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5 | \page maps Maps |
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6 | |
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7 | Maps play central role in LEMON. As their name suggests, they map a |
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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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10 | |
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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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15 | |
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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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23 | |
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24 | Each graph structure in LEMON provides two standard map templates called |
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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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36 | |
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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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66 | \section how-to-write-your-own-map How to Write Your Own Maps |
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67 | |
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68 | \subsection read-maps Readable Maps |
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69 | |
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70 | The readable maps are very frequently used as the input of the |
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71 | algorithms. For this purpose the most straightforward way is the use of the |
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72 | default maps provided by LEMON's graph structures. |
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73 | Very often however, it is more |
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74 | convenient and/or more efficient to write your own readable map. |
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75 | |
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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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78 | |
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79 | |
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80 | This simple map assigns \f$\pi\f$ to each edge. |
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81 | |
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82 | \code |
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83 | struct MyMap |
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84 | { |
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85 | typedef double ValueType; |
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86 | typedef Graph::Edge KeyType; |
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87 | double operator[](KeyType e) const { return M_PI;} |
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88 | }; |
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89 | \endcode |
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90 | |
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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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94 | |
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95 | \code |
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96 | struct MyMap : public MapBase<Graph::Edge,double> |
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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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101 | |
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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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105 | |
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106 | \code |
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107 | class MyLengthMap : public MapBase<Graph::Edge,double> |
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108 | { |
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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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112 | |
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113 | public: |
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114 | ValueType operator[](KeyType e) const { |
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115 | return orig_len.get(e)-pot.get(G.target(e))-pot.get(G.source(e)); |
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116 | } |
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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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120 | }; |
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121 | \endcode |
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122 | |
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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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131 | |
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132 | */ |
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