propresenter-php/doc/api/test-patterns.md
Thorsten Bus 9e3e719806 feat(library): add readers + writers for all ProPresenter global libraries and theme bundles
Add full IO support for every global ProPresenter library file plus
theme folders, and extend the existing Labels/Macros readers with
exporters and editable accessors so every supported document is now a
round-trippable, mutable object.

New library readers/writers (each: FileReader, FileWriter, Library
wrapper, element wrapper where applicable, CLI tool, tests, doc/api/*.md):

- Groups          (ProGroupsDocument)        + GroupDefinition
- ClearGroups     (ClearGroupsDocument)      + ClearGroupDefinition
- CCLI            (CCLIDocument)
- Messages        (MessageDocument)          + Message
- Timers          (TimersDocument + Clock)   + Timer
- Stage           (Stage.Document)           + StageLayout
- Workspace       (ProPresenterWorkspace)    + Screen
- Props           (PropDocument)             + Prop
- TestPatterns    (TestPatternDocument)
- Calendar        (new CalendarDocument)     + CalendarEvent
- KeyMappings     (new KeyMappingsDocument)  + KeyMapping
- CommunicationDevices (JSON file)           + CommunicationDevice
- Theme bundles   (Template.Document folder + Assets/) + ThemeBundle/Slide/Asset

Extensions to existing modules:

- LabelsFileWriter; Label and LabelLibrary gain setters, addLabel,
  removeLabel, setColor / setColorHex helpers
- MacrosFileWriter; Macro/MacroCollection/MacroLibrary gain UUID, name,
  color, image_type, image_data, trigger_on_startup setters plus
  add/remove for macros and collections

Two new minimal proto schemas were defined for documents that lacked
upstream definitions:

- proto/calendar.proto   - CalendarDocument with Event entries, raw
  bytes for the action/macro sub-messages so the schema can evolve
- proto/keyMappings.proto - KeyMappingsDocument with ApplicationInfo
  and a forward-looking Mapping message (sample only carries the info)

The Theme file turned out to be a regular Rv\Data\Template\Document, so
no new proto was required for theme content; ThemeBundle layers folder
+ Assets/ handling on top in the same spirit as PresentationBundle.

GroupDefinition is intentionally distinct from the existing Group class
(which wraps song-level CueGroup) to avoid breaking song APIs.

Verified with the full PHPUnit suite: 370 tests, 9200 assertions, all
green; LSP diagnostics clean across src/. The unmodified reference
samples for Labels, Groups, ClearGroups, TestPatterns, Calendar and
KeyMappings round-trip byte-for-byte; the others round-trip with the
same byte length (PHP protobuf is not canonically deterministic but
re-write-after-write stabilises).

doc/INDEX.md, doc/keywords.md and AGENTS.md updated so every new module
is discoverable from the top level.
2026-05-03 21:40:09 +02:00

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TestPatterns Library API

PHP module for reading and writing the global ProPresenter TestPatterns file (raw protobuf, no extension), including selected test-pattern state and saved pattern definitions.

Quick Reference

use ProPresenter\Parser\TestPatternsFileReader;
use ProPresenter\Parser\TestPatternsFileWriter;

$library = TestPatternsFileReader::read('/path/to/TestPatterns');

$library->getDisplayLocation();      // 3
$library->getSpecificScreenUuid();   // "BCDE1115-..."
$library->getPatterns();             // TestPatternData[]

TestPatternsFileWriter::write($library, '/path/to/TestPatterns');

File Layout

The TestPatterns file is the protobuf-serialised TestPatternDocument:

Field Type Description
state TestPatternDocument.TestPatternStateData Current test-pattern display state
patterns repeated TestPatternDocument.TestPatternData Saved pattern definitions

TestPatternStateData includes selected pattern UUID/name, display location, specific screen UUID, identify-screen flag, logo type, and optional user logo.


Reading

use ProPresenter\Parser\TestPatternsFileReader;

$library = TestPatternsFileReader::read('/Users/me/.../TestPatterns');

Throws InvalidArgumentException for missing files and RuntimeException for empty / unreadable files.


TestPatternsLibrary

Top-level wrapper around Rv\Data\TestPatternDocument. Indexes saved pattern definitions by UUID (case-insensitive) and localization key.

$library->getState();
$library->setState($stateOrNull);
$library->getSelectedPatternUuid();
$library->getSelectedPatternNameLocalizationKey();
$library->getDisplayLocation();
$library->getSpecificScreenUuid();
$library->getPatterns();
$library->count();
$library->getPatternByUuid('...');
$library->getPatternByName('Test Pattern');
$library->addPattern('Test Pattern', 'UUID');
$library->removePattern('UUID');
$library->getDocument(); // \Rv\Data\TestPatternDocument

CLI Tool

php bin/parse-test-patterns.php /path/to/TestPatterns

Output:

TestPatterns (0):
  State: selected=(none) :: name=(none) :: display_location=3 :: screen=BCDE1115-AD40-4BA4-A33A-BFFE3E87223B

Key Files

File Purpose
src/TestPatternsLibrary.php Document-level wrapper with state accessors
src/TestPatternsFileReader.php Reads the TestPatterns file
src/TestPatternsFileWriter.php Writes the TestPatterns file
bin/parse-test-patterns.php CLI tool
proto/testPattern.proto Protobuf schema
generated/Rv/Data/TestPatternDocument.php Generated message class

Scope Notes

The wrapper exposes TestPatternData and TestPatternStateData protobufs directly. It does not render test patterns or interpret nested property oneofs.