Method addExternalDevice

src/osvr/Server/ServerImpl.cpp:247–272

    }

    void ServerImpl::addExternalDevice(std::string const &path,
                                       std::string const &deviceName,
                                       std::string const &server,
                                       std::string const &descriptor) {
        Json::Value descriptorVal;
        Json::Reader reader;
        if (!reader.parse(descriptor, descriptorVal)) {
            BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(0, "Should never get here - string descriptor "
                                "handed to us should have been generated from "
                                "a JSON value.");
            return;
        }
        m_callControlled([&] {
            /// Get the node
            auto &node = m_tree.getNodeByPath(path);

            /// Create the DeviceElement and set it as the node value
            auto elt = common::elements::DeviceElement{deviceName, server};
            elt.getDescriptor() = descriptorVal;
            node.value() = elt;
            m_treeDirty.set();

            /// Process device descriptor
            common::processDeviceDescriptorFromExistingDevice(node, elt);
        });
    }

    bool ServerImpl::addString(std::string const &path,
                               std::string const &value) {