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// used for text debugging
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
//#include <conio.h>
#include <assert.h>

// some systems need this for uint8_t 
#include <stdint.h>

// stl includes
#include <algorithm>
#include <set>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

// fast fixed size memory allocator, used for fast node memory management
#include "fsa.h"

// Fixed size memory allocator can be disabled to compare performance
// Uses std new and delete instead if you turn it off
#define USE_FSA_MEMORY 0

// disable warning that debugging information has lines that are truncated
// occurs in stl headers
//#pragma warning( disable : 4786 )

// The AStar search class. UserState is the users state space type
template <class UserState> class AStarSearch
{

public: // data

        enum
        {
                SEARCH_STATE_NOT_INITIALISED,
                SEARCH_STATE_SEARCHING,
                SEARCH_STATE_SUCCEEDED,
                SEARCH_STATE_FAILED,
                SEARCH_STATE_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
                SEARCH_STATE_INVALID
        };


        // A node represents a possible state in the search
        // The user provided state type is included inside this type

        public:

        class Node
        {
                public:

                        Node *parent; // used during the search to record the parent of successor nodes
                        Node *child; // used after the search for the application to view the search in reverse
                        
                        float g; // cost of this node + it's predecessors
                        float h; // heuristic estimate of distance to goal
                        float f; // sum of cumulative cost of predecessors and self and heuristic

                        Node() :
                                parent( 0 ),
                                child( 0 ),
                                g( 0.0f ),
                                h( 0.0f ),
                                f( 0.0f )
                        {                       
                        }

                        UserState m_UserState;
        };


        // For sorting the heap the STL needs compare function that lets us compare
        // the f value of two nodes

        class HeapCompare_f 
        {
                public:

                        bool operator() ( const Node *x, const Node *y ) const
                        {
                                return x->f > y->f;
                        }
        };


public: // methods


        // constructor just initialises private data
 AStarSearch( int MaxNodes = 2000 ) :
#if USE_FSA_MEMORY
        m_FixedSizeAllocator( MaxNodes ),
#endif
                m_State( SEARCH_STATE_NOT_INITIALISED ),
                m_CurrentSolutionNode( NULL ),
                m_AllocateNodeCount(0),
                m_CancelRequest( false )
                        {
                        }
        
        // call at any time to cancel the search and free up all the memory
        void CancelSearch()
        {
                m_CancelRequest = true;
        }

        // Set Start and goal states
        void SetStartAndGoalStates( UserState &Start, UserState &Goal )
        {
                m_CancelRequest = false;

                m_Start = AllocateNode();
                m_Goal = AllocateNode();

                assert((m_Start != NULL && m_Goal != NULL));
                
                m_Start->m_UserState = Start;
                m_Goal->m_UserState = Goal;

                m_State = SEARCH_STATE_SEARCHING;
                
                // Initialise the AStar specific parts of the Start Node
                // The user only needs fill out the state information

                m_Start->g = 0; 
                m_Start->h = m_Start->m_UserState.GoalDistanceEstimate( m_Goal->m_UserState );
                m_Start->f = m_Start->g + m_Start->h;
                m_Start->parent = 0;

                // Push the start node on the Open list

                m_OpenList.push_back( m_Start ); // heap now unsorted

                // Sort back element into heap
                push_heap( m_OpenList.begin(), m_OpenList.end(), HeapCompare_f() );

                // Initialise counter for search steps
                m_Steps = 0;
        }

        // Advances search one step 
        unsigned int SearchStep()
        {
                // Firstly break if the user has not initialised the search
                assert( (m_State > SEARCH_STATE_NOT_INITIALISED) &&
                                (m_State < SEARCH_STATE_INVALID) );

                // Next I want it to be safe to do a searchstep once the search has succeeded...
                if( (m_State == SEARCH_STATE_SUCCEEDED) ||
                        (m_State == SEARCH_STATE_FAILED) 
                  )
                {
                        return m_State; 
                }

                // Failure is defined as emptying the open list as there is nothing left to 
                // search...
                // New: Allow user abort
                if( m_OpenList.empty() || m_CancelRequest )
                {
                        FreeAllNodes();
                        m_State = SEARCH_STATE_FAILED;
                        return m_State;
                }
                
                // Incremement step count
                m_Steps ++;

                // Pop the best node (the one with the lowest f) 
                Node *n = m_OpenList.front(); // get pointer to the node
                pop_heap( m_OpenList.begin(), m_OpenList.end(), HeapCompare_f() );
                m_OpenList.pop_back();

                // Check for the goal, once we pop that we're done
                if( n->m_UserState.IsGoal( m_Goal->m_UserState ) )
                {
                        // The user is going to use the Goal Node he passed in 
                        // so copy the parent pointer of n 
                        m_Goal->parent = n->parent;

                        // A special case is that the goal was passed in as the start state
                        // so handle that here
                        if( false == n->m_UserState.IsSameState( m_Start->m_UserState ) )
                        {
                                FreeNode( n );

                                // set the child pointers in each node (except Goal which has no child)
                                Node *nodeChild = m_Goal;
                                Node *nodeParent = m_Goal->parent;

                                do 
                                {
                                        nodeParent->child = nodeChild;

                                        nodeChild = nodeParent;
                                        nodeParent = nodeParent->parent;
                                
                                } 
                                while( nodeChild != m_Start ); // Start is always the first node by definition

                        }

                        // delete nodes that aren't needed for the solution
                        FreeUnusedNodes();

                        m_State = SEARCH_STATE_SUCCEEDED;

                        return m_State;
                }
                else // not goal
                {

                        // We now need to generate the successors of this node
                        // The user helps us to do this, and we keep the new nodes in
                        // m_Successors ...

                        m_Successors.clear(); // empty vector of successor nodes to n

                        // User provides this functions and uses AddSuccessor to add each successor of
                        // node 'n' to m_Successors
                        bool ret = n->m_UserState.GetSuccessors( this, n->parent ? &n->parent->m_UserState : NULL ); 

                        if( !ret )
                        {

                            typename vector< Node * >::iterator successor;

                                // free the nodes that may previously have been added 
                                for( successor = m_Successors.begin(); successor != m_Successors.end(); successor ++ )
                                {
                                        FreeNode( (*successor) );
                                }

                                m_Successors.clear(); // empty vector of successor nodes to n

                                // free up everything else we allocated
                                FreeAllNodes();

                                m_State = SEARCH_STATE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
                                return m_State;
                        }
                        
                        // Now handle each successor to the current node ...
                        for( typename vector< Node * >::iterator successor = m_Successors.begin(); successor != m_Successors.end(); successor ++ )
                        {

                                //      The g value for this successor ...
                                float newg = n->g + n->m_UserState.GetCost( (*successor)->m_UserState );

                                // Now we need to find whether the node is on the open or closed lists
                                // If it is but the node that is already on them is better (lower g)
                                // then we can forget about this successor

                                // First linear search of open list to find node

                                typename vector< Node * >::iterator openlist_result;

                                for( openlist_result = m_OpenList.begin(); openlist_result != m_OpenList.end(); openlist_result ++ )
                                {
                                        if( (*openlist_result)->m_UserState.IsSameState( (*successor)->m_UserState ) )
                                        {
                                                break;                                  
                                        }
                                }

                                if( openlist_result != m_OpenList.end() )
                                {

                                        // we found this state on open

                                        if( (*openlist_result)->g <= newg )
                                        {
                                                FreeNode( (*successor) );

                                                // the one on Open is cheaper than this one
                                                continue;
                                        }
                                }

                                typename vector< Node * >::iterator closedlist_result;

                                for( closedlist_result = m_ClosedList.begin(); closedlist_result != m_ClosedList.end(); closedlist_result ++ )
                                {
                                        if( (*closedlist_result)->m_UserState.IsSameState( (*successor)->m_UserState ) )
                                        {
                                                break;                                  
                                        }
                                }

                                if( closedlist_result != m_ClosedList.end() )
                                {

                                        // we found this state on closed

                                        if( (*closedlist_result)->g <= newg )
                                        {
                                                // the one on Closed is cheaper than this one
                                                FreeNode( (*successor) );

                                                continue;
                                        }
                                }

                                // This node is the best node so far with this particular state
                                // so lets keep it and set up its AStar specific data ...

                                (*successor)->parent = n;
                                (*successor)->g = newg;
                                (*successor)->h = (*successor)->m_UserState.GoalDistanceEstimate( m_Goal->m_UserState );
                                (*successor)->f = (*successor)->g + (*successor)->h;

                                // Remove successor from closed if it was on it

                                if( closedlist_result != m_ClosedList.end() )
                                {
                                        // remove it from Closed
                                        FreeNode(  (*closedlist_result) ); 
                                        m_ClosedList.erase( closedlist_result );

                                        // Fix thanks to ...
                                        // Greg Douglas <gregdouglasmail@gmail.com>
                                        // who noticed that this code path was incorrect
                                        // Here we have found a new state which is already CLOSED
                                        // anus
                                        
                                }

                                // Update old version of this node
                                if( openlist_result != m_OpenList.end() )
                                {          

                                        FreeNode( (*openlist_result) ); 
                                        m_OpenList.erase( openlist_result );

                                        // re-make the heap 
                                        // make_heap rather than sort_heap is an essential bug fix
                                        // thanks to Mike Ryynanen for pointing this out and then explaining
                                        // it in detail. sort_heap called on an invalid heap does not work
                                        make_heap( m_OpenList.begin(), m_OpenList.end(), HeapCompare_f() );
                        
                                }

                                // heap now unsorted
                                m_OpenList.push_back( (*successor) );

                                // sort back element into heap
                                push_heap( m_OpenList.begin(), m_OpenList.end(), HeapCompare_f() );

                        }

                        // push n onto Closed, as we have expanded it now

                        m_ClosedList.push_back( n );

                } // end else (not goal so expand)

                return m_State; // Succeeded bool is false at this point. 

        }

        // User calls this to add a successor to a list of successors
        // when expanding the search frontier
        bool AddSuccessor( UserState &State )
        {
                Node *node = AllocateNode();

                if( node )
                {
                        node->m_UserState = State;

                        m_Successors.push_back( node );

                        return true;
                }

                return false;
        }

        // Free the solution nodes
        // This is done to clean up all used Node memory when you are done with the
        // search
        void FreeSolutionNodes()
        {
                Node *n = m_Start;

                if( m_Start->child )
                {
                        do
                        {
                                Node *del = n;
                                n = n->child;
                                FreeNode( del );

                                del = NULL;

                        } while( n != m_Goal );

                        FreeNode( n ); // Delete the goal

                }
                else
                {
                        // if the start node is the solution we need to just delete the start and goal
                        // nodes
                        FreeNode( m_Start );
                        FreeNode( m_Goal );
                }

        }

        // Functions for traversing the solution

        // Get start node
        UserState *GetSolutionStart()
        {
                m_CurrentSolutionNode = m_Start;
                if( m_Start )
                {
                        return &m_Start->m_UserState;
                }
                else
                {
                        return NULL;
                }
        }
        
        // Get next node
        UserState *GetSolutionNext()
        {
                if( m_CurrentSolutionNode )
                {
                        if( m_CurrentSolutionNode->child )
                        {

                                Node *child = m_CurrentSolutionNode->child;

                                m_CurrentSolutionNode = m_CurrentSolutionNode->child;

                                return &child->m_UserState;
                        }
                }

                return NULL;
        }
        
        // Get end node
        UserState *GetSolutionEnd()
        {
                m_CurrentSolutionNode = m_Goal;
                if( m_Goal )
                {
                        return &m_Goal->m_UserState;
                }
                else
                {
                        return NULL;
                }
        }
        
        // Step solution iterator backwards
        UserState *GetSolutionPrev()
        {
                if( m_CurrentSolutionNode )
                {
                        if( m_CurrentSolutionNode->parent )
                        {

                                Node *parent = m_CurrentSolutionNode->parent;

                                m_CurrentSolutionNode = m_CurrentSolutionNode->parent;

                                return &parent->m_UserState;
                        }
                }

                return NULL;
        }

        // For educational use and debugging it is useful to be able to view
        // the open and closed list at each step, here are two functions to allow that.

        UserState *GetOpenListStart()
        {
                float f,g,h;
                return GetOpenListStart( f,g,h );
        }

        UserState *GetOpenListStart( float &f, float &g, float &h )
        {
                iterDbgOpen = m_OpenList.begin();
                if( iterDbgOpen != m_OpenList.end() )
                {
                        f = (*iterDbgOpen)->f;
                        g = (*iterDbgOpen)->g;
                        h = (*iterDbgOpen)->h;
                        return &(*iterDbgOpen)->m_UserState;
                }

                return NULL;
        }

        UserState *GetOpenListNext()
        {
                float f,g,h;
                return GetOpenListNext( f,g,h );
        }

        UserState *GetOpenListNext( float &f, float &g, float &h )
        {
                iterDbgOpen++;
                if( iterDbgOpen != m_OpenList.end() )
                {
                        f = (*iterDbgOpen)->f;
                        g = (*iterDbgOpen)->g;
                        h = (*iterDbgOpen)->h;
                        return &(*iterDbgOpen)->m_UserState;
                }

                return NULL;
        }

        UserState *GetClosedListStart()
        {
                float f,g,h;
                return GetClosedListStart( f,g,h );
        }

        UserState *GetClosedListStart( float &f, float &g, float &h )
        {
                iterDbgClosed = m_ClosedList.begin();
                if( iterDbgClosed != m_ClosedList.end() )
                {
                        f = (*iterDbgClosed)->f;
                        g = (*iterDbgClosed)->g;
                        h = (*iterDbgClosed)->h;

                        return &(*iterDbgClosed)->m_UserState;
                }

                return NULL;
        }

        UserState *GetClosedListNext()
        {
                float f,g,h;
                return GetClosedListNext( f,g,h );
        }

        UserState *GetClosedListNext( float &f, float &g, float &h )
        {
                iterDbgClosed++;
                if( iterDbgClosed != m_ClosedList.end() )
                {
                        f = (*iterDbgClosed)->f;
                        g = (*iterDbgClosed)->g;
                        h = (*iterDbgClosed)->h;

                        return &(*iterDbgClosed)->m_UserState;
                }

                return NULL;
        }

        // Get the number of steps

        int GetStepCount() { return m_Steps; }

        void EnsureMemoryFreed()
        {
#if USE_FSA_MEMORY
                assert(m_AllocateNodeCount == 0);
#endif

        }

private: // methods

        // This is called when a search fails or is cancelled to free all used
        // memory 
        void FreeAllNodes()
        {
                // iterate open list and delete all nodes
                typename vector< Node * >::iterator iterOpen = m_OpenList.begin();

                while( iterOpen != m_OpenList.end() )
                {
                        Node *n = (*iterOpen);
                        FreeNode( n );

                        iterOpen ++;
                }

                m_OpenList.clear();

                // iterate closed list and delete unused nodes
                typename vector< Node * >::iterator iterClosed;

                for( iterClosed = m_ClosedList.begin(); iterClosed != m_ClosedList.end(); iterClosed ++ )
                {
                        Node *n = (*iterClosed);
                        FreeNode( n );
                }

                m_ClosedList.clear();

                // delete the goal

                FreeNode(m_Goal);
        }


        // This call is made by the search class when the search ends. A lot of nodes may be
        // created that are still present when the search ends. They will be deleted by this 
        // routine once the search ends
        void FreeUnusedNodes()
        {
                // iterate open list and delete unused nodes
                typename vector< Node * >::iterator iterOpen = m_OpenList.begin();

                while( iterOpen != m_OpenList.end() )
                {
                        Node *n = (*iterOpen);

                        if( !n->child )
                        {
                                FreeNode( n );

                                n = NULL;
                        }

                        iterOpen ++;
                }

                m_OpenList.clear();

                // iterate closed list and delete unused nodes
                typename vector< Node * >::iterator iterClosed;

                for( iterClosed = m_ClosedList.begin(); iterClosed != m_ClosedList.end(); iterClosed ++ )
                {
                        Node *n = (*iterClosed);

                        if( !n->child )
                        {
                                FreeNode( n );
                                n = NULL;

                        }
                }

                m_ClosedList.clear();

        }

        // Node memory management
        Node *AllocateNode()
        {

#if !USE_FSA_MEMORY
                Node *p = new Node;
                return p;
#else
                Node *address = m_FixedSizeAllocator.alloc();

                if( !address )
                {
                        return NULL;
                }
                m_AllocateNodeCount ++;
                Node *p = new (address) Node;
                return p;
#endif
        }

        void FreeNode( Node *node )
        {

                m_AllocateNodeCount --;

#if !USE_FSA_MEMORY
                delete node;
#else
                m_FixedSizeAllocator.free( node );
#endif
        }

private: // data

        // Heap (simple vector but used as a heap, cf. Steve Rabin's game gems article)
        vector< Node *> m_OpenList;

        // Closed list is a vector.
        vector< Node * > m_ClosedList; 

        // Successors is a vector filled out by the user each type successors to a node
        // are generated
        vector< Node * > m_Successors;

        // State
        unsigned int m_State;

        // Counts steps
        int m_Steps;

        // Start and goal state pointers
        Node *m_Start;
        Node *m_Goal;

        Node *m_CurrentSolutionNode;

#if USE_FSA_MEMORY
        // Memory
        FixedSizeAllocator<Node> m_FixedSizeAllocator;
#endif
        
        //Debug : need to keep these two iterators around
        // for the user Dbg functions
        typename vector< Node * >::iterator iterDbgOpen;
        typename vector< Node * >::iterator iterDbgClosed;

        // debugging : count memory allocation and free's
        int m_AllocateNodeCount;
        
        bool m_CancelRequest;

};