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+/*
+ * This file is part of Hootenanny.
+ *
+ * Hootenanny is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+#include "RandomElementRenamer.h"
+
+// boost
+#include <boost/random/uniform_int.hpp>
+#include <boost/random/uniform_real.hpp>
+
+// hoot
+#include <hoot/core/util/Factory.h>
+#include <hoot/core/ops/RecursiveElementRemover.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/Settings.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/ConfigOptions.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/RandomNumberUtils.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/Log.h>
+
+// Standard
+#include <algorithm>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace hoot
+{
+
+HOOT_FACTORY_REGISTER(ElementVisitor, RandomElementRenamer)
+
+RandomElementRenamer::RandomElementRenamer()
+{
+ _localRng.reset(new boost::minstd_rand());
+ _rng = _localRng.get();
+}
+
+QString RandomElementRenamer::permuteName(const QString& s)
+{
+ boost::uniform_real<> uni(0.0, 1.0);
+ boost::uniform_int<> uniChange(0, 1);
+ boost::uniform_int<> uniLetter('a', 'z' + 1);
+ QString result = s;
+ for (int i = 0; i < result.size(); i++)
+ {
+ if (uni(*_rng) <= _changeP)
+ {
+ int type = uniChange(*_rng);
+ switch (type)
+ {
+ // replace the letter with a random letter a-z or space
+ case 0:
+ {
+ char letter = uniLetter(*_rng);
+ if (letter == 'z' + 1)
+ {
+ letter = ' ';
+ }
+ result[i] = letter;
+ } break;
+ // randomly swap a letter.
+ case 1:
+ {
+ int pos = max<int>(uni(*_rng) * result.size(), result.size() - 1);
+ QChar c1 = result[i];
+ result[i] = result[pos];
+ result[pos] = c1;
+ } break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return result;
+}
+
+void RandomElementRenamer::setConfiguration(const Settings& conf)
+{
+ ConfigOptions configOptions(conf);
+ setProbability(configOptions.getRandomElementRenamerProbability());
+ setChangeProbability(configOptions.getRandomElementRenamerChangeProbability());
+ const int seed = configOptions.getRandomSeed();
+ LOG_VARD(seed);
+ if (seed == -1)
+ {
+ _rng->seed(RandomNumberUtils::generateSeed());
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ _rng->seed(seed);
+ }
+}
+
+void RandomElementRenamer::visit(const std::shared_ptr<Element>& e)
+{
+ boost::uniform_real<> uni(0.0, 1.0);
+ QStringList keys = e->getTags().getMatchingKeys(Tags::getNameKeys());
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++)
+ {
+ bool change = false;
+ QString k = keys[i];
+ QStringList vl = e->getTags().getList(k);
+ for (int j = 0; j < vl.size(); j++)
+ {
+ if (uni(*_rng) <= _p)
+ {
+ vl[j] = permuteName(vl[j]);
+ change = true;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (change)
+ {
+ e->getTags().setList(k, vl);
+ _numAffected++;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+}