new way to instance nodes

classes/deck/deck_node.gd

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ var _belonging_to: Deck
 var _id: String
 var node_type: String
 
+var description: String
+var aliases: Array[String]
+
 var props_to_serialize: Array[StringName]
 
 enum PortType{

classes/deck/node_db.gd

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 extends Node
 
 const BASE_NODE_PATH := "res://classes/deck/nodes/"
+
+# Dictionary[node_type, NodeDescriptor]
 var nodes: Dictionary = {}
 
 
@@ -11,12 +13,11 @@ func _init() -> void:
 	while current_file != "":
 		print(current_file)
 		if current_file.ends_with(".gd"):
-			var f := FileAccess.open(BASE_NODE_PATH.path_join(current_file), FileAccess.READ)
-			var line := f.get_line()
-			if !line.begins_with("###type="):
-				current_file = dir.get_next()
-				continue
-			nodes[line.trim_prefix("###type=")] = BASE_NODE_PATH.path_join(current_file)
+#			var f := FileAccess.open(BASE_NODE_PATH.path_join(current_file), FileAccess.READ)
+			var script_path := BASE_NODE_PATH.path_join(current_file)
+			var node: DeckNode = load(script_path).new() as DeckNode
+			var descriptor := NodeDescriptor.new(script_path, node.name, node.description, node.aliases)
+			nodes[node.node_type] = descriptor
 		current_file = dir.get_next()
 
 
@@ -24,4 +25,23 @@ func instance_node(type: String) -> DeckNode:
 	if !nodes.has(type):
 		return null
 
-	return load(nodes[type]).new()
+	return load(nodes[type]["script_path"]).new()
+
+
+class NodeDescriptor:
+	var name: String
+	var description: String
+	var aliases: String
+
+	var script_path: String
+
+
+	func _init(p_script_path: String, p_name: String, p_description: String, p_aliases: Array[String]) -> void:
+		script_path = p_script_path
+
+		name = p_name
+		description = p_description
+		aliases = p_aliases.reduce(
+			func(accum, el) -> void:
+				accum += el
+		, "")

classes/deck/nodes/button.gd

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-###type=button
 extends DeckNode
 
 
 func _init() -> void:
+	name = "Button"
+	node_type = "button"
+	description = "a button"
+
 	add_output_port(
 		Deck.Types.BOOL,
 		"Press me",
 		"button"
 	)
-
-	name = "Button"
-	node_type = name.to_snake_case()

classes/deck/nodes/get_deck_var.gd

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-###type=get_deck_var
 extends DeckNode
 
 
 func _init() -> void:
+	name = "Get Deck Var"
+	node_type = name.to_snake_case()
+	description = "retrieve a deck variable"
+
 	add_output_port(
 		Deck.Types.STRING,
 		"Variable",
 		"field"
 	)
 
-	name = "Get Deck Var"
-	node_type = name.to_snake_case()
-
 
 func _value_request(from_port: int) -> Variant:
 	var key = ports[0].value_callback.call()

classes/deck/nodes/no_type.gd

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-extends Node

classes/deck/nodes/print.gd

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-###type=print
 extends DeckNode
 
 
 func _init() -> void:
+	name = "Print"
+	node_type = name.to_snake_case()
+	description = "print a value"
+
 	add_input_port(
 		Deck.Types.STRING,
 		"Text to print",
@@ -21,9 +24,6 @@ func _init() -> void:
 		"label"
 	)
 
-	name = "Print"
-	node_type = name.to_snake_case()
-
 
 func _receive(to_port: int, data: DeckType, extra_data: Array = []) -> void:
 	if to_port != 1:

classes/deck/nodes/set_deck_var.gd

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-###type=set_deck_var
 extends DeckNode
 
 
 func _init() -> void:
+	name = "Set Deck Var"
+	node_type = name.to_snake_case()
+	description = "set deck variable"
+
 	add_input_port(
 		Deck.Types.STRING,
 		"Variable Name",
@@ -27,9 +30,6 @@ func _init() -> void:
 		"label"
 	)
 
-	name = "Set Deck Var"
-	node_type = name.to_snake_case()
-
 
 func _receive(to_port: int, data: DeckType, extra_data: Array = []) -> void:
 	if to_port != 2:

graph_node_renderer/deck_renderer_graph_edit.gd

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 
 	set_var.pressed.connect(
 		func():
-			var node := NodeDB.instance_node("set_deck_varbutton")
+			var node := NodeDB.instance_node("set_deck_var")
 			deck.add_node_inst(node)
 			var node_renderer: DeckNodeRendererGraphNode = NODE_SCENE.instantiate()
 			node_renderer.node = node