libcruft-util/range.hpp

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 * Copyright 2010 Danny Robson <danny@nerdcruft.net>
 */


#ifndef __UTIL_RANGE_HPP
#define __UTIL_RANGE_HPP

#include "json.hpp"

namespace util {
    /**
     * Represents a continuous range of values. Contains convenience functions
     * and debugging checks.
     */
    template <typename T>
    struct range {
        T min;
        T max;

        range (const json::node &node);
        range (T _min, T _max);

        /// Check whether value falls within this range (inclusive)
        bool contains (T val) const;
        /// Check whether a range falls completely within (inclusive) this range
        bool contains (const range <T> &r) const;
        /// Check whether a range falls partially within (inclusive) this range
        //bool includes (const range <T> &r) const;

        /// Return the closest number that falls within the range.
        T clamp (T val) const;

        /// Expand the range to include this value if necessary
        T expand (T val);

        /// Normalise a number to [0, 1] within the range. Does not check bounds.
        double normalise (T val) const;

        /// Return a pseudo-random uniformly distributed value within the range.
        /// There are no statistical randomness guarantees whatsoever. 
        T random (void) const;

        bool operator ==(const range<T>& rhs) const;
        bool operator !=(const range<T>& rhs) const
            { return !(*this == rhs); }

        /// A range which is guaranteed to contain all elements type T
        static const range <T> UNLIMITED;
        /// A range which only contains elements between 0 and 1 inclusive
        static const range <T> UNIT;

        void sanity (void) const;
    };


    template <typename T>
    std::ostream&
    operator <<(std::ostream &os, const range<T> &rhs) {
        os << '[' << rhs.min << ", " << rhs.max << ']';
        return os;
    }
}

#endif