[csolution] Add flag on list commands (e.g. --json) to obtain data in a machine readable format

[acabarbaye]

The output of the listing commands or the commands returning information about the csolution will be used by machine processes to retrieve information about the csolution projects in an abstracted and robust way. Therefore, having the output defined in a machine readable format would greatly improve the robustness of the parsing process.

The format could be json and the flag --json but could also be any other machine readable format which are considered more suitable.

[ReinhardKeil]

I think this is a duplicate of #1158 (or is this a clarification of the request)

[jkrech]

These are two independent change requests:
#1158 will display devices and boards used by <solution>.csolution.yml using the boardID and deviceID notation used by the YAML project format and the origin pack. E.g.:

  STMicroelectronics::STM32U5A9VJTxQ (Keil::STM32U5xx_DFP@2.1.0)
  STMicroelectronics::STM32F407IGHx (Keil::STM32F4xx_DFP@2.7.0)

This issue requests the output to be machine readable e.g. in json format assuming a --json flag being specified.

["STMicroelectronics::STM32U5A9VJTxQ (Keil::STM32U5xx_DFP@2.1.0)", "STMicroelectronics::STM32F407IGHx (Keil::STM32F4xx_DFP@2.7.0)"]

[madchutney]

The JSON would be more machine readable if a key value format was used, e.g.

[
   {
      "Vendor":"STMicroelectronics",
      "Name":"STM32U5A9VJTxQ",
      "Pack":{
         "Vendor":"Keil",
         "Name":"STM32U5xx_DFP",
         "Version":"2.1.0"
      }
   },
   {
      "Vendor":"STMicroelectronics",
      "Name":"STM32F407IGHx",
      "Pack":{
         "Vendor":"Keil",
         "Name":"STM32F4xx_DFP",
         "Version":"2.7.0"
      }
   }
]

[ReinhardKeil]

I wonder if this approach does not duplicate the content of the Build Information Files.

Which problem are we trying to address here?

[madchutney]

There are two problems that we are trying to solve:

1. Interpret a solution / project files to determine the list of devices/boards/toolchains the solution supports.
2. Present that information in a format that be easily read by machine.

[ReinhardKeil]

We believe the answer is in #1177