImageViewDefault& operator=(PixelariumImageViewDefault&&) = delete;
+
+    void ShowImage() override;
+
+   private:
+    ImVec2 curr_dim_{};
+};
+}  // namespace pixelarium::render

lib/rendering/RenderImageManager.cpp

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ void pixelarium::render::RenderImageManager::Add(resources::ResourceKey key) noe
                 RenderImageStateWrapper
                 {
                     .view{ std::move(current_view) },
-                    .show_state = current_view->GetStatus(),
                 }
             }
             );

lib/rendering/RenderImageManager.hpp

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 #include <unordered_set>
 
 #include "ImageViewFactory.hpp"
-#include "PixelariumImageView.hpp"
+#include "PixelariumImageViewDefault.hpp"
+#include "rendering/IPixelariumImageView.hpp"
 #include "resources/resource.hpp"
 #include "utilities/ILog.hpp"
 
@@ -13,9 +14,12 @@
 // aggregating views that should be rendered (or not)
 namespace pixelarium::render
 {
+/// @brief Instead of directly using the view, we
+/// proxy it through a wrapper. This allows for arbitrary additional data
+/// to be added in future
 struct RenderImageStateWrapper
 {
-    std::unique_ptr<PixelariumImageView> view;
+    std::unique_ptr<IPixelariumImageView> view;
     const bool* show_state;
 };
 
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ class RenderImageManager
 
    public:
     explicit RenderImageManager(Pool& pool, const utils::log::ILog& log)
-        : view_factory_(std::make_unique<ImageViewFactory>(pool)), log_(log)
+        : view_factory_(std::make_unique<ImageViewFactory>(pool, log)), log_(log)
     {
     }
 

lib/resources/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 set(RESOURCELIBNAME pixelariumresourcelib)
 
 set(RESOURCELIBSRC
+  resource.hpp
   resource.cpp)
 
 add_library(${RESOURCELIBNAME} STATIC

lib/resources/resource.cpp

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <functional>
 #include <mutex>
-#include <optional>
 
 using pixelarium::imaging::IPixelariumImage;
 using namespace std;
@@ -22,10 +21,10 @@ size_t GenerateId() { return id_.fetch_add(1, memory_order_relaxed); }
 /// @brief Retrieves a resource from the pool.
 /// @param id The ID of the resource to retrieve.
 /// @return A pointer to the resource if found, otherwise an empty optional.
-std::optional<std::weak_ptr<IPixelariumImage>> pixelarium::resources::ImageResourcePool::GetResource(ResourceKey id) const
+std::weak_ptr<IPixelariumImage> pixelarium::resources::ImageResourcePool::GetResource(ResourceKey id) const
 {
     auto search{this->resources_.find(id)};
-    if (search == this->resources_.end()) return std::nullopt;
+    if (search == this->resources_.end()) return {};
 
     return search->second;
 }
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ bool pixelarium::resources::ImageResourcePool::DeleteResource(ResourceKey id)
 /// @param func A function to call for each resource.  The function should accept the resource ID and a const reference
 /// to a PixelariumImage.
 void pixelarium::resources::ImageResourcePool::EnumerateResources(
-    const std::function<void(ResourceKey, size_t, const imaging::       IPixelariumImage&)>& func)
+    const std::function<void(ResourceKey, size_t, const imaging::IPixelariumImage&)>& func)
 {
     size_t idx{0};
     for (const auto& e : this->resources_)

lib/resources/resource.hpp

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
-#include <optional>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 #include "imaging/IPixelariumImage.hpp"
@@ -16,13 +15,14 @@ using ResourceKey = size_t;
 struct empty_resource_exception : public std::exception
 {
     empty_resource_exception() {};
-    empty_resource_exception(const char* msg) : message_(msg) {};
+    empty_resource_exception(std::string& msg) : message_(msg) {};
-    const char* what() { return message_; }
+    const std::string& what() { return message_; }
 
    private:
-    const char* message_ = "Empty Resource";
+    std::string message_ = "Empty Resource";
 };
 
+
 struct IResource
 {
     virtual ~IResource() = default;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class IResourcePool
 {
    public:
     virtual ~IResourcePool() = default;
-    virtual std::optional<std::weak_ptr<ResT>> GetResource(size_t id) const = 0;
+    virtual std::weak_ptr<ResT> GetResource(size_t id) const = 0;
     virtual ResourceKey SetResource(std::unique_ptr<ResT> res) = 0;
     virtual bool ModifyResource(ResourceKey id, std::unique_ptr<ResT> res) = 0;
     virtual bool DeleteResource(ResourceKey id) = 0;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ImageResourcePool : public IResourcePool<imaging::IPixelariumImage>
     ImageResourcePool& operator=(ImageResourcePool&) = delete;
     ImageResourcePool& operator=(ImageResourcePool&&) = delete;
 
-    std::optional<std::weak_ptr<imaging::IPixelariumImage>> GetResource(ResourceKey id) const override;
+    std::weak_ptr<imaging::IPixelariumImage> GetResource(ResourceKey id) const override;
     ResourceKey SetResource(std::unique_ptr<imaging::IPixelariumImage> res) override;
     bool ModifyResource(ResourceKey id, std::unique_ptr<imaging::IPixelariumImage> res) override;
     bool DeleteResource(ResourceKey id) override;

lib/utilities/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 set(UTILSLIBNAME pixelariumutilslib)
 
 set(UTILSLIBSRC
+  ILog.hpp
+  SpdLogger.hpp
   SpdLogger.cpp)
 
 add_library(${UTILSLIBNAME} STATIC ${UTILSLIBSRC})

tests/lib/resources/test_resource.cpp

@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ namespace
 class DummyImage : public pixelarium::imaging::IPixelariumImage
 {
    public:
-    std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImage() override { return {}; }
+    std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> TryGetImage() override { return {}; }
 
-    std::optional<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImage(const pixelarium::imaging::IImageQuery&) override { return {}; }
+    std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat> TryGetImage(const pixelarium::imaging::IImageQuery&) override { return {}; }
+
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<cv::Mat>> TryGetImages(const pixelarium::imaging::IImageQuery&) override { return {}; }
 
     std::string Name() const noexcept override { return {}; }
 
@@ -32,8 +34,8 @@ TEST(ImageResourcePoolTest, SetAndGetResource)
     auto img = std::make_unique<DummyImage>();
     auto id = pool.SetResource(std::move(img));
     auto res = pool.GetResource(id);
-    auto res_img = res.value().lock();
+    auto res_img = res.lock();
-    EXPECT_TRUE(res.has_value());
+
     EXPECT_NE(res_img, nullptr);
 }
 
@@ -43,15 +45,14 @@ TEST(ImageResourcePoolTest, SetWrappedRawPointerGet)
     auto img = new DummyImage();
     auto id = pool.SetResource(std::unique_ptr<pixelarium::imaging::IPixelariumImage>(img));
     auto res = pool.GetResource(id);
-    auto res_img = res.value().lock();
+    auto res_img = res.lock();
-    EXPECT_TRUE(res.has_value());
     EXPECT_NE(res_img, nullptr);
 }
 
 TEST(ImageResourcePoolTest, GetNonExistentResourceReturnsEmptyOptional)
 {
     ImageResourcePool pool;
-    EXPECT_FALSE(pool.GetResource(12345));
+    EXPECT_EQ(pool.GetResource(12345).lock(), nullptr);
 }
 
 TEST(ImageResourcePoolTest, ModifyResourceSuccess)
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ TEST(ImageResourcePoolTest, ModifyResourceSuccess)
     auto new_img = std::make_unique<DummyImage>();
     EXPECT_TRUE(pool.ModifyResource(id, std::move(new_img)));
     auto res = pool.GetResource(id);
-    auto res_img = res.value().lock();
+    auto res_img = res.lock();
-    EXPECT_TRUE(res.has_value());
+
     EXPECT_NE(res_img, nullptr);
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ TEST(ImageResourcePoolTest, DeleteResourceSuccess)
     ImageResourcePool pool;
     auto id = pool.SetResource(std::make_unique<DummyImage>());
     EXPECT_TRUE(pool.DeleteResource(id));
-    EXPECT_FALSE(pool.GetResource(id).has_value());
+    EXPECT_EQ(pool.GetResource(id).lock(), nullptr);
 }
 
 TEST(ImageResourcePoolTest, DeleteResourceFail)