Class InArea
- All Implemented Interfaces:
ExternalConstraint
- Version:
- 4.10
InArea constraint allows on to define an area within which objects should be contained, as well as a collection of "holes" within the area
TODO implement the use of a subset of objects only. In some applications, classes of objects may need to be placed in different portions of the space. Possibly, create class InAreaSetOfObjects extending from InArea to allow specification of the objects in the focus of the constraint.
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Field Summary
FieldsModifier and TypeFieldDescriptionIt specifies the allowed area in which the objects can reside.It holds all the constraints which have been generated from this external constraints.It specifies the holes within the allowed area in which the objects can not be placed. -
Constructor Summary
ConstructorsConstructorDescriptionInArea
(DBox area, Collection<DBox> holes) It constructs an external constraint to enforce that all objects within Geost constraint are placed within a specified area with holes in that area specfied as well. -
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionboolean
addPrunableObjects
(GeostObject o, SimpleHashSet<GeostObject> accumulator) It adds to the accumulator collection the objects that are likely to be pruned if the given object changes.It checks whether the InArea is consistent.genInternalConstraints
(Geost geost) It generates internal constraints which will be used by Geost's sweeping algorithm.Collection
<? extends InternalConstraint> It provides the collection of internal constraints that the given object has to satisfy.Provides the collection of objects that this constraint applies toboolean
Returns true if the external constraint generated the supplied internal constraint ic, and that ic applies to object o.void
Handler method called by the Geost kernel when the domain of the object changes.toString()
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Field Details
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allowedArea
It specifies the allowed area in which the objects can reside. -
holes
It specifies the holes within the allowed area in which the objects can not be placed. -
constraints
It holds all the constraints which have been generated from this external constraints.
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Constructor Details
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InArea
It constructs an external constraint to enforce that all objects within Geost constraint are placed within a specified area with holes in that area specfied as well.- Parameters:
area
- the specification of the area within which the objects have to be placed.holes
- the holes in which the objects can not be placed.
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Method Details
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checkInvariants
It checks whether the InArea is consistent.- Returns:
- It returns the string description of the problem, or null if no problem with data structure consistency encountered.
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genInternalConstraints
Description copied from interface:ExternalConstraint
It generates internal constraints which will be used by Geost's sweeping algorithm.The generation of internal constraints is done only once per search, implying that it is possible to do costly operations in order to generate internal constraints. However, another implication of this one-time use is that the internal constraints generated have to remain valid during the whole search.
- Specified by:
genInternalConstraints
in interfaceExternalConstraint
- Parameters:
geost
- the geost kernel that will use the generated constraint- Returns:
- the collection of internal constraints which correspond to this external constraint
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addPrunableObjects
Description copied from interface:ExternalConstraint
It adds to the accumulator collection the objects that are likely to be pruned if the given object changes. For instance, in the case of the non-overlapping constraint, these would be the objects that are close to the given object.TODO, optimize all the code around this functionality, avoid situation when accumulator has all objects anyway and external constraints are continuously queried to add objects and keep adding objects which are already in the set.
- Specified by:
addPrunableObjects
in interfaceExternalConstraint
- Parameters:
o
- the object that was prunedaccumulator
- the set of objects to add the object to- Returns:
- true if a value was added, false otherwise
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onObjectUpdate
Description copied from interface:ExternalConstraint
Handler method called by the Geost kernel when the domain of the object changes. Use this method to make changes to the state of the constraint (and of its relative internal constraints) if needed.- Specified by:
onObjectUpdate
in interfaceExternalConstraint
- Parameters:
o
- the object
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getObjectConstraints
Description copied from interface:ExternalConstraint
It provides the collection of internal constraints that the given object has to satisfy. For instance, for the non overlapping constraint, the result would contain all the constraints corresponding to the objects in the non overlapping group.This method is used by the kernel only once per object, at the beginning of the search, to collect the set of constraints to use for each object.
- Specified by:
getObjectConstraints
in interfaceExternalConstraint
- Parameters:
o
- the geost object that needs to be constrained- Returns:
- the collection of internal constraints acting on the given object
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isInternalConstraintApplicableTo
Description copied from interface:ExternalConstraint
Returns true if the external constraint generated the supplied internal constraint ic, and that ic applies to object o.- Specified by:
isInternalConstraintApplicableTo
in interfaceExternalConstraint
- Parameters:
ic
- internal constraint being checkedo
- object to which internal constrain should apply to- Returns:
- true if the constraint was generated by this external constraint for the object o.
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getObjectScope
Description copied from interface:ExternalConstraint
Provides the collection of objects that this constraint applies to- Specified by:
getObjectScope
in interfaceExternalConstraint
- Returns:
- the collection of objects, or null if the constraint applies to all objects
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toString
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