source: trunk/src/PixelMap/Scan.hh

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// Scan.hh: Definition of the Scan class, used to store row
//          information as part of a 2D object.
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#ifndef SCAN_H
#define SCAN_H

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

/// This namespace will store all the classes and functions necessary
/// to encode shapes and objects in 1-, 2- and 3-dimensions.
namespace PixelInfo
{

  /// A class to store the basic unit of pixel information, a scan
  /// encoded by an (x,y) starting point, and a length (in the
  /// x-direction).
  /// 
  /// This class is used by other classes to store objects in 2- and
  /// 3-dimensions.

  class Scan
  {
  public:
    Scan();
    Scan(long y, long x, long xl);
    Scan(const Scan& s);
    Scan& operator= (const Scan& s);
    virtual ~Scan(){};

    /// @brief Define a Scan by providing the three key parameters.  
    void define(long y, long x, long xl){itsY=y; itsX=x; itsXLen=xl;};

    /// @brief Set the Scan to the null values, with the length=0. 
    void clear(){itsY=-1;itsX=-1;itsXLen=0;};
    bool isNull();

    /// @brief Combine scans
    bool addScan(const Scan &other);

    // Accessor functions -- obvious.
    long getY(){return itsY;};
    void setY(long l){itsY=l;};
    long getX(){return itsX;};
    void setX(long l){itsX=l;};
    long getXlen(){return itsXLen;};
    void setXlen(long l){itsXLen=l;};

    /// @brief An easy way to get the maximum x-value 
    long getXmax(){return itsX+itsXLen-1;};

    /// @brief A way of setting the length by proxy, giving the maximum x-value. 
    void setXmax(long l){itsXLen = l-itsX+1;};

    /// @brief Add a point to the left of the scan (ie.\ add the point itsX-1).
    void growLeft(){itsX--;itsXLen++;};

    /// @brief Add a point to the right of the scan (ie.\ add the point xmax+1).
    void growRight(){itsXLen++;};

    /// @brief Add values to the x- and y-axes. 
    void addOffsets(long xoff, long yoff){itsY+=yoff; itsX+=xoff;};

    /// @brief Tests whether a given (x,y) point is in the scan.
    bool isInScan(long x, long y);

    bool touches(const Scan &other);
    bool overlaps(const Scan &other);
    bool isAdjacentTo(const Scan &other);

    /// @brief Stream output operator for the Scan 
    friend std::ostream& operator<< ( std::ostream& theStream, Scan& scan);

    /// @brief Less-than operator for Scans 
    friend bool operator< (Scan lhs, Scan rhs);

    /// @brief Test whether one scan is equal to another. 
    friend bool operator== (Scan lhs, Scan rhs);

    friend class Object2D; ///< Enable Object2D to see the private members.
    friend class Object3D;
  protected:
    long itsY;    ///< The y-value of each point in the scan.
    long itsX;    ///< The x-value of the start (left-hand end) of the scan.
    long itsXLen; ///< The length of the scan (number of pixels in the scan).

  };

  /// @brief Combine two scans into one. 
  Scan unite(Scan &s1, Scan &s2);

  /// @brief Keep only the pixels in both the two scans. 
  Scan intersect(Scan &s1, Scan &s2);

  /// @brief Test whether two scans either overlap or are adjacent. 
  bool touching(Scan &s1, Scan &s2);

  /// @brief Test whether two scans have pixels in common 
  bool overlap(Scan &s1, Scan &s2);

  /// @brief Test whether two scans lie adjacent to each other (but not overlapping).
  bool adjacent(Scan &scan1, Scan &scan2);

  /// @brief Return the null scan, y=-1, x=-1, xlen=0.
  Scan nullScan();

  /// @brief Examine a vector list of Scans and merge any that are touching. 
  void mergeList(std::vector<Scan> scanlist);

  /// @brief Get the minimum separation, in pixels, between two scans. 
  float minSep(Scan &s1, Scan &s2);

}

#endif //SCAN_H