SHADE_Engine/src/Editor/EditorWindow/HierarchyPanel/SHHierarchyPanel.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <imgui.h>
 
 #include "Serialization/SHSerialization.h"
+#include "Tools/SHClipboardUtilities.h"
 
 
 namespace SHADE
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ namespace SHADE
 
   void SHHierarchyPanel::SetScrollTo(EntityID eid)
   {
+    if(eid == MAX_EID)
+      return;
     scrollTo = eid;
   }
 
@@ -185,7 +188,15 @@ namespace SHADE
       }
       if(ImGui::Selectable("Copy"))
       {
-        SHLOG_INFO(SHSerialization::SerializeEntitiesToString(editor->selectedEntities))
+        SHClipboardUtilities::WriteToClipboard(SHSerialization::SerializeEntitiesToString(editor->selectedEntities));
+      }
+      if(ImGui::Selectable("Paste"))
+      {
+        SetScrollTo(SHSerialization::DeserializeEntitiesFromString(SHClipboardUtilities::GetDataFromClipboard()));
+      }
+      if(ImGui::Selectable("Paste as Child"))
+      {
+        SetScrollTo(SHSerialization::DeserializeEntitiesFromString(SHClipboardUtilities::GetDataFromClipboard(), eid));
       }
       if(ImGui::Selectable(std::format("{} Delete", ICON_MD_DELETE).data()))
       {

SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.cpp

@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ namespace SHADE
     out << YAML::EndSeq;
   }
 
-  static void DeserializeEntity(YAML::iterator& it, YAML::Node const& node, std::vector<EntityID>& createdEntities, EntityID parentEID = MAX_EID)
+  static EntityID DeserializeEntity(YAML::iterator& it, YAML::Node const& node, std::vector<EntityID>& createdEntities, EntityID parentEID = MAX_EID)
   {
-    if (!node[EIDNode])
+    EntityID eid = MAX_EID;
-      return;
+    if(!node)
-    EntityID eid = node[EIDNode].as<EntityID>();
+      return eid;
+    if (node[EIDNode])
+      eid = node[EIDNode].as<EntityID>();
     std::string name = "Default";
     if (node[EntityNameNode])
       name = node[EntityNameNode].as<std::string>();
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ namespace SHADE
         }
       }
     }
+    return eid;
   }
 
   void SHSerialization::DeserializeSceneFromFile(std::filesystem::path const& path)
@@ -111,7 +114,11 @@ namespace SHADE
     {
       DeserializeEntity(it, (*it), createdEntities);
     }
-
+    if(createdEntities.empty())
+    {
+      SHLOG_ERROR("Failed to create entities from deserializaiton")
+      return;
+    }
     //Initialize Entity
     auto entityVecIt = createdEntities.begin();
     for (auto it = entities.begin(); it != entities.end(); ++it)
@@ -130,17 +137,19 @@ namespace SHADE
     }
   }
 
-  std::string SHSerialization::SerializeEntitiesToString(std::vector<EntityID> const& entities)
+  std::string SHSerialization::SerializeEntitiesToString(std::vector<EntityID> const& entities) noexcept
   {
     YAML::Emitter out;
     YAML::Node node;
     auto const& sceneGraph = SHSceneManager::GetCurrentSceneGraph();
+    out << YAML::BeginSeq;
     for (auto const& eid : entities)
     {
       auto entityNode = sceneGraph.GetNode(eid);
       EmitEntity(entityNode, out);
     }
-    return std::basic_string<char>(out.c_str());
+    out << YAML::EndSeq;
+    return std::string(out.c_str());
   }
 
   void SHSerialization::SerializeEntityToFile(std::filesystem::path const& path)
@@ -182,6 +191,30 @@ namespace SHADE
     return node;
   }
 
+  EntityID SHSerialization::DeserializeEntitiesFromString(std::string const& data, EntityID const& parentEID) noexcept
+  {
+    if(data.empty())
+      return MAX_EID;
+    YAML::Node entities = YAML::Load(data.c_str());
+    EntityID eid{MAX_EID};
+    std::vector<EntityID> createdEntities;
+    for(auto it = entities.begin(); it != entities.end(); ++it)
+    {
+      eid = DeserializeEntity(it, *it, createdEntities, parentEID);
+    }
+    if(createdEntities.empty())
+    {
+      SHLOG_ERROR("Failed to create entities from deserializaiton")
+      return MAX_EID;
+    }
+    auto entityVecIt = createdEntities.begin();
+    for(auto it = entities.begin(); it != entities.end(); ++it)
+    {
+      InitializeEntity(*it, *entityVecIt++);
+    }
+    return eid;
+  }
+
   template<typename ComponentType, std::enable_if_t<std::is_base_of_v<SHComponent, ComponentType>, bool> = true>
   std::optional<ComponentTypeID> GetComponentID(YAML::Node const& componentNode)
   {

SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.h

@@ -28,14 +28,18 @@ namespace SHADE
     static void SerializeSceneToFile(std::filesystem::path const& path);
     static std::string SerializeSceneToString();
     static void SerializeSceneToEmitter(YAML::Emitter& out);
+
     static void DeserializeSceneFromFile(std::filesystem::path const& path);
     
     
     static void EmitEntity(SHSceneNode* entityNode, YAML::Emitter& out);
-    static std::string SerializeEntitiesToString(std::vector<EntityID> const& entities);
+
+    static std::string SerializeEntitiesToString(std::vector<EntityID> const& entities) noexcept;
     static void SerializeEntityToFile(std::filesystem::path const& path);
     static YAML::Node SerializeEntityToNode(SHSceneNode* sceneNode);
 
+    static EntityID DeserializeEntitiesFromString(std::string const& data, EntityID const& parentEID = MAX_EID) noexcept;
+
     static std::vector<ComponentTypeID> GetComponentIDList(YAML::Node const& componentsNode);
   private:
     static void InitializeEntity(YAML::Node const& entityNode, EntityID const& eid);

SHADE_Engine/src/Tools/SHClipboardUtilities.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include "SHpch.h"
+#include "SHClipboardUtilities.h"
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  void SHClipboardUtilities::WriteToClipboard(std::string const& str) noexcept
+  {
+    if(str.empty())
+      return;
+    HWND const hwnd = GetDesktopWindow();
+    OpenClipboard(hwnd);
+    EmptyClipboard();
+
+    auto const size = str.size() + 1;
+    const HGLOBAL hGlobal = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, size);
+    if(hGlobal)
+    {
+      std::memcpy(GlobalLock(hGlobal), str.c_str(), size);
+      GlobalUnlock(hGlobal);
+      SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hGlobal);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      SHLOG_ERROR("Failed to write to clipboard: {}", str.c_str())
+    }
+    CloseClipboard();
+    GlobalFree(hGlobal);
+  }
+
+  std::string const SHClipboardUtilities::GetDataFromClipboard() noexcept
+  {
+    HWND const hwnd = GetDesktopWindow();
+    if(!OpenClipboard(hwnd))
+    {
+      SHLOG_ERROR("Failed to open clipboard")
+      return std::string();
+    }
+
+    if(HANDLE const dataHandle = GetClipboardData(CF_TEXT); dataHandle)
+    {
+      std::string data(static_cast<char*>(GlobalLock(dataHandle)));
+      GlobalUnlock(dataHandle);
+      CloseClipboard();
+      return data;
+    }
+    CloseClipboard();
+    return std::string();
+  }
+}

SHADE_Engine/src/Tools/SHClipboardUtilities.h

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  class SHClipboardUtilities
+  {
+  public:
+    static void WriteToClipboard(std::string const& str) noexcept;
+    static std::string const GetDataFromClipboard() noexcept;
+  };
+}