abstractcontrolleradapter.h

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#ifndef __ABSTRACTCONTROLLERADAPTER_H
#define __ABSTRACTCONTROLLERADAPTER_H

#include "abstractcontroller.h"

#include <selforg/stl_adds.h>

/**
 * Abstract adapter 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.
 *
 * With the adapter class you can easily overwrite e.g. init(), step().
 *
 * This is an abstract adapter class, it's useful for implementing adapters such as the
 * DescreteController, which can be used with all Controllers.
 * 
 * Note that the configureable and inspectable classes are registered at this
 *  adapter class.
 *
 *  The store and restore-functionality is lead through, thus only store() and restore()
 *  from
 */
class AbstractControllerAdapter : public AbstractController {
public:

  AbstractControllerAdapter(AbstractController* controller, const std::string& name, const std::string& revision)
    : AbstractController(name, revision), controller(controller)
  {
    //  register the inspectable and configureable controller
    addConfigurable(controller);
    addInspectable(controller);
  }

  virtual ~AbstractControllerAdapter() {}

  /****************************************************************************/
  /*    AbstractControllerAdapter must implement the following classes:         */
  /*    AbstractController, Configurable, Inspectable, Storeable                    */
  /****************************************************************************/
  
  
  /****************************************************************************/
  /*    BEGIN methods of AbstractController                                     */
  /****************************************************************************/

  /** initialisation of the controller with the given sensor/ motornumber
   * Must NORMALLY be called before use. For all ControllerAdapters
   * call first AbstractControllerAdapter::init(sensornumber,motornumber)
   * if you overwrite this method
   */
  virtual void init(int sensornumber, int motornumber, RandGen* randGen = 0){
    controller->init(sensornumber,motornumber);
  }

  /** @return Number of sensors the controller
      was initialised with or 0 if not initialised */
  virtual int getSensorNumber() const { return controller->getSensorNumber();}
  
  /** @return Number of motors the controller
      was initialised with or 0 if not initialised */
  virtual int getMotorNumber() const {  return controller->getMotorNumber();}
  
  /** 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) { 
    controller->step(sensors, sensornumber, motors,  motornumber); 
  }
  
  /** performs one step without learning.
      @see step
  */
  virtual void stepNoLearning(const sensor* sensors , int sensornumber,
                              motor* motors, int motornumber) { 
    controller->stepNoLearning(sensors,sensornumber,motors,motornumber); 
  }
  
  /****************************************************************************/
  /*    END methods of AbstractController                                           */
  /****************************************************************************/
  
  /****************************************************************************/
  /*    BEGIN methods of Configurable                                           */
  /****************************************************************************/
  
  // nothing needed to be overwrited

  /****************************************************************************/
  /*    END methods of Configurable                                                 */
  /****************************************************************************/
  
  /****************************************************************************/
  /*    BEGIN methods of Inspectable                                            */
  /****************************************************************************/
  
  // nothing needed to be overwrited
  
  /****************************************************************************/
  /*    END methods of Inspectable                                                  */
  /****************************************************************************/
  
  /****************************************************************************/
  /*    BEGIN methods of Storable                                               */
  /****************************************************************************/
  
  /********* STORABLE INTERFACE ******/
  /// @see Storable
  virtual bool store(FILE* f) const { 
    return controller->store(f);
  }
  
  /// @see Storable
  virtual bool restore(FILE* f) { 
    return controller->restore(f);
  }
  
  
  /****************************************************************************/
  /*    END methods of Storable                                             */
  /****************************************************************************/
  
  
protected:
  AbstractController* controller; // the controller for the adapter to handle
  
};

#endif