Read bot names from text/separate file

[bgstack15]

Would you please consider storing the BOT_NAMES variable in a separate file that can be mounted into the docker container, so I can populate the BOT_NAMES with my own list more easily? They are currently stored with other logic in sw-ui/src/jsMain/kotlin/org/luxons/sevenwonders/ui/components/lobby/Lobby.kt

[joffrey-bion]

Interesting proposal. I guess that would be possible if I moved this constant out of the UI (because at the moment it's part of the generated JS, and JavaScript cannot read files because it's in the browser).

At the moment the server is flexible and asks for the bot name in API calls, just like a regular player name. Putting a list of names in the UI was a very quick and easy implementation but technically the server could provide the names as a default if no name is provided when making the call. This way the list could be a replaceable resource file.

[bgstack15]

So I couldn't even just replace this one file in the docker container and get immediate updates, because it's compiled/generated/something, as it is presently implemented?

[joffrey-bion]

At the moment, the whole UI is compiled to JavaScript (from Kotlin), and currently the tooling can only create one big JS file (sw-ui.js) with all the JS code, so you don't have the granularity of the original Kotlin sources.

This JS file is served by the server as a resource, so it is packaged in the jar at BOOT-INF/classes/static/sw-ui.js. So technically you could already modify this file by looking for the list and replacing the names (or adding names), but that's a bit tedious for you. It would be nicer if I made a change so the names are easier to override.