// Copyright (C) 2011  Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net)
// License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
#undef DLIB_BOX_OVERlAP_TESTING_ABSTRACT_H__
#ifdef DLIB_BOX_OVERlAP_TESTING_ABSTRACT_H__

#include "../geometry.h"

namespace dlib
{

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    class test_box_overlap
    {
        /*!
            WHAT THIS OBJECT REPRESENTS
                This object is a simple function object for determining if two rectangles
                overlap.  

            THREAD SAFETY
                Concurrent access to an instance of this object is safe provided that 
                only const member functions are invoked.  Otherwise, access must be
                protected by a mutex lock.
        !*/

    public:
        test_box_overlap (
        );
        /*!
            ensures
                - #get_overlap_thresh() == 0.5
                - #get_match_thresh()   == 0.5
        !*/

        test_box_overlap (
            double match_thresh,
            double overlap_thresh
        );
        /*!
            requires
                - 0 <= match_thresh <= 1
                - 0 <= overlap_thresh <= 1
            ensures
                - #get_match_thresh() == match_thresh 
                - #get_overlap_thresh() == overlap_thresh
        !*/

        bool operator() (
            const dlib::rectangle& a,
            const dlib::rectangle& b
        ) const;
        /*!
            ensures
                - returns true if a and b overlap "enough". This is defined precisely below.
                - if (a.intersect(b).area()/(a+b).area() > get_match_thresh() ||
                      a.intersect(b).area()/a.area()     > get_overlap_thresh() ||
                      a.intersect(b).area()/a.area()     > get_overlap_thresh() ) then
                    - returns true
                - else
                    - returns false
        !*/

        double get_overlap_thresh (
        ) const;
        /*!
            ensures
                - returns the threshold used to determine if two rectangles overlap.  This
                  value is the percent of a rectangle's area covered by another rectangle.

        !*/

        double get_match_thresh (
        ) const;
        /*!
            ensures
                - returns the threshold used to determine if two rectangles match.
                  Note that the match score varies from 0 to 1 and only becomes 1
                  when two rectangles are identical.

        !*/

    };

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    void serialize (
        const test_box_overlap& item,
        std::ostream& out
    );
    /*!
        provides serialization support
    !*/

    void deserialize (
        test_box_overlap& item,
        std::istream& in 
    );
    /*!
        provides deserialization support
    !*/

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    test_box_overlap find_tight_overlap_tester (
        const std::vector<std::vector<rectangle> >& rects
    );
    /*!
        ensures
            - This function finds the most restrictive test_box_overlap object possible 
              that is consistent with the given set of sets of rectangles.  
            - To be precise, this function finds and returns a test_box_overlap object 
              TBO such that:
                - TBO.get_match_thresh() and TBO.get_overlap_thresh() are as small
                  as possible such that the following conditions are satisfied.
                - for all valid i:
                    - for all distinct rectangles A and B in rects[i]:
                        - TBO(A,B) == false
    !*/

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

}

#endif // DLIB_BOX_OVERlAP_TESTING_ABSTRACT_H__


