=head1 NAME Array::Tour - Base class for Array Tours. =head1 SYNOPSIS # # For a new package. Add extra methods and internal attributes afterwards. # package Array::Tour::NewTypeOfTour use base qw(Array::Tour); # (Code goes here). or # # Make use of the constants in the package. # use Array::Tour qw(:directions); use Array::Tour qw(:status); or # # Use Array::Tour for its default 'typewriter' tour of the array. # use Array::Tour; my $by_row = Array::Tour->new(dimensions => [24, 80, 1]); =head1 PREREQUISITES Perl 5.8 or later. This is the version of perl under which this module was developed. =head1 DESCRIPTION Array::Tour is a base class for iterators that traverse the cells of an array. This class should provide most of the methods needed for any type of tour, whether it needs to visit each cell or not, and whether the tour needs to be a continuous path or not. The iterator provides coordinates and directions. It does not define the array. This leaves the user of the tour object free to define the form of the array or the data structure behind it without restrictions from the tour object. By itself without any subclassing or options, the Array::Tour class traverses a simple left-to-right, top-to-bottom typewriter path. There are options to change the direction or rotation of the path. =cut package Array::Tour; use 5.008; use strict; use warnings; use integer; use vars qw(@ISA); require Exporter; @ISA = qw(Exporter); use vars qw(%EXPORT_TAGS @EXPORT_OK); %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'directions' => [ qw ( NoDirection North NorthWest West SouthWest Ceiling South SouthEast East NorthEast Floor SetPosition )], 'status' => [ qw (START TOURING STOP)] ); @EXPORT_OK = ( @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'directions'} }, @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'status'} } ); our $VERSION = '0.05'; # # Directions. # # The eight possible directions that one can move from a cell, including # "null" direction NoDirection, and position change indicator SetPosition. # use constant NoDirection => 0x0000; use constant North => 0x0001; # 0; use constant NorthWest => 0x0002; # 1; use constant West => 0x0004; # 2; use constant SouthWest => 0x0008; # 3; use constant Ceiling => 0x0010; # 4; use constant South => 0x0020; # 5; use constant SouthEast => 0x0040; # 6; use constant East => 0x0080; # 7; use constant NorthEast => 0x0100; # 8; use constant Floor => 0x0200; # 9; use constant SetPosition => 0x8000; # 15; # # {tourstatus} constants. # use constant START => 0; use constant TOURING => 1; use constant STOP => 2; =head2 Tour Object Methods =head3 new([ => value, ...]) Creates the object with its attributes. Since attributes are set using the internal method _set(), it's recommended that subclasses do not override new(), but provide their own _set() method to handle their own attributes instead. Four attributes start out available from the base class, C, C, C, and C. These four attributes are automatically set before calling the C<_set()> method. =cut sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = {}; # # We are copying from an existing Tour object? # if (ref $class) { if ($class->isa("Array::Tour")) { $class->_copy($self, @_); return bless($self, ref $class); } warn "Attempts to create an Array Touring object from a '", ref $class, "' object fail.\n"; return undef; } # # Starting from scratch. # bless($self, $class); my %attributes = @_; $self->_set_dimensions(%attributes); $self->_set_offset(%attributes); delete @attributes{qw(dimensions offset)}; $self->{position} = [0, 0, 0]; $self->{start} = [0, 0, 0]; $self->{array} = undef; $self->{tourlength} = 1; map {$self->{tourlength} *= $_} $self->get_dimensions(); $self->{tourstatus} = START; $self->{odometer} = 0; $self->_set(%attributes); return $self; } =head3 reset() $tour->reset([ => value, ...]) Reset the object by returning its internal state to its original form. Optionally change some of the characteristics using the same parameters found in the new() method. =cut sub reset { my $self = shift; my %newargs = @_; my %params = $self->describe(); $params{position} = [0, 0, 0]; $params{tourlength} = 1; $params{tourstatus} = START; $params{odometer} = 0; # # Apply any options passed in. # map {$params{$_} = $newargs{$_}} keys %newargs; return $self->_set(%params); } =head3 has_next() Returns 1 if there is more to the tour, 0 if finished. =cut sub has_next { my $self = shift; return ($self->{tourstatus} == STOP)? 0: 1; } =head3 get_dimensions() Returns an array of the dimensions. =cut sub get_dimensions { my $self = shift; return @{$self->{dimensions}}; } =head3 direction() Returns the current direction as found in the :directions EXPORT tag. =cut sub direction { my $self = shift; return (${$self->{position}}[0] == 0)? NoDirection: East; } =head3 opposite_direction() Return the direction opposite from the current direction. =cut sub opposite_direction { my $self = shift; my $dir = $self->direction(); return NoDirection if ($dir == NoDirection); return ($dir <= Ceiling )? ($dir << 5): ($dir >> 5); } =head3 say_direction() Return the name in English of the current direction. =cut sub say_direction { my $self = shift; my $dir = $self->direction(); return $self->direction_name($dir); } =head3 direction_name() Return the name in English of the direction passed in. print $tour->direction_name(NorthWest), " is ", NorthWest, "\n"; =cut sub direction_name { my $self = shift; my($dir) = @_; return q(NoDirection) if ($dir == NoDirection); return q(North) if ($dir == North); return q(NorthWest) if ($dir == NorthWest); return q(West) if ($dir == West); return q(SouthWest) if ($dir == SouthWest); return q(Ceiling) if ($dir == Ceiling); return q(South) if ($dir == South); return q(SouthEast) if ($dir == SouthEast); return q(East) if ($dir == East); return q(NorthEast) if ($dir == NorthEast); return q(Floor) if ($dir == Floor); if ($dir == SetPosition) { my @p = @{$self->get_position()}; return q(SetPosition) . "[" . join(", ", @p) . "]"; } return q(unknown direction); }; =head3 get_position() Return a reference to an array of coordinates of the current position. @absolute_pos = @{$self->get_position()}; =cut sub get_position { my $self = shift; return $self->{position}; } =head3 get_offset() Return a reference to an array of offsets to be added to the current position. @offset = @{$self->get_offset()}; =cut sub get_offset { my $self = shift; return $self->{offset}; } =head3 adjusted_position() Return a reference to an array of coordinates that are created from the position plus the offset. Used by the next() method. @current_pos = @{$self->adjusted_position()}; =cut sub adjusted_position { my $self = shift; my @position = @{ $self->{position} }; my @offset = @{ $self->{offset} }; map {$position[$_] += $offset[$_]} (0..$#position); return \@position; } =head3 next() Returns an array reference to the next coordinates to use. Returns undef if the iterator is finished. my $ctr = 1; my $tour = Array::Tour->new(dimensions => 64); while (my $cref = $tour->next()) { my($x_coord, $y_coord, $z_coord) = @{$cref}; $grid[$y_coord, $x_coord] = isprime($ctr++); } The above example would look like a completed Sieve of Eratothenes in the array @grid. =cut sub next { my $self = shift; return undef unless ($self->has_next()); # # Set up the conditions for the pacing. # if ($self->{tourstatus} == START) { $self->{tourstatus} = TOURING; } else { # # Move to the next cell, checking to see if we've # reached the end of the row/plane/cube. # my($dim, $lastdim) = (0, scalar @{$self->{dimensions}}); while ($dim < $lastdim and ${$self->{position}}[$dim] == ${$self->{dimensions}}[$dim] - 1) { ${$self->{position}}[$dim++] = 0; } ${$self->{position}}[$dim] += 1 unless ($dim == $lastdim); } $self->{tourstatus} = STOP if (++$self->{odometer} == $self->{tourlength}); return $self->adjusted_position(); } =head3 get_array() Return a reference to the internally generated array. $arrayref = $self->get_array() =cut sub get_array { my $self = shift; $self->_make_array() unless (defined $self->{array}); return $self->{array}; } =head3 describe() Returns as a hash the attributes of the tour object. The hash may be used to create a new object. =cut sub describe { my $self = shift; return map {$_, $self->{$_}} grep(/^[a-z]/, keys %{$self}); } =head2 Internal Tour Object Methods =head3 _set_dimensions() my $tour = Array::Tour->new(dimensions => [12, 16]); This works identically as my $tour = Array::Tour->new(dimensions => [12, 16, 1]); If the grid is going to be square, a single integer is sufficient: my $tour = Array::Tour->new(dimensions => 16); In both cases, the new() member funcntion calls _set_dimensions() and sets the C attribute with a reference to a three dimensional array. The third dimension is set to 1 if no value is given for it. =cut sub _set_dimensions { my $self = shift; my(%params) = @_; my $dim = $params{dimensions} || [1, 1, 1]; my @dimensions; if (ref $dim eq 'ARRAY') { @dimensions = map {$_ ||= 1} @{$dim}; push @dimensions, 1 if (@dimensions < 1); push @dimensions, $dimensions[0] if (@dimensions < 2); } else { # # Square grid if only one dimension is defined. # @dimensions = ($dim) x 2; } push @dimensions, 1 if (@dimensions < 3); $self->{dimensions} = \@dimensions; return $self; } =head3 _set_offset() The new() member funcntion calls _set_offset() and sets the C attribute with a reference to an array of coordinates. This method matches the size of the C array to the size of C, so _set_dimensions() must be called beforhand. =cut sub _set_offset { my $self = shift; my(%params) = @_; my $offsetref = $params{offset} || [0, 0, 0]; $self->{offset} = $offsetref; my $dims = scalar @{$self->{dimensions}}; my $offsets = scalar @{$self->{offset}}; push @{$self->{offset}}, (0) x ($dims - $offsets) if ($dims > $offsets); return @{$self->{offset}}; } =head3 _move_to() $position = $self->_move_to($direction); # [$c, $r, $l] Return a new position depending upon the direction taken. This does not set a new position. =cut sub _move_to { my $self = shift; my($dir) = @_; my($c, $r, $l) = @{ $self->{position} }; --$r if ($dir & (North | NorthWest | NorthEast)); ++$r if ($dir & (South | SouthWest | SouthEast)); ++$c if ($dir & (East | NorthEast | SouthEast)); --$c if ($dir & (West | NorthWest | SouthWest)); ++$l if ($dir & Floor); --$l if ($dir & Ceiling); return [$c, $r, $l]; } =head3 _make_array() $self->_make_array(); or $self->_make_array($value); Make an internal array for reference purposes. If no value to set the array cels with is passed in, the array cells are set to zero by default. =cut sub _make_array { my $self = shift; my $dflt = (scalar @_)? $_[0]: 0; my($rows, $cols, $lvls) = map {$_ - 1} @{$self->{dimensions}}; my $m = $self->{array} = ([]); foreach my $l (0..$lvls) { foreach my $r (0..$rows) { foreach my $c (0..$cols) { $$m[$l][$r][$c] = $dflt; } } } return $self; } =head3 _set() $self->_set(%attributes); Take the parameters provided to new() and use them to set the attributes of the touring object. =cut sub _set() { my $self = shift; my(%params) = @_; warn "Unknown paramter $_" foreach (grep{$_ !~ /reverse/} (keys %params)); return $self; } =head3 _uses_array() Returns 0 or 1 depending upon whether there's an internal array to return. =cut sub _uses_array {my $self = shift; return 0;} # # dump_array # # @xlvls = $obj->dump_array($spr_fmt); # $xstr = $obj->dump_array($spr_fmt); # # Returns a formatted string of all the cell values. By default, # the format string is " %04x", so the default output strings will # be rows of hexadecimal numbers separated by a space. # # If called in a list context, returns a list of strings, each one # representing a level. If called in a scalar context, returns a single # string, each level separated by a single newline. # sub dump_array { my $self = shift; my $format = $_[0] || " %04x"; my($rows, $cols, $lvls) = map {$_ - 1} @{$self->{dimensions}}; my $m = $self->{array}; my @levels; foreach my $l (0..$lvls) { my $vxstr = ""; foreach my $r (0..$rows) { foreach my $c (0..$cols) { $vxstr .= sprintf($format, $$m[$l][$r][$c]); } $vxstr .= "\n"; } push @levels, $vxstr; } return wantarray? @levels: join("\n", @levels); } # # $class->_copy($self); # # Duplicate the iterator. # sub _copy { my($other, $self) = @_; foreach my $k (grep($_ !~ /_array/, keys %{$other})) { $self->{$k} = $other->{$k}; } if ($other->uses_array()) { # copy it. } } 1; __END__ =head2 Methods expected to be provided by the derived class. The methods that will have to be written specifically for the individual tour of the derived classe will will likely be: =head3 next() =head3 _set() =head3 _uses_array() =head2 Attributes Array::Tour keeps track of its state through internal attributes that are sufficient for its purposes. Derived classes will likely need to add attributes of their own. =over 4 =item dimensions I Passed in via method new() using the dimensions key, which sets it through the set_dimensions() method. my $spath1 = Array::Tour->new(dimensions => [16, 16, 1]); or my $spath1 = Array::Tour->new(dimensions => [16, 16]); The dimensions attribute represents a three-dimensional array, defined by rows, columns, and levels. If you are interested only in a two-dimensional array, you don't need to specify the third dimension -- it will be added on for you. In fact the C attribute is so forgiving that if you are only interested in a simple square array, this will be sufficient: my $spath1 = Array::Tour->new(dimensions => 16); The attribute will detect the single dimension, duplicate it, and add the third dimension of 1. You will have the same dimensions as the previous examples. =item offset I The coordinate of the upper left corner. Calls to adjusted_position() (which in turn is called by the next() method) will return the position adjusted by the value in C. =item start I The starting position of the tour. Set automatically in this class. =item position The current position of the iterator in the array. =item odometer I The number of cells visited thus far. =item tourlength I The total number of cells to visit. This is sometimes used to determine the endpoint of the tour. =item tourstatus Initially set to B. The remaining _tourstatus values (found with the export tag C<:status>) are B and B. =item array I A reference to an internal array. Some sub-classes need an internal array for bookkeeping purposes. This is where it will go. The method _make_array() will create an internal array for a sub-class if it is needed. =back =head2 Current Tours This, the base class, performs a typewriter left-to-right tour of the array. If the array has a third dimension, it will go to the next level after completing the tour of the rows of the current level. The subclasses that come with this package are: L L L There may be other tours under development. See the Changes file for more information. =head2 EXPORT The :directions tag will let you use the constants that indicate direction. They are the directions C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, and C, which indicates a directionless change in position. The :status tag has the values for the running state of the iterator. =head2 See Also =head1 AUTHOR John M. Gamble may be found at =cut