trackrobots.h

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 *   Revision 1.9  2008/09/12 10:22:28  martius
 *   set cnt to 1 to have round times in log file when using interval >1
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 *   Revision 1.8  2008/04/18 09:49:41  guettler
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 *   Revision 1.7  2007/08/29 11:33:20  martius
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 *   Revision 1.6  2007/06/21 16:18:57  martius
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 *   Revision 1.5  2007/04/05 15:14:15  martius
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 *   Revision 1.1.2.1  2005/11/16 11:24:27  martius
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 *   Revision 1.4  2005/11/10 09:08:26  martius
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#ifndef __TRACKROBOTS_H
#define __TRACKROBOTS_H

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

class AbstractRobot;
class Agent;

namespace lpzrobots {
  class OdeAgent;
}

/**
   This class provides tracking possibilies of a robot.
   The position, speed, and orientation can be logged.
*/
class TrackRobot {
public:

  friend class Agent;
  friend class lpzrobots::OdeAgent;

  /// constructor for no tracking at all
  TrackRobot(){
    trackPos = false;
    trackSpeed = false;
    trackOrientation = false;
    displayTrace = false;
    interval = 1;
    file=0;
    cnt=1;
    scene=0;
  }

  /** Constructor that allows individial setting of tracking options.
      The tracked data is written into a file with the current date and time appended by a name given by scene.
      @param trackPos if true the trace (position vectors) of the robot are logged
      @param trackSpeed if true the speed vectors (linear and angular) of the robot are logged
      @param trackOrientation if true the orientation matrices  of the robot are logged
      @param displayTrace if true the trace of the robot should be displayed (used in ODE simulations)
      @param scene name of the scene (is appended to log file name)
      @param interval timesteps between consequent logging events (default 1)
   */
  TrackRobot(bool trackPos, bool trackSpeed, bool trackOrientation, bool displayTrace,
             const char* scene, int interval = 1){
    this->trackPos     = trackPos;
    this->trackSpeed   = trackSpeed;
    this->trackOrientation = trackOrientation;
    this->displayTrace     = displayTrace;
    this->interval = interval;
    this->scene = strdup(scene);
    file=0;
    cnt=0;
  }

  ~TrackRobot(){
    // if(scene) free(scene);
  }

  /// returns whether tracing is activated
  bool isDisplayTrace() const {return displayTrace;};

 protected:
  bool open(const AbstractRobot* robot);
  void track(AbstractRobot* robot, double time);
  void close();

 protected:
  bool trackPos;
  bool trackSpeed;
  bool trackOrientation;
  bool displayTrace;

  int interval;
  FILE* file;
  char* scene;
  long cnt;
};



#endif

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