[profiler_capture_api] replace profiler capture location cvar with setting registry entry

Signed-off-by: AMZN-ScottR <24445312+AMZN-ScottR@users.noreply.github.com>

Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Debug/Profiler.cpp

@@ -10,18 +10,16 @@
 #include <AzCore/Debug/ProfilerBus.h>
 #include <AzCore/Console/IConsole.h>
 #include <AzCore/Console/ILogger.h>
+#include <AzCore/Settings/SettingsRegistry.h>
 
 namespace AZ::Debug
 {
-    AZ_CVAR(AZ::CVarFixedString, bg_profilerCaptureLocation, "@user@/Profiler", nullptr, ConsoleFunctorFlags::Null,
-        "Specify where to save profiler capture data");
-
     AZStd::string GenerateOutputFile(const char* nameHint)
     {
         AZStd::string timeString;
         AZStd::to_string(timeString, AZStd::GetTimeNowSecond());
 
-        AZ::CVarFixedString captureOutput = static_cast<AZ::CVarFixedString>(bg_profilerCaptureLocation);
+        AZ::IO::FixedMaxPathString captureOutput = GetProfilerCaptureLocation();
 
         return AZStd::string::format("%s/capture_%s_%s.json", captureOutput.c_str(), nameHint, timeString.c_str());
     }
@@ -47,4 +45,20 @@ namespace AZ::Debug
         AZ::Debug::ProfilerRequestBus::Broadcast(&AZ::Debug::ProfilerRequestBus::Events::EndCapture);
     }
     AZ_CONSOLEFREEFUNC(ProfilerEndCapture, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::DontReplicate, "End and dump an in-progress continuous capture");
+
+    AZ::IO::FixedMaxPathString GetProfilerCaptureLocation()
+    {
+        AZ::IO::FixedMaxPathString captureOutput;
+        if (AZ::SettingsRegistryInterface* settingsRegistry = AZ::SettingsRegistry::Get(); settingsRegistry)
+        {
+            settingsRegistry->Get(captureOutput, RegistryKey_ProfilerCaptureLocation);
+        }
+
+        if (captureOutput.empty())
+        {
+            captureOutput = ProfilerCaptureLocationFallback;
+        }
+
+        return captureOutput;
+    }
 } // namespace AZ::Debug

Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Debug/ProfilerBus.h

@@ -10,12 +10,19 @@
 
 #include <AzCore/EBus/EBus.h>
 #include <AzCore/Interface/Interface.h>
+#include <AzCore/IO/Path/Path_fwd.h>
 #include <AzCore/std/string/string.h>
 
 namespace AZ
 {
     namespace Debug
     {
+        //! settings registry entry for specifying where to output profiler captures
+        static constexpr const char* RegistryKey_ProfilerCaptureLocation = "/O3DE/AzCore/Debug/Profiler/CaptureLocation";
+
+        //! fallback value in the event the settings registry isn't ready or doesn't contain the key
+        static constexpr const char* ProfilerCaptureLocationFallback = "@user@/Profiler";
+
         /**
          * ProfilerNotifications provides a profiler event interface that can be used to update listeners on profiler status
          */
@@ -60,5 +67,9 @@ namespace AZ
             virtual bool EndCapture() = 0;
         };
         using ProfilerRequestBus = AZ::EBus<ProfilerRequests>;
+
+        //! helper function for getting the profiler capture location from the settings registry that
+        //! includes fallback handing in the event the registry value can't be determined
+        AZ::IO::FixedMaxPathString GetProfilerCaptureLocation();
     } // namespace Debug
 } // namespace AZ