defmodule Interval do @moduledoc """ An interval represents the points between two endpoints. The interval can be empty. The empty interval is never contained in any other interval, and contains itself no points. It can also be left and/or right unbounded, in which case it contains all points in the unbounded direction. A fully unbounded interval contains all other intervals, except the empty interval. """ alias Interval.Point alias Interval.Endpoint defstruct left: nil, right: nil @typedoc """ The `Interval` struct, representing all points between two endpoints. The struct has two fields: `left` and `right`, representing the left (lower) and right (upper) points in the interval. The endpoints are stored as an `t:Interval.Endpoint.t/0` or the atom `:unbounded`. A special case exists for the empty interval, which is represented by both `left` and `right` being set to the atom `:empty` """ @type t() :: %__MODULE__{ left: :empty | :unbounded | Interval.Endpoint.t(), right: :empty | :unbounded | Interval.Endpoint.t() } @doc """ Create a new empty Interval """ def empty() do %__MODULE__{left: :empty, right: :empty} end @doc """ Create a new Interval containing a single point. """ def single(point) when not is_list(point) do # assert that Point is implemented for given variable true = Point.type(point) in [:discrete, :continuous] endpoint = Endpoint.inclusive(point) from_endpoints(endpoint, endpoint) end @doc """ Create a new unbounded interval """ def new(opts \\ []) def new(opts) when is_list(opts) do left = Keyword.get(opts, :left, nil) right = Keyword.get(opts, :right, nil) bounds = Keyword.get(opts, :bounds, "[)") {left_bound, right_bound} = unpack_bounds(bounds) left_endpoint = case {left, left_bound} do {nil, _} -> :unbounded {_, :unbounded} -> :unbounded {_, :inclusive} -> Endpoint.inclusive(left) {_, :exclusive} -> Endpoint.exclusive(left) end right_endpoint = case {right, right_bound} do {nil, _} -> :unbounded {_, :unbounded} -> :unbounded {_, :inclusive} -> Endpoint.inclusive(right) {_, :exclusive} -> Endpoint.exclusive(right) end from_endpoints(left_endpoint, right_endpoint) end def from_endpoints(left, right) when (left == :unbounded or is_struct(left, Endpoint)) and (right == :unbounded or is_struct(right, Endpoint)) do %__MODULE__{left: left, right: right} |> normalize() end @doc """ Normalize an `Interval` struct """ # lef and right endpoints set to :empty, special case for normalized empty interval def normalize(%__MODULE__{left: :empty, right: :empty} = self), do: self # non-empty non-unbounded Interval: def normalize(%__MODULE__{left: %Endpoint{} = left, right: %Endpoint{} = right} = original) do # Left and right point type must be the same. # Dirty assert for now: true = Interval.Point.impl_for!(left.point) == Interval.Point.impl_for!(right.point) type = Point.type(left.point) comp = Point.compare(left.point, right.point) left_inclusive = Endpoint.inclusive?(left) right_inclusive = Endpoint.inclusive?(right) case {type, comp, left_inclusive, right_inclusive} do # left > right is an error: {_, :gt, _, _} -> dbg({left, right}) raise "left > right which is invalid" # intervals given as either (p,p), [p,p) or (p,p] # are all normalized to empty. # (If you want a single point in an interval, give it as [p,p]) {_, :eq, false, false} -> empty() {_, :eq, true, false} -> empty() {_, :eq, false, true} -> empty() # otherwise, if the point type is continuous, the the orignal # interval was already normalized form: {:continuous, _, _, _} -> original ## Discrete types: # if discrete type, we want to always normalize to bounds == [) # because it makes life a bit easier elsewhere. # if both bounds are exclusive, we also need to check for empty, because # we could still have an empty interval like (1,2) {:discrete, _, false, false} -> next_left_point = Point.next(left.point) case Point.compare(next_left_point, right.point) do :eq -> empty() :lt -> %__MODULE__{ left: Endpoint.inclusive(next_left_point), right: right } end # Remaining bound combinations are: # [], (], [) # we don't need to touch [), so we only need to deal with # the ones that are upper-inclusive. We want to perform the following # transformations: # [a,b] -> [a, b+1) # (a,b] -> [a+1, b+1) {:discrete, _, true, true} -> %__MODULE__{ left: left, right: Endpoint.exclusive(Point.next(right.point)) } {:discrete, _, false, true} -> %__MODULE__{ left: Endpoint.inclusive(Point.next(left.point)), right: Endpoint.exclusive(Point.next(right.point)) } # Finally, if we have an [) interval, then the original was # valid: {:discrete, :lt, true, false} -> original end end # Either left or right or both must be unbounded def normalize(%__MODULE__{left: left, right: right} = original) do %{original | left: normalize_left_endpoint(left), right: normalize_right_endpoint(right)} end defp normalize_right_endpoint(:unbounded), do: :unbounded defp normalize_right_endpoint(right) do case {Point.type(right.point), Endpoint.inclusive?(right)} do {:discrete, true} -> Endpoint.exclusive(Point.next(right.point)) {_, _} -> right end end defp normalize_left_endpoint(:unbounded), do: :unbounded defp normalize_left_endpoint(left) do case {Point.type(left.point), Endpoint.inclusive?(left)} do {:discrete, false} -> Endpoint.inclusive(Point.next(left.point)) {_, _} -> left end end @doc """ Is interval empty? ## Examples iex> empty?(empty()) true iex> empty?(single(1.0)) false iex> empty?(new(left: 1, right: 2)) false """ def empty?(%__MODULE__{left: :empty, right: :empty}), do: true def empty?(%__MODULE__{}), do: false @doc """ Is the interval unbounded to the left? ## Examples iex> left_unbounded?(new()) true iex> left_unbounded?(new(right: 2)) true iex> left_unbounded?(new(left: 1, right: 2)) false """ def left_unbounded?(%__MODULE__{left: :unbounded}), do: true def left_unbounded?(%__MODULE__{}), do: false @doc """ Is the interval unbounded to the right? ## Examples iex> right_unbounded?(new(right: 1)) false iex> right_unbounded?(new()) true iex> right_unbounded?(new(left: 1)) true """ def right_unbounded?(%__MODULE__{right: :unbounded}), do: true def right_unbounded?(%__MODULE__{}), do: false @doc """ Is the interval left point inclusive? iex> left_inclusive?(new(left: 1.0, right: 2.0, bounds: "[]")) true iex> left_inclusive?(new(left: 1.0, right: 2.0, bounds: "[)")) true iex> left_inclusive?(new(left: 1.0, right: 2.0, bounds: "()")) false """ def left_inclusive?(%__MODULE__{left: %Endpoint{} = left}), do: Endpoint.inclusive?(left) def left_inclusive?(%__MODULE__{}), do: false @doc """ Is the interval right point inclusive? iex> right_inclusive?(new(left: 1.0, right: 2.0, bounds: "[]")) true iex> right_inclusive?(new(left: 1.0, right: 2.0, bounds: "[)")) false iex> right_inclusive?(new(left: 1.0, right: 2.0, bounds: "()")) false """ def right_inclusive?(%__MODULE__{right: %Endpoint{} = right}), do: Endpoint.inclusive?(right) def right_inclusive?(%__MODULE__{}), do: false @doc """ A is strictly left of B, if no point in A is in B, and all points in A is left (<) of all points in B. # Examples: [--A--) [--B--) iex> strictly_left_of?(new(left: 1, right: 2), new(left: 3, right: 4)) true iex> strictly_left_of?(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 2, right: 4)) false iex> strictly_left_of?(new(left: 3, right: 4), new(left: 1, right: 2)) false """ @spec strictly_left_of?(t(), t()) :: boolean() def strictly_left_of?(a, b) do not right_unbounded?(a) and not left_unbounded?(b) and not empty?(a) and not empty?(b) and case Point.compare(a.right.point, b.left.point) do :lt -> true :eq -> not right_inclusive?(a) or not left_inclusive?(b) :gt -> false end end @doc """ A is strictly right of B, if no point in A is in B, and all points in A is right (>) of all points in B. [--A--) [--B--) iex> strictly_right_of?(new(left: 1, right: 2), new(left: 3, right: 4)) false iex> strictly_right_of?(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 2, right: 4)) false iex> strictly_right_of?(new(left: 3, right: 4), new(left: 1, right: 2)) true """ @spec strictly_right_of?(t(), t()) :: boolean() def strictly_right_of?(a, b) do not left_unbounded?(a) and not right_unbounded?(b) and not empty?(a) and not empty?(b) and case Point.compare(a.left.point, b.right.point) do :lt -> false :eq -> not left_inclusive?(a) or not right_inclusive?(b) :gt -> true end end @doc """ A is adjacent left of B if a.right.point == b.left.point and their bounds are not equal, or if A's type is discrete and next(a.right.point) == b.left.point and a.right.point and b.left.point is inclusive Discrete: |--A--) [--B--| |--A--] (--B--| |--A--] [--B--| Continuous: |--A--) [--B--| |--A--] (--B--| ## Examples iex> adjacent_left_of?(new(left: 1, right: 2), new(left: 2, right: 3)) true iex> adjacent_left_of?(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 2, right: 4)) false iex> adjacent_left_of?(new(left: 3, right: 4), new(left: 1, right: 2)) false iex> adjacent_left_of?(new(right: 2, bounds: "[]"), new(left: 3)) true """ @spec adjacent_left_of?(t(), t()) :: boolean() def adjacent_left_of?(a, b) do prerequisite = not right_unbounded?(a) and not left_unbounded?(b) and not empty?(a) and not empty?(b) with true <- prerequisite do case Point.type(a.right.point) do :discrete -> check = right_inclusive?(a) != left_inclusive?(b) and Point.compare(a.right.point, b.left.point) == :eq # NOTE: Don't think this is needed when we also # normalize discrete values to [) next_check = right_inclusive?(a) and left_inclusive?(b) and Point.compare(Point.next(a.right.point), b.left.point) == :eq check or next_check :continuous -> right_inclusive?(a) != left_inclusive?(b) and Point.compare(a.right.point, b.left.point) == :eq end end end @doc """ A is adjacent right of B if a.left.point == b.right.point and their bounds are not equal, or if A's type is discrete and next(a.left.point) == b.right.point and a.left.point and b.right.point is inclusive Discrete: (--A--] |--B--] [--A--| |--B--) [--A--| |--B--] Continuous: (--A--] |--B--] [--A--| |--B--) ## Examples iex> adjacent_right_of?(new(left: 2, right: 3), new(left: 1, right: 2)) true iex> adjacent_right_of?(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 2, right: 4)) false iex> adjacent_right_of?(new(left: 1, right: 2), new(left: 3, right: 4)) false iex> adjacent_right_of?(new(left: 3), new(right: 2, bounds: "]")) true """ @spec adjacent_right_of?(t(), t()) :: boolean() def adjacent_right_of?(a, b) do prerequisite = not left_unbounded?(a) and not right_unbounded?(b) and not empty?(a) and not empty?(b) with true <- prerequisite do case Point.type(a.left.point) do :discrete -> check = left_inclusive?(a) != right_inclusive?(b) and Point.compare(a.left.point, b.right.point) == :eq # NOTE: Don't think this is needed when we also # normalize discrete values to [) next_check = left_inclusive?(a) and right_inclusive?(b) and Point.compare(Point.previous(a.left.point), b.right.point) == :eq check or next_check :continuous -> Point.compare(a.left.point, b.right.point) == :eq and left_inclusive?(a) != right_inclusive?(b) end end end @doc """ Is some points in A also in B? ## Examples [--A--) [--B--) iex> overlaps?(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 2, right: 4)) true [--A--) [--B--) iex> overlaps?(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 3, right: 5)) false [--A--] [--B--] iex> overlaps?(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 2, right: 4)) true (--A--) (--B--) iex> overlaps?(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 3, right: 5)) false [--A--) [--B--) iex> overlaps?(new(left: 1, right: 2), new(left: 3, right: 4)) false """ @spec overlaps?(t(), t()) :: boolean() def overlaps?(a, b) do not empty?(a) and not empty?(b) and not strictly_left_of?(a, b) and not strictly_right_of?(a, b) end @doc """ Does interval `a` contain `point`? For an interval A to contain an interval B, all of B's points must be inside of A: [-----A-----) [---B---) This means that a.left.point is less than b.left.point (or unbounded), and a.right.point is greater than b.right.point (or unbounded) If A and B's point match, then B is "in" A if A and B share bound type. E.g. if a.left.point and b.left.point equals, then A contains B if both A's and B's left_incl is inclusive, or if both A's and B's left_incl is exclusive. If either of B's points are unbounded, then A only contains B if the corresponding point in A is also unbounded. ## Examples iex> contains?(new(left: 1, right: 2), new(left: 1, right: 2)) true iex> contains?(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 2, right: 3)) true iex> contains?(new(left: 2, right: 3), new(left: 1, right: 4)) false iex> contains?(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 1, right: 2)) true iex> contains?(new(left: 1, right: 2, bounds: "()"), new(left: 1, right: 3)) false iex> contains?(new(right: 1), new(left: 0, right: 1)) true """ @spec contains?(t(), t()) :: boolean() def contains?(a, b) do # Neither A or B must be empty, so that's a prerequisite for # even checking anything. prerequisite = not (empty?(a) or empty?(b)) with true <- prerequisite do # check that a.left.point is less than or equal to (if inclusive) b.left.point: contains_left = left_unbounded?(a) or (not left_unbounded?(b) and case Point.compare(a.left.point, b.left.point) do :gt -> false :eq -> left_inclusive?(a) == left_inclusive?(b) :lt -> true end) # check that a.right.point is greater than or equal to (if inclusive) b.right.point: contains_right = right_unbounded?(a) or (not right_unbounded?(b) and case Point.compare(a.right.point, b.right.point) do :gt -> true :eq -> right_inclusive?(a) == right_inclusive?(b) :lt -> false end) # a contains b if both the left check and right check passes: contains_left and contains_right end end @doc """ Union interval A and B. A and B must overlap or be adjacent to produce a meaningful result, otherwise an empty interval is returned. ## Examples [--A--) [--B--) [----C----) iex> union(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 2, right: 4)) new(left: 1, right: 4) [-A-) [-B-) [---C---) iex> union(new(left: 1, right: 2), new(left: 2, right: 3)) new(left: 1, right: 3) iex> union(new(left: 1, right: 2), new(left: 3, right: 4)) Interval.empty() """ def union(a, b) do cond do # if either is empty, return the other empty?(a) -> b empty?(b) -> a # if a and b overlap or are adjacent, we can union the intervals overlaps?(a, b) or adjacent_left_of?(a, b) or adjacent_right_of?(a, b) -> left = min_endpoint(a.left, b.left) right = max_endpoint(a.right, b.right) from_endpoints(left, right) # fall-through, if neither A or B is empty, # but there is also no overlap or adjacency, # then the two intervals are either strictly left or strictly right, # we return empty (A and B share an empty amount of points) true -> # TODO: remove this assertion. # It should always be true, so no point in checking: true == strictly_left_of?(a, b) or strictly_right_of?(a, b) empty() end end @doc """ Return the intersection between two intervals, such that the returned interval contains all of the points that A and B has in common. ## Examples: Discrete: a: [----) b: [----) c: [-) iex> intersection(new(left: 1, right: 3), new(left: 2, right: 4)) new(left: 2, right: 3) Continuous: a: [----) b: [----) c: [-) iex> intersection(new(left: 1.0, right: 3.0), new(left: 2.0, right: 4.0)) new(left: 2.0, right: 3.0) a: (----) b: (----) c: (-) iex> intersection( ...> new(left: 1.0, right: 3.0, bounds: "()"), ...> new(left: 2.0, right: 4.0, bounds: "()") ...> ) new(left: 2.0, right: 3.0, bounds: "()") """ def intersection(a, b) do cond do # if A is empty, we return A empty?(a) -> a # if B is empty, we return B empty?(b) -> b # if A and B doesn't overlap, # then there can be no intersection not overlaps?(a, b) -> empty() # otherwise, we can compute the intersection: true -> left = max_endpoint(a.left, b.left) right = min_endpoint(a.right, b.right) from_endpoints(left, right) end end ## ## Helpers ## defp min_endpoint(:unbounded, _b), do: :unbounded defp min_endpoint(_a, :unbounded), do: :unbounded defp min_endpoint(left, right) do case Point.compare(left.point, right.point) do :gt -> right :eq -> case {Endpoint.inclusive?(left), Endpoint.inclusive?(right)} do {true, _} -> left {_, true} -> right _ -> left end :lt -> left end end defp max_endpoint(:unbounded, _b), do: :unbounded defp max_endpoint(_a, :unbounded), do: :unbounded defp max_endpoint(left, right) do case Point.compare(left.point, right.point) do :gt -> left :eq -> case {Endpoint.inclusive?(left), Endpoint.inclusive?(right)} do {true, _} -> left {_, true} -> right _ -> left end :lt -> right end end # completely unbounded: def unpack_bounds(""), do: {:unbounded, :unbounded} # unbounded either left or right def unpack_bounds(")"), do: {:unbounded, :exclusive} def unpack_bounds("("), do: {:exclusive, :unbounded} def unpack_bounds("]"), do: {:unbounded, :inclusive} def unpack_bounds("["), do: {:inclusive, :unbounded} # bounded both sides def unpack_bounds("()"), do: {:exclusive, :exclusive} def unpack_bounds("[]"), do: {:inclusive, :inclusive} def unpack_bounds("[)"), do: {:inclusive, :exclusive} def unpack_bounds("(]"), do: {:exclusive, :inclusive} end