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 *   Revision 1.4  2007/11/07 13:22:47  martius
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 *   Revision 1.3  2007/08/23 15:39:05  martius
 *   new IR sensor schema which uses substances and callbacks, very nice
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 *   Revision 1.2  2006/12/21 11:42:10  martius
 *   sensors have dimension to sense
 *   axissensors have finer settings
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 *   Revision 1.1  2006/08/08 11:59:01  martius
 *   new abstract class for sensors
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 *   Revision 1.1  2005/11/22 10:24:04  martius
 *   abstract class for position sensor
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#ifndef __SENSOR_H
#define __SENSOR_H

#include <list>
#include <selforg/types.h>
#include <selforg/stl_adds.h>
#include <selforg/matrix.h>
#include "globaldata.h"
#include "pos.h"

namespace lpzrobots {

  // forward declaration 
  class Primitive;

  /** Abstract class for sensors 
      that have no specific position at the robots skeleton  
  */
  class Sensor {
  public:  
    /// defines which dimensions should be sensed. The meaning is sensor specific.
    enum Dimensions { X = 1, Y = 2, Z = 4 };

    Sensor() {}
    virtual ~Sensor() {}
  
    /** initialises sensor with body of robot. This is usually done by the robot itself.
    */
    virtual void init(Primitive* own) = 0;  
  
    /** performs sense action
     */
    virtual bool sense(const GlobalData& globaldata) = 0;

    /** returns the number of sensors values produced by this sensor
     */
    virtual int getSensorNumber() const  = 0;

    /** returns a list of sensor values (usually in the range [0,1] )
     */
    virtual std::list<sensor> get() const  = 0;

    /** writes the sensor values (usually in the range [0,1] ) 
        into the giben sensor array and returns the number of sensors written
        @param sensors call by refernce array which received the values
        @param length capacity of sensors array
        @return number of sensor values written
     */
    virtual int get(sensor* sensors, int length) const  = 0;

    /// selects the rows specified by dimensions (X->0, Y->1, Z->2)
    static std::list<sensor> selectrows(const matrix::Matrix& m, short dimensions) {
      std::list<sensor> l;
      for(int i=0; i<2; i++){
        if(( 1 <<i ) & dimensions) l += m.row(i).convertToList();
      } 
      return l;
    }
    /// selects the rows specified by dimensions (X->0, Y->1, Z->2)
    static int selectrows(sensor* sensors, int length, const matrix::Matrix& m, short dimensions) {
      int len=0;
      for(int i=0; i<3; i++){
        if(( 1 << i) & dimensions) 
          len+=m.row(i).convertToBuffer(sensors+len, length-len);       
      } 
      return len;
    }

  };

}

#endif

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