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This directory contains files from the OpenVR SDK, version 1.11.11.

This SDK contains the OpenVR API interface headers and functions to load the
OpenVR runtime libraries which actually implement the functionality. The
loading functions parse a .json file in a pre-defined location on the
end-user's machine to get details used to bind the correct runtime library.
The OpenVR implementation ensures forward and backwards compatibility as of
the current version.

Updated versions of the OpenVR SDK are available on Github:

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr


We only use some files from the SDK:

- We strip out files such as C# headers, plain C API versions, and files
  needed only when implementing OpenVR drivers.

- CMake related files, such as CMakeLists.txt are skipped as we use moz.build
  files to configure the library.

- The "src/jsoncpp.cpp" file and the "src/json" directory can be skipped. OpenVR
  uses the jsoncpp library, which we have already imported elsewhere. If
  warnings about using deprecated jsoncpp classes show up during compilation
  you might need to reapply the patch in bug 1598288. It replaces uses of the
  `Json::Reader` and `Json::StyledWriter` classes with the more modern
  `Json::CharReaderBuilder` and `Json::StreamWriterBuilder`.


Steps to update the library:

- Copy "README.md" from the root of the openvr repo to the "gfx/vr/service/openvr"
  directory.

- Copy "headers/openvr.h" to "gfx/vr/service/openvr/headers" directory. The other files
  in this directory can be ignored.

- The rest of the files in the "src" directory and the "src/vrcommon" are copied
  to the "gfx/vr/service/openvr/src" directory.

- Update "gfx/vr/service/openvr/moz.build" when files are added or removed.

- Update the "strtools_public.h" and "strtools_public.cpp" files, commenting out
  the "Uint64ToString", "wcsncpy_s", and "strncpy_s" functions.
  The "Uint64ToString" function name conflicts with another used in Gecko and
  the "errno_t" return type returned by the other functions is not defined in
  Mozilla's macOS continuous integration build environments.  Fortunately, the
  OpenVR SDK does not use these functions.

- Replace the #define VR_INTERFACE in openvr.h to avoid extern'ing the functions.
  Unlike the usual OpenVR API builds, we are not building a separate dll.

- Add explicit in CVRSettingHelper constructor.

- In strtools_public.cpp/.h, ensure that UTF16to8 and UTF8to16 are only
  compiled under
      #if defined( _WIN32 )
  and redefine those functions to use ::WideCharToMultiByte and
  MultiByteToWideChar, respectively. These are modified because the original
  implementations contain unsupported try-catch.

- In strtools_public.cpp, remove the definition of convert_type.

- In strtools_public.cpp, remove the include of <codecvt>, as this causes
  problems in compiling on Linux.

- In pathtools_public.cpp/.h, comment out Path_UrlToFilePath and
  Path_FilePathToUrl to avoid a compile error because 'alloca' isn't defined.

- In vrpathregistry_public.cpp, CVRPathRegistry_Public::BLoadFromFile contains
  a try-catch, which is not permitted. This code is simply commented out, but
      Bug 1640068 - OpenVR code can fail JSON parsing and raise exceptions
  is filed to address a safe fallback in the error condition.

- Update this README.mozilla file with the new OpenVR SDK version and any
  additional steps needed for newer versions.

- Ensure that any changes made within the OpenVR files have comments including
  the string "Mozilla" and reference this file for easy identification.