Kstars

starhopper.h
1/*
2 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha@gmail.com>
3
4 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
5*/
6
7#pragma once
8
9#include <QHash>
10#include <QList>
11
12//class QStringList;
13
14class SkyPoint;
15class StarObject;
16
17/**
18 * @class StarHopper
19 * @short Helps planning star hopping
20 *
21 * @version 1.0
22 * @author Akarsh Simha
23 */
25{
26 public:
27 /**
28 * @short Computes path for Star Hop
29 * @param src SkyPoint to source of the Star Hop
30 * @param dest SkyPoint to destination of the Star Hop
31 * @param fov__ Field of view within which stars are considered
32 * @param maglim__ Magnitude limit of stars to consider
33 * @param metadata_ Directions for starhopping
34 * @return QList of StarObject pointers which are the resultant path to Star Hop
35 * @note The StarObjects in the list returned are mutable and not constant
36 */
37 QList<StarObject *> *computePath(const SkyPoint &src, const SkyPoint &dest, float fov__, float maglim__,
38 QStringList *metadata_ = nullptr);
39
40 protected:
41 // Returns a list of constant StarObject pointers which form the resultant path of Star Hop
42 QList<const StarObject *> computePath_const(const SkyPoint &src, const SkyPoint &dest, float fov_, float maglim_,
43 QStringList *metadata = nullptr);
44
45 private:
46 /**
47 * @short The cost function for hopping from current position to the a given star, in view of the final destination
48 * @param curr Source SkyPoint
49 * @param next Next point in the hop.
50 * @note If 'next' is neither the starting point of the hop, nor
51 * the ending point, it _has_ to be a StarObject. A dynamic cast
52 * followed by a Q_ASSERT will ensure this.
53 */
54 float cost(const SkyPoint *curr, const SkyPoint *next);
55
56 /**
57 * @short For internal use by the A* Search Algorithm. Completes
58 * the star-hop path. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*_search_algorithm for details
59 */
60 void reconstructPath(SkyPoint const *curr_node);
61
62 float fov { 0 };
63 float maglim { 0 };
64 QString starHopDirections;
65 // Useful for internal computations
66 SkyPoint const *start { nullptr };
67 SkyPoint const *end { nullptr };
68 QHash<const SkyPoint *, const SkyPoint *> came_from; // Used by the A* search algorithm
69 QList<StarObject const *> result_path;
70 QHash<SkyPoint const *, QString> patternNames; // if patterns were identified, they are added to this hash.
71};
The sky coordinates of a point in the sky.
Definition skypoint.h:45
Helps planning star hopping.
Definition starhopper.h:25
QList< StarObject * > * computePath(const SkyPoint &src, const SkyPoint &dest, float fov__, float maglim__, QStringList *metadata_=nullptr)
Computes path for Star Hop.
This is a subclass of SkyObject.
Definition starobject.h:33
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