Column.h

#ifndef MANTID_API_ICOLUMN_H_
#define MANTID_API_ICOLUMN_H_

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// Includes
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "MantidAPI/DllConfig.h"

#ifndef Q_MOC_RUN
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#endif
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <limits>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <vector>

namespace Mantid {

namespace API {
/** \class Column

    Column is the base class for columns of TableWorkspace.


    \author Roman Tolchenov
    \date 31/10/2008

    Copyright &copy; 2007-8 ISIS Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, NScD Oak Ridge
   National Laboratory & European Spallation Source

    This file is part of Mantid.

    Mantid is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    Mantid is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

    File change history is stored at: <https://github.com/mantidproject/mantid>.
    Code Documentation is available at: <http://doxygen.mantidproject.org>
*/
class MANTID_API_DLL Column {
public:
  Column() : m_type("int"), m_plotType(-1000), m_isReadOnly(true){};

  /// Virtual destructor
  virtual ~Column() = default;

  /// Name (caption) of the column.
  const std::string &name() const { return m_name; }

  /// Type of the column data.
  const std::string &type() const { return m_type; }
  /// return value casted to double (should be pure virtual)
  virtual double operator[](size_t i) const {
    UNUSED_ARG(i);
    return std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();
  }
  /// Renames the column.
  void setName(const std::string &str) { m_name = str; }

  /// Number of individual elements in the column.
  virtual size_t size() const = 0;

  /// Returns typeid for the data in the column
  virtual const std::type_info &get_type_info() const = 0;

  /// Returns typeid for the pointer type to the data element in the column
  virtual const std::type_info &get_pointer_type_info() const = 0;

  /// Returns column read-only flag
  virtual bool getReadOnly() const { return m_isReadOnly; }

  /// Sets column read-only flag
  void setReadOnly(bool isReadOnly) { m_isReadOnly = isReadOnly; }

  /// Prints out the value to a stream
  virtual void print(size_t index, std::ostream &s) const = 0;

  /// Read in a string and set the value at the given index
  virtual void read(size_t index, const std::string &text) {
    UNUSED_ARG(text);
    UNUSED_ARG(index);
  }

  /// Read in from stream and set the value at the given index
  virtual void read(const size_t index, std::istream &in) {
    UNUSED_ARG(index)
    UNUSED_ARG(in)
  }

  /// Specialized type check
  virtual bool isBool() const = 0;

  /// Must return overall memory size taken by the column.
  virtual long int sizeOfData() const = 0;

  /// Virtual constructor. Fully clone any column.
  virtual Column *clone() const = 0;

  /// Cast an element to double if possible
  virtual double toDouble(size_t index) const = 0;

  /// Assign an element from double if possible
  virtual void fromDouble(size_t index, double value) = 0;

  /// Sort all or part of a vector of indices according to values in
  /// corresponding cells of this column.
  /// Fill in a vector of ranges of equal values. A range is a [begin,end) pair
  /// of indices in indexVec.
  /// @param ascending :: Sort in ascending (true) or descending (false) order.
  /// @param start :: Starting index in indexVec to be sorted.
  /// @param end :: Ending index (one past last) in indexVec to be sorted.
  /// @param indexVec :: A vector of indices. On input it must contain all
  /// indices from 0 to this->size()-1.
  ///          On output indices between start and end are sorted in ascending
  ///          order of values in this column.
  ///          So that: cell(indexVec[i]) <= cell(indexVec[i+1])
  /// @param equalRanges :: Output only vector. For each pair p in equalRanges
  ///          cell(indexVec[p.first]) == cell(indexVec[p.first+1]) == ... ==
  ///          cell(indexVec[p.end-1]).
  ///          If equalRanges is empty then there are no equal velues in this
  ///          column.
  virtual void
  sortIndex(bool ascending, size_t start, size_t end,
            std::vector<size_t> &indexVec,
            std::vector<std::pair<size_t, size_t>> &equalRanges) const;

  /// Re-arrange values in this column according to indices in indexVec
  virtual void sortValues(const std::vector<size_t> &indexVec);

  /// Templated method for returning a value. No type checks are done.
  template <class T> T &cell(size_t index) {
    return *static_cast<T *>(void_pointer(index));
  }

  /// Templated method for returning a value (const version). No type checks are
  /// done.
  template <class T> const T &cell(size_t index) const {
    return *static_cast<const T *>(void_pointer(index));
  }

  /// Type check.
  template <class T> bool isType() const {
    return !std::strcmp(get_type_info().name(), typeid(T).name());
  }

  /// get plot type
  /// @return See description of setPlotType() for the interpretation of the
  /// returned int
  int getPlotType() const { return m_plotType; }

  /// Set plot type where
  void setPlotType(int t);

  /**
   * Fills a std vector with values from the column if the types are compatible.
   * @param maxSize :: Set size to less than the full column.
   */
  template <class T = double>
  std::vector<T>
  numeric_fill(size_t maxSize = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max()) const {
    std::vector<T> vec(std::min(size(), maxSize));
    for (size_t i = 0; i < vec.size(); ++i) {
      vec[i] = static_cast<T>(toDouble(i));
    }
    return vec;
  }

protected:
  /// Sets the new column size.
  virtual void resize(size_t count) = 0;
  /// Inserts an item.
  virtual void insert(size_t index) = 0;
  /// Removes an item.
  virtual void remove(size_t index) = 0;
  /// Pointer to a data element
  virtual void *void_pointer(size_t index) = 0;
  /// Pointer to a data element
  virtual const void *void_pointer(size_t index) const = 0;

  std::string m_name; ///< name
  std::string m_type; ///< type

  /// plot type where
  /// None = 0 (means it has specifically been set to 'no plot type')
  /// NotSet = -1000 (this is the default and means plot style has not been set)
  /// X = 1, Y = 2, Z = 3, xErr = 4, yErr = 5, Label = 6
  int m_plotType;

  /// Column read-only flag
  bool m_isReadOnly;

  friend class ColumnFactoryImpl;
  friend class ITableWorkspace;
  template <class T> friend class ColumnVector;
};

/**  @class Boolean
    As TableColumn stores its data in a std::vector bool type cannot be used
    in the same way as the other types. Class Boolean is used instead.
*/
struct MANTID_API_DLL Boolean {
  /// Default constructor
  Boolean() : value(false) {}
  /// Conversion from bool
  Boolean(bool b) : value(b) {}
  /// Returns bool
  operator bool() { return value; }
  /// equal to operator
  bool operator==(const Boolean &b) const { return (this->value == b.value); }
  //
  operator bool() const { return this->value; }
  bool value; ///< boolean value
};

/// Printing Boolean to an output stream
MANTID_API_DLL std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &, const API::Boolean &);
/// Redaing a Boolean from an input stream
MANTID_API_DLL std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &istr, API::Boolean &);

typedef boost::shared_ptr<Column> Column_sptr;
typedef boost::shared_ptr<const Column> Column_const_sptr;

} // namespace API
} // Namespace Mantid
#endif /*MANTID_API_ICOLUMN_H_*/