[202] | 1 | /*! |
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[692] | 4 | |
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| 5 | \page maps Maps |
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[921] | 7 | Maps play central role in LEMON. As their name suggests, they map a |
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[692] | 8 | certain range of \e keys to certain \e values. Each map has two |
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| 9 | <tt>typedef</tt>'s to determine the types of keys and values, like this: |
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| 11 | \code |
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| 12 | typedef Edge KeyType; |
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| 13 | typedef double ValueType; |
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| 14 | \endcode |
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| 16 | A map can \e readable (ReadMap, for short), \e writable (WriteMap) or both |
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| 17 | (ReadWrite Map). There also exists a special type of |
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| 18 | ReadWrite map called <em>reference map</em>. In addition that you can |
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| 19 | read and write the values of a key, a reference map |
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| 20 | can also give you a reference to the |
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| 21 | value belonging to a key, so you have a direct access to the memory address |
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| 22 | where it is stored. |
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[921] | 24 | Each graph structure in LEMON provides two standard map templates called |
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[692] | 25 | \c EdgeMap and \c NodeMap. Both are reference maps and you can easily |
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| 26 | assign data to the nodes and to the edges of the graph. For example if you |
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| 27 | have a graph \c G defined as |
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| 28 | \code |
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| 29 | ListGraph G; |
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| 30 | \endcode |
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| 31 | and you want to assign floating point value to each edge, you can do |
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| 32 | it like this. |
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| 33 | \code |
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| 34 | ListGraph::EdgeMap<double> length(G); |
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| 35 | \endcode |
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| 37 | The value of a readable map can be obtained by <tt>operator[]</tt>. |
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| 38 | \code |
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| 39 | d=length[e]; |
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| 40 | \endcode |
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| 41 | where \c e is an instance of \c ListGraph::Edge. |
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| 42 | (Or anything else |
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| 43 | that converts to \c ListGraph::Edge, like \c ListGraph::EdgeIt or |
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| 44 | \c ListGraph::OutEdgeIt) |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | There are two ways the assign a new value to a key |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | - In case of a <em>reference map</em> <tt>operator[]</tt> |
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| 49 | gives you a reference to the |
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| 50 | value, thus you can use this. |
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| 51 | \code |
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| 52 | length[e]=3.5; |
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| 53 | \endcode |
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| 54 | - <em>Writable maps</em> have |
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| 55 | a member function \c set(KeyType,const ValueType &) |
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| 56 | for this purpose. |
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| 57 | \code |
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| 58 | length.set(e,3.5); |
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| 59 | \endcode |
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| 61 | The first case is more comfortable and if you store complex structures in your |
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| 62 | map, it might be more efficient. However, there are writable but |
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| 63 | not reference maps, so if you want to write an generic algorithm, you should |
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| 64 | insist on the second method. |
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| 65 | |
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[697] | 66 | \section how-to-write-your-own-map How to Write Your Own Maps |
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[692] | 67 | |
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| 68 | \subsection read-maps Readable Maps |
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[202] | 69 | |
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[289] | 70 | The readable maps are very frequently used as the input of the |
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[692] | 71 | algorithms. For this purpose the most straightforward way is the use of the |
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[921] | 72 | default maps provided by LEMON's graph structures. |
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[692] | 73 | Very often however, it is more |
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[289] | 74 | convenient and/or more efficient to write your own readable map. |
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[202] | 75 | |
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[692] | 76 | You can find some examples below. In these examples \c Graph is the |
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| 77 | type of the particular graph structure you use. |
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[202] | 79 | |
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[204] | 80 | This simple map assigns \f$\pi\f$ to each edge. |
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[202] | 82 | \code |
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[273] | 83 | struct MyMap |
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[202] | 84 | { |
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[273] | 85 | typedef double ValueType; |
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[692] | 86 | typedef Graph::Edge KeyType; |
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| 87 | double operator[](KeyType e) const { return M_PI;} |
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[204] | 88 | }; |
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| 89 | \endcode |
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| 90 | |
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[692] | 91 | An alternative way to define maps is to use \c MapBase |
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| 92 | |
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| 93 | \todo For this, \c MapBase seems to be a better name then \c NullMap. |
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[289] | 94 | |
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| 95 | \code |
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[692] | 96 | struct MyMap : public MapBase<Graph::Edge,double> |
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[289] | 97 | { |
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| 98 | ValueType operator[](KeyType e) const { return M_PI;} |
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| 99 | }; |
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| 100 | \endcode |
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[692] | 102 | Here is a bit more complex example. |
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| 103 | It provides a length function which is obtained |
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| 104 | from a base length function shifted by a potential difference. |
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[202] | 105 | |
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| 106 | \code |
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[692] | 107 | class MyLengthMap : public MapBase<Graph::Edge,double> |
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[202] | 108 | { |
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[692] | 109 | const Graph &G; |
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| 110 | const Graph::EdgeMap<double> &orig_len; |
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| 111 | const Graph::NodeMap<double> &pot; |
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[202] | 112 | |
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[273] | 113 | public: |
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[927] | 114 | ValueType operator[](KeyType e) const { |
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[692] | 115 | return orig_len.get(e)-pot.get(G.head(e))-pot.get(G.tail(e)); |
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[210] | 116 | } |
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[202] | 117 | |
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[692] | 118 | MyLengthMap(const Graph &g, const Graph::EdgeMap &o,const Graph::NodeMap &p) |
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| 119 | : G(g), orig_len(o), pot(p) {}; |
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[202] | 120 | }; |
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| 121 | \endcode |
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| 122 | |
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[692] | 123 | |
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| 124 | \subsection write-maps Writable Maps |
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| 125 | |
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| 126 | To be written... |
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| 127 | |
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| 128 | \subsection side-effect-maps Maps with Side Effect |
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| 129 | |
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| 130 | To be written... |
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[202] | 132 | */ |
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