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#ifndef __ABSTRACTCONTROLLER_H
#define __ABSTRACTCONTROLLER_H

#ifndef AVR

#include <stdio.h>
#include "configurable.h"
#include "inspectable.h"
#include "storeable.h"
#include "randomgenerator.h"

/**
 * Abstract class (interface) for robot controller.
 * The controller gets a number of input sensor values each timestep
 *  and has to generate a number of output motor values.
 *
 * Interface assumes the following usage:
 *  - init() is called first to initialise the dimension of sensor- and motor space
 *  - each time step
 *     either step() or stepNoLearning() is called to ask the controller for motor values.
 */
class AbstractController : public Configurable, public Inspectable, public Storeable {
public:
  typedef double sensor;
  typedef double motor;

  /// contructor (hint: use $ID$ for revision)
  AbstractController(const std::string& name, const std::string& revision)
    : Configurable(name, revision), Inspectable(name) {}

  /** initialisation of the controller with the given sensor/ motornumber
      Must be called before use. The random generator is optional.
  */
  virtual void init(int sensornumber, int motornumber, RandGen* randGen = 0)= 0;

  /** @return Number of sensors the controller
      was initialised with or 0 if not initialised */
  virtual int getSensorNumber() const= 0;

  /** @return Number of motors the controller
      was initialised with or 0 if not initialised */
  virtual int getMotorNumber() const= 0;

  /** performs one step (includes learning).
      Calculates motor commands from sensor inputs.
      @param sensors sensors inputs scaled to [-1,1]
      @param sensornumber length of the sensor array
      @param motors motors outputs. MUST have enough space for motor values!
      @param motornumber length of the provided motor array
  */
  virtual void step(const sensor* sensors, int sensornumber,
                    motor* motors, int motornumber)= 0;
  /** performs one step without learning.
      @see step
  */
  virtual void stepNoLearning(const sensor* , int number_sensors,
                              motor* , int number_motors)= 0;

  /** called in motor babbling phase.      
      the motor values are given (by babbling controller) and      
      this controller can learn the basic relations from observed sensors/motors
   */
  virtual void motorBabblingStep(const sensor* , int number_sensors,
                                 const motor* , int number_motors) {};
};

#else /* AVR */

#include "configurable.h"
#include "inspectable.h"
#include "storeable.h"
#include "randomgenerator.h"

/**
 * Abstract class (interface) for robot controller.
 * The controller gets a number of input sensor values each timestep
 *  and has to generate a number of output motor values.
 *
 * Interface assumes the following usage:
 *  - init() is called first to initialise the dimension of sensor- and motor space
 *  - each time step
 *     either step() or stepNoLearning() is called to ask the controller for motor values.
 */
class AbstractController : public Configurable, public Inspectable, public Storeable {
public:
  typedef double sensor;
  typedef double motor;

  /// contructor (hint: use $ID$ for revision)
  AbstractController(const std::string& name, const std::string& revision)
    : Configurable(name, revision) {}

  /** initialisation of the controller with the given sensor/ motornumber
      Must be called before use. The random generator is optional.
  */
  virtual void init(int sensornumber, int motornumber, RandGen* randGen = 0)= 0;

  /** @return Number of sensors the controller
      was initialised with or 0 if not initialised */
  virtual int getSensorNumber() const= 0;

  /** @return Number of motors the controller
      was initialised with or 0 if not initialised */
  virtual int getMotorNumber() const= 0;

  /** performs one step (includes learning).
      Calculates motor commands from sensor inputs.
      @param sensors sensors inputs scaled to [-1,1]
      @param sensornumber length of the sensor array
      @param motors motors outputs. MUST have enough space for motor values!
      @param motornumber length of the provided motor array
  */
  virtual void step(const sensor* sensors, int sensornumber,
                    motor* motors, int motornumber)= 0;
  /** performs one step without learning.
      @see step
  */
  virtual void stepNoLearning(const sensor* , int number_sensors,
                              motor* , int number_motors)= 0;

};

#endif /* !AVR */

#endif