]>
Commit | Line | Data |
---|---|---|
7c673cae FG |
1 | <html> |
2 | <head> | |
3 | <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> | |
4 | <title>Party</title> | |
5 | <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../../doc/src/boostbook.css" type="text/css"> | |
6 | <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"> | |
7 | <link rel="home" href="../../index.html" title="Chapter 1. Boost.Icl"> | |
8 | <link rel="up" href="../examples.html" title="Examples"> | |
9 | <link rel="prev" href="../examples.html" title="Examples"> | |
10 | <link rel="next" href="interval.html" title="Interval"> | |
11 | </head> | |
12 | <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> | |
13 | <table cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr> | |
14 | <td valign="top"><img alt="Boost C++ Libraries" width="277" height="86" src="../../../../../../boost.png"></td> | |
15 | <td align="center"><a href="../../../../../../index.html">Home</a></td> | |
16 | <td align="center"><a href="../../../../../libraries.htm">Libraries</a></td> | |
17 | <td align="center"><a href="http://www.boost.org/users/people.html">People</a></td> | |
18 | <td align="center"><a href="http://www.boost.org/users/faq.html">FAQ</a></td> | |
19 | <td align="center"><a href="../../../../../../more/index.htm">More</a></td> | |
20 | </tr></table> | |
21 | <hr> | |
22 | <div class="spirit-nav"> | |
23 | <a accesskey="p" href="../examples.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../examples.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../../index.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="interval.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> | |
24 | </div> | |
25 | <div class="section boost_icl_examples_party" lang="en"> | |
26 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> | |
27 | <a name="boost_icl.examples.party"></a><a class="link" href="party.html" title="Party">Party</a> | |
28 | </h3></div></div></div> | |
29 | <p> | |
30 | Example <span class="bold"><strong>party</strong></span> demonstrates the possibilities | |
31 | of an interval map (<code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code> | |
32 | or <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../../boost/icl/split_interval_map.html" title="Class template split_interval_map">split_interval_map</a></code>). | |
33 | An <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code> maps | |
34 | intervals to a given content. In this case the content is a set of party | |
35 | guests represented by their name strings. | |
36 | </p> | |
37 | <p> | |
38 | As time goes by, groups of people join the party and leave later in the evening. | |
39 | So we add a time interval and a name set to the <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code> | |
40 | for the attendance of each group of people, that come together and leave | |
41 | together. On every overlap of intervals, the corresponding name sets are | |
42 | accumulated. At the points of overlap the intervals are split. The accumulation | |
43 | of content is done via an operator += that has to be implemented for the | |
44 | content parameter of the <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code>. | |
45 | Finally the interval_map contains the history of attendance and all points | |
46 | in time, where the group of party guests changed. | |
47 | </p> | |
48 | <p> | |
49 | Party demonstrates a principle that we call <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>aggregate | |
50 | on overlap</strong></span></em></span>: On insertion a value associated to the | |
51 | interval is aggregated with those values in the interval_map that overlap | |
52 | with the inserted value. There are two behavioral aspects to <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>aggregate on overlap</strong></span></em></span>: a <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>decompositional behavior</strong></span></em></span> and an <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>accumulative behavior</strong></span></em></span>. | |
53 | </p> | |
54 | <div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"> | |
55 | <li> | |
56 | The <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>decompositional behavior</strong></span></em></span> | |
57 | splits up intervals on the <span class="emphasis"><em>time</em></span><span class="emphasis"><em>dimension</em></span> | |
58 | of the interval_map so that the intervals are split whenever associated | |
59 | values change. | |
60 | </li> | |
61 | <li> | |
62 | The <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>accumulative behavior</strong></span></em></span> | |
63 | accumulates associated values on every overlap of an insertion for the | |
64 | associated values. | |
65 | </li> | |
66 | </ul></div> | |
67 | <p> | |
68 | The aggregation function is += by default. Different aggregations can be | |
69 | used, if desired. | |
70 | </p> | |
71 | <p> | |
72 | </p> | |
73 | <p> | |
74 | ||
75 | </p> | |
76 | <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">// The next line includes <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp> | |
77 | </span><span class="comment">// and a few lines of adapter code. | |
78 | </span><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">ptime</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> | |
79 | <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">></span> | |
80 | <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">interval_map</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> | |
81 | ||
82 | <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
83 | <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">posix_time</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
84 | <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">icl</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
85 | ||
86 | <span class="comment">// Type set<string> collects the names of party guests. Since std::set is | |
87 | </span><span class="comment">// a model of the itl's set concept, the concept provides an operator += | |
88 | </span><span class="comment">// that performs a set union on overlap of intervals. | |
89 | </span><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">GuestSetT</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
90 | ||
91 | <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">boost_party</span><span class="special">()</span> | |
92 | <span class="special">{</span> | |
93 | <span class="identifier">GuestSetT</span> <span class="identifier">mary_harry</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
94 | <span class="identifier">mary_harry</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Mary"</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
95 | <span class="identifier">mary_harry</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Harry"</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
96 | ||
97 | <span class="identifier">GuestSetT</span> <span class="identifier">diana_susan</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
98 | <span class="identifier">diana_susan</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Diana"</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
99 | <span class="identifier">diana_susan</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Susan"</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
100 | ||
101 | <span class="identifier">GuestSetT</span> <span class="identifier">peter</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
102 | <span class="identifier">peter</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Peter"</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
103 | ||
104 | <span class="comment">// A party is an interval map that maps time intervals to sets of guests | |
105 | </span> <span class="identifier">interval_map</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">ptime</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">GuestSetT</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">party</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
106 | ||
107 | <span class="identifier">party</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="comment">// add and element | |
108 | </span> <span class="identifier">make_pair</span><span class="special">(</span> | |
109 | <span class="identifier">interval</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">ptime</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">right_open</span><span class="special">(</span> | |
110 | <span class="identifier">time_from_string</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"2008-05-20 19:30"</span><span class="special">),</span> | |
111 | <span class="identifier">time_from_string</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"2008-05-20 23:00"</span><span class="special">)),</span> | |
112 | <span class="identifier">mary_harry</span><span class="special">));</span> | |
113 | ||
114 | <span class="identifier">party</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="comment">// element addition can also be done via operator += | |
115 | </span> <span class="identifier">make_pair</span><span class="special">(</span> | |
116 | <span class="identifier">interval</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">ptime</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">right_open</span><span class="special">(</span> | |
117 | <span class="identifier">time_from_string</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"2008-05-20 20:10"</span><span class="special">),</span> | |
118 | <span class="identifier">time_from_string</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"2008-05-21 00:00"</span><span class="special">)),</span> | |
119 | <span class="identifier">diana_susan</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
120 | ||
121 | <span class="identifier">party</span> <span class="special">+=</span> | |
122 | <span class="identifier">make_pair</span><span class="special">(</span> | |
123 | <span class="identifier">interval</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">ptime</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">right_open</span><span class="special">(</span> | |
124 | <span class="identifier">time_from_string</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"2008-05-20 22:15"</span><span class="special">),</span> | |
125 | <span class="identifier">time_from_string</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"2008-05-21 00:30"</span><span class="special">)),</span> | |
126 | <span class="identifier">peter</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
127 | ||
128 | ||
129 | <span class="identifier">interval_map</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">ptime</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">GuestSetT</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">iterator</span> <span class="identifier">it</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">party</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">();</span> | |
130 | <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"----- History of party guests -------------------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
131 | <span class="keyword">while</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">it</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">party</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">())</span> | |
132 | <span class="special">{</span> | |
133 | <span class="identifier">interval</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">ptime</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="identifier">when</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">it</span><span class="special">-></span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
134 | <span class="comment">// Who is at the party within the time interval 'when' ? | |
135 | </span> <span class="identifier">GuestSetT</span> <span class="identifier">who</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(*</span><span class="identifier">it</span><span class="special">++).</span><span class="identifier">second</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
136 | <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">when</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">": "</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">who</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
137 | <span class="special">}</span> | |
138 | ||
139 | <span class="special">}</span> | |
140 | ||
141 | ||
142 | <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span> | |
143 | <span class="special">{</span> | |
144 | <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">">>Interval Container Library: Sample boost_party.cpp <<\n"</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
145 | <span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"-------------------------------------------------------\n"</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
146 | <span class="identifier">boost_party</span><span class="special">();</span> | |
147 | <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
148 | <span class="special">}</span> | |
149 | ||
150 | <span class="comment">// Program output: | |
151 | </span><span class="comment">/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
152 | >>Interval Container Library: Sample boost_party.cpp << | |
153 | ------------------------------------------------------- | |
154 | ----- History of party guests ------------------------- | |
155 | [2008-May-20 19:30:00, 2008-May-20 20:10:00): Harry Mary | |
156 | [2008-May-20 20:10:00, 2008-May-20 22:15:00): Diana Harry Mary Susan | |
157 | [2008-May-20 22:15:00, 2008-May-20 23:00:00): Diana Harry Mary Peter Susan | |
158 | [2008-May-20 23:00:00, 2008-May-21 00:00:00): Diana Peter Susan | |
159 | [2008-May-21 00:00:00, 2008-May-21 00:30:00): Peter | |
160 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/</span> | |
161 | </pre> | |
162 | <p> | |
163 | </p> | |
164 | <p> | |
165 | </p> | |
166 | <div class="caution"><table border="0" summary="Caution"> | |
167 | <tr> | |
168 | <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Caution]" src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/caution.png"></td> | |
169 | <th align="left">Caution</th> | |
170 | </tr> | |
171 | <tr><td align="left" valign="top"> | |
172 | <p> | |
173 | </p> | |
174 | <p> | |
175 | We are introducing <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_maps</a></code> | |
176 | using an <span class="emphasis"><em>interval map <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>of sets | |
177 | of strings</strong></span></em></span></em></span>, because of it's didactic advantages. | |
178 | The party example is used to give an immediate access to the basic ideas | |
179 | of interval maps and <span class="emphasis"><em>aggregate on overlap</em></span>. For real | |
180 | world applications, an interval_map of sets is not necessarily recommended. | |
181 | It has the same efficiency problems as a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span></code> | |
182 | of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">sets</span></code>. There is a big realm though of | |
183 | using interval_maps with numerical and other efficient data types for the | |
184 | associated values. | |
185 | </p> | |
186 | </td></tr> | |
187 | </table></div> | |
188 | </div> | |
189 | <table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> | |
190 | <td align="left"></td> | |
191 | <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2007 -2010 Joachim Faulhaber<br>Copyright © 1999 -2006 Cortex Software GmbH<p> | |
192 | Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying | |
193 | file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>) | |
194 | </p> | |
195 | </div></td> | |
196 | </tr></table> | |
197 | <hr> | |
198 | <div class="spirit-nav"> | |
199 | <a accesskey="p" href="../examples.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../examples.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../../index.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="interval.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> | |
200 | </div> | |
201 | </body> | |
202 | </html> |