1 | /*
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2 | * Project: MoleCuilder
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3 | * Description: creates and alters molecular systems
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4 | * Copyright (C) 2010 University of Bonn. All rights reserved.
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5 | * Please see the LICENSE file or "Copyright notice" in builder.cpp for details.
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6 | */
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7 |
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8 | /**
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9 | * \file atoms.dox
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10 | *
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11 | * Created on: Oct 31, 2011
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12 | * Author: heber
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13 | */
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14 |
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15 | /**
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16 | * \page atoms Atoms
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17 | *
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18 | * Atoms are the central ingredient. They store the following information:
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19 | * - position, velocity, and force (over multiple time steps)
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20 | * - element
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21 | * - bond neighbours (over multiple time steps)
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22 | * - id
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23 | *
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24 | * \section atoms-structure
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25 | *
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26 | * The atom class has quite a complicated structure because an atoms has to
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27 | * fulfill various roles within this code:
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28 | * - atom
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29 | * - TesselPoint for Tesselation
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30 | * - Graph node for BondGraph
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31 | * - bonded particle
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32 | *
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33 | * There is an onion structure where additional information has been added
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34 | * as the layers of an onion via inheritance.
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35 | *
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36 | * We briefly want to explain the various elements of the inheritance
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37 | * - AtomObservable - contains notification channels enumeration and also all
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38 | * interface function required by the Observable pattern.
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39 | * - AtomInfo - contains position, element and so on.
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40 | * - ParticleInfo - contains name and number of the atom
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41 | * - BondedParticle - contains all functions related to bonds
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42 | * - BondedParticleInfo - contains all member variables related to storing bond
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43 | * information
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44 | * - GraphNode - contains all functions related to graphs
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45 | * - GraphNodeInfo - contains all member variables for graph information
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46 | * - TesselPoint - contains functions for considering the atom as a TesselPoint
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47 | * in Tesselation (\ref tesselation)
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48 | *
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49 | * Member variables and functions have been split into class with and without
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50 | * added \a ...Info. ...Info classes that are required multiple times are
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51 | * inherited as virtual to guarantee that their members are unique (exist
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52 | * only once) within an instance.
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53 | *
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54 | * \note Atoms have a sort-of early serialization concept (\ref serialization)
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55 | * as AtomicInfo. \todo This could be refactored into a full serialization
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56 | * compatible implementation.
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57 | *
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58 | *
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59 | * \date 2011-10-31
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60 | */
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