Method initialize

Modules/AppUtil/src/mitkBaseApplication.cpp:729–800

  }

  void BaseApplication::initialize(Poco::Util::Application &self)
  {
    // 1. Call the super-class method
    Poco::Util::Application::initialize(self);

    // 2. Initialize the Qt framework (by creating a QCoreApplication)
    this->initializeQt();

    // 3. Load the "default" configuration, which involves parsing
    //    an optional <executable-name>.ini file and parsing any
    //    command line arguments
    this->loadConfiguration();

    // 4. Add configuration data from the command line and the
    //    optional <executable-name>.ini file as CTK plugin
    //    framework properties.
    d->initializeCTKPluginFrameworkProperties(this->config());

    // 5. Initialize splash screen if an image path is provided
    //    in the .ini file
    this->initializeSplashScreen(qApp);

    // 6. Set the custom CTK Plugin Framework storage directory
    QString storageDir = this->getCTKFrameworkStorageDir();

    if (!storageDir.isEmpty())
    {
      d->m_FWProps[ctkPluginConstants::FRAMEWORK_STORAGE] = storageDir;

      if (!(storageDir.endsWith('/') || storageDir.endsWith('\\')))
        storageDir.append('/');

      // Initialize core service preferences at the exact same location as their predecessor BlueBerry preferences
      mitk::CoreServicePointer preferencesService(mitk::CoreServices::GetPreferencesService());
      preferencesService->InitializeStorage(storageDir.toStdString() + "data/3/prefs.xml");

      if (!d->m_PreferencesPatches.isEmpty())
        ApplyPreferencesPatchesFromCLI(d->m_PreferencesPatches, preferencesService->GetSystemPreferences());

      if (!d->m_PreferencesOverrides.isEmpty())
        ApplyPreferencesOverridesFromCLI(d->m_PreferencesOverrides, preferencesService->GetSystemPreferences());
    }
    else
    {
      if (!d->m_PreferencesPatches.isEmpty())
        MITK_WARN << "Preferences patches were supplied but could not be applied because the storage directory was not initialized (e.g. another instance is already running).";

      if (!d->m_PreferencesOverrides.isEmpty())
        MITK_WARN << "Preferences overrides were supplied but could not be applied because the storage directory was not initialized (e.g. another instance is already running).";
    }

    // 7. Set the library search paths and the pre-load library property
    this->initializeLibraryPaths();

    auto preloadLibs = this->getPreloadLibraries();

    if (!preloadLibs.isEmpty())
      d->m_FWProps[ctkPluginConstants::FRAMEWORK_PRELOAD_LIBRARIES] = preloadLibs;