AbstractConstraintHandler.h

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/*!
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 * \brief       Base class for constraints.
 * 
 *
 * \author      O.Krause
 * \date        2013
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#ifndef SHARK_OBJECTIVEFUNCTIONS_ABSTRACTCONSTRAINTHANDLER_H
#define SHARK_OBJECTIVEFUNCTIONS_ABSTRACTCONSTRAINTHANDLER_H

#include <shark/Core/Exception.h>
#include <shark/Core/Flags.h>
#include <shark/Core/Random.h>

namespace shark{


/// \brief Implements the base class for constraint handling.
///
/// A constraint handler provides information about the feasible region of a constrained optimization problem.
/// In the minimum it checks whether a point is feasible, or what the next fasible point would be.
template<class SearchPointType>
class AbstractConstraintHandler{
public:
    enum Feature {
        CAN_PROVIDE_CLOSEST_FEASIBLE     = 1,   ///< The constraint handler can provide a close feasible point to an infeasible one
        IS_BOX_CONSTRAINED = 2,  ///< The constraint handler is an instance of BoxConstraintHandler
        CAN_GENERATE_RANDOM_POINT = 4  ///< The ConstraintHandler can generate a random point inside the feasible region
    };
    SHARK_FEATURE_INTERFACE;
    
    virtual ~AbstractConstraintHandler(){}
        
    /// \brief Returns whether this function can calculate the closest feasible to an infeasible point.
    bool canProvideClosestFeasible()const{
        return m_features & CAN_PROVIDE_CLOSEST_FEASIBLE;
    }
    
    /// \brief Returns whether this function is an instance of BoxConstraintHandler
    bool isBoxConstrained()const{
        return m_features &IS_BOX_CONSTRAINED;
    }
    /// \brief Returns whether this function is an instance of BoxConstraintHandler
    bool canGenerateRandomPoint()const{
        return m_features & CAN_GENERATE_RANDOM_POINT;
    }
    
    /// \brief If supported, generates a random point inside the feasible region.
    ///
    /// \param rng The random number generator used for generating the point
    /// \param startingPoint The proposed point
    virtual void generateRandomPoint( random::rng_type& rng, SearchPointType & startingPoint )const {
        SHARK_FEATURE_EXCEPTION(CAN_GENERATE_RANDOM_POINT);
    }
    
    /// \brief Returns true if the point is in the feasible Region.
    ///
    /// This function must be implemented by a ConstraintHandler
    virtual bool isFeasible(SearchPointType const&)const = 0;
    virtual void closestFeasible(SearchPointType& )const{
        SHARK_FEATURE_EXCEPTION(CAN_PROVIDE_CLOSEST_FEASIBLE );
    }
    
};
}
#endif