source: src/Box.hpp@ cdaae6

/*
 * Box.hpp
 *
 *  Created on: Jun 30, 2010
 *      Author: crueger
 */

#ifndef BOX_HPP_
#define BOX_HPP_

// include config.h
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif


class RealSpaceMatrix;
class Vector;
class Shape;
class Plane;

#include <list>
#include <vector>
#include "CodePatterns/Observer/Observable.hpp"
#include "LinearAlgebra/VectorSet.hpp"

/**
 * A simple class that can be used to store periodic Boxes
 * in the form of a parallelepiped.
 *
 * Stores a matrix that can be used to translate from periodic
 * [0,1) space as well as the inverse that is needed to
 * translate back to that space.
 */
class Box : public Observable
{
public:
  enum NotificationType {
    BoundaryConditionsChanged,
    MatrixChanged,
    NotificationType_MAX  // denotes the maximum of available notification types
  };

  typedef enum{
    Wrap,
    Bounce,
    Ignore
  } BoundaryCondition_t;

  typedef std::vector<BoundaryCondition_t> Conditions_t;

  Box();
  Box(const Box&);
  Box(RealSpaceMatrix _M);
  virtual ~Box();

  /**
   * Get the matrix describing the form of the parallelepiped
   */
  const RealSpaceMatrix &getM() const;

  /**
   * Get the inverse of the matrix M (see above).
   */
  const RealSpaceMatrix &getMinv() const;

  /**
   * Set the form of the parallelepiped.
   */
  void setM(RealSpaceMatrix);

  Box &operator=(const Box&);
  Box &operator=(const RealSpaceMatrix&);

  /**
   * Translate a point from [0,1) to the boxed space.
   */
  Vector translateIn(const Vector &point) const;

  /**
   * Translate a point from the boxed space to the [0,1) space.
   */
  Vector translateOut(const Vector &point) const;

  /**
   * Wrap a point so that it will lie within the space defined by the box.
   */
  Vector WrapPeriodically(const Vector &point) const;

  /**
   * Checks whether a given vector is inside the box.
   */
  bool isInside(const Vector &point) const;

  /**
   * Produce corresponding points in several adjacent boxes.
   *
   * n specifies the number of times the point is expanded.
   * Carefull, needs O(n^3) time and produces as many vectors.
   */
  VECTORSET(std::vector) explode(const Vector &point,int n) const;
  VECTORSET(std::vector) explode(const Vector &point) const;

  /**
   * Calculate the distance of two points in the periodic space
   * defined by this box
   */
  double periodicDistanceSquared(const Vector &point1,const Vector &point2) const;

  /**
   * Calculate the distance of two points in the periodic space
   * defined by this box
   */
  double periodicDistance(const Vector &point1,const Vector &point2) const;

  /**
   * Calculates the minimum distance to the boundary of the periodic
   * space defined by this box.
   */
  double DistanceToBoundary(const Vector &point) const;

  Shape getShape() const;
  const Conditions_t getConditions() const;
  void setCondition(int,BoundaryCondition_t);

  const std::vector<std::pair<Plane,Plane> > getBoundingPlanes() const;

  void setCuboid(const Vector&);

private:
  /** Internal explode function that works on the staticly present internal_list
   *
   * \todo Note that is not thread-safe!
   *
   * Most of the time of explode is consumed by memory allocation if it is called
   * repeatedly.
   *
   * @param point point to explode
   * @param n neighbour shells to explode
   */
  void internal_explode(const Vector &point,int n) const;

  //!> Internal vector list for exploding vectors used in Box::internal_explode().
  mutable VECTORSET(std::vector) internal_list;

  //!> Internal vector for coordinates used in Box::internal_explode()
  mutable std::vector<int> coords;
  //!> Internal vector for indices used in Box::internal_explode()
  mutable std::vector<int> index;

  Conditions_t conditions;
  RealSpaceMatrix *M;    //!< Defines the layout of the box
  RealSpaceMatrix *Minv; //!< Inverse of M to avoid recomputation
};

std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream& ost, const Box &m);

#endif /* BOX_HPP_ */