libromfs is an easy way to bundle files, resources and entire directory structures directly into any C++ application and access them through a simple interface.
The main advantage of this library is that you no longer need to ship your application with a resources folder that contains data that is not intended to be modified anyways. Simply bundle it all into a single, standalone executable.
libromfs depends on CMake for code generation.
# Set the project name this romfs is being used for
set(LIBROMFS_PROJECT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
# Set the location of our romfs folder
set(LIBROMFS_RESOURCE_LOCATION "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/romfs")
# Include libromfs
add_subdirectory(libromfs)
# Link libromfs into our application
target_link_libraries(my_application PUBLIC ${LIBROMFS_LIBRARY})Now, you can place all your files and folders into the ./romfs folder next to your CMakeLists.txt file.
All files in this folder will now be packed into the .rodata section of a static library which then can be linked to your main application.
To access the files in the ./romfs directory structure now, simply use romfs::get to get back an object containing functions to access the file's data.
The interface is comparable to regular C File I/O, romfs::get() is the counterpart to fopen() and the data access functions inside of the object are counterparts to fread().
/* Include libromfs header */
#include <romfs/romfs.hpp>
#include <cstdio>
int main() {
/* Get file relative to the romfs folder */
auto my_file = romfs::get("path/to/my/file.txt");
/* Print size and content of file */
std::printf("File Size: %zu bytes\n", my_file.size());
std::printf("File content: %s\n", my_file.data());
}