From fe0ee989e984f13dca1baf2ac3f0c112cb76c4d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sander Speetjens <sander.speetjens@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:32:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improves build process for internal development

Adds an INTERNAL preprocessor definition to manage dependencies.

This change allows for a lighter build during internal development by
forward declaring some classes and excluding UI and CAN dependencies.
---
 server/simulator_base.cpp |  2 ++
 server/simulator_base.hpp | 13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/simulator_base.cpp b/server/simulator_base.cpp
index 7f773e1..984e621 100644
--- a/server/simulator_base.cpp
+++ b/server/simulator_base.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+#define INTERNAL
 #include "simulator_base.hpp"
+#include "ui_item.hpp"
 
 Simulator_base::Simulator_base(std::string name, Communication *com, std::chrono::milliseconds interval,
                                QObject *parent)
diff --git a/server/simulator_base.hpp b/server/simulator_base.hpp
index a739157..f027c8e 100644
--- a/server/simulator_base.hpp
+++ b/server/simulator_base.hpp
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "UI.hpp"
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
-#include "ui.hpp"
 #include <QSerialPort>
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QTimer>
 
+#ifndef INTERNAL
+#include "ui.hpp"
+#else
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+Q_FORWARD_DECLARE_OBJC_CLASS(CAN_Wrapper);
+Q_FORWARD_DECLARE_OBJC_CLASS(UI_item);
+#endif
+
 #define PUSH_UI_ITEM(item) push_ui_item(&item)
 #define EXPORT_SIM(sim)                                                                                                \
     extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT Simulator_base *get_sim(Communication *com, QObject *parent)                              \