CLI: Add option to read arbitrary user input

Added new readConsoleLine() function which can be used to read user
input from console. Function can be only called when command line
instance is used without gui.

Task-number: QTIFW-1631
Change-Id: Ic856f4bafc4a8d469d3fe497b4e0321e104df499
Reviewed-by: Tarja Sundqvist <tarja.sundqvist@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Arttu Tarkiainen <arttu.tarkiainen@qt.io>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.cpp b/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.cpp
index 14d7114f6..bb754f568 100644
--- a/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.cpp
@@ -878,6 +878,29 @@ QString PackageManagerCore::readFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &cod
 }
 
 /*!
+ * Prints \a title to console and reads console input. Function will halt the
+ * installer and wait for user input. Returns a line which user has typed into
+ * console. The maximum allowed line length is set to \a maxlen. If the stream
+ * contains lines longer than this, then the line will be split after maxlen
+ * characters. If \a maxlen is 0, the line can be of any length.
+ *
+ * \note Can be only called when installing from command line instance without GUI.
+ *
+ * \sa {installer::readConsoleLine}{installer.readConsoleLine}
+ */
+QString PackageManagerCore::readConsoleLine(const QString &title, qint64 maxlen) const
+{
+    if (!isCommandLineInstance())
+        return QString();
+    if (!title.isEmpty())
+        qDebug() << title;
+    QTextStream stream(stdin);
+    QString input;
+    stream.readLineInto(&input, maxlen);
+    return input;
+}
+
+/*!
     Checks whether the target directory \a targetDirectory exists and has contents:
     \list
         \li Returns \c true if the directory exists and is empty.