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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
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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/>.
+ *
+ * --------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
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+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2020 DigitalGlobe (http://www.digitalglobe.com/)
+ */
+
+#include "ElementIdUtils.h"
+
+// Hoot
+#include <hoot/core/util/HootException.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/Log.h>
+#include <hoot/core/criterion/AttributeValueCriterion.h>
+#include <hoot/core/visitors/FilteredVisitor.h>
+#include <hoot/core/visitors/ElementCountVisitor.h>
+#include <hoot/core/criterion/IdTagMatchesId.h>
+
+namespace hoot
+{
+
+QSet<ElementId> ElementIdUtils::elementsToElementIds(const std::vector<ElementPtr>& elements)
+{
+ QSet<ElementId> ids;
+ for (std::vector<ElementPtr>::const_iterator it = elements.begin(); it != elements.end(); ++it)
+ {
+ ElementPtr element = *it;
+ if (element)
+ {
+ ids.insert(element->getElementId());
+ }
+ }
+ return ids;
+}
+
+bool ElementIdUtils::allElementIdsPositive(const ConstOsmMapPtr& map)
+{
+ std::shared_ptr<AttributeValueCriterion> attrCrit(
+ new AttributeValueCriterion(
+ ElementAttributeType(ElementAttributeType::Id), 1, NumericComparisonType::LessThan));
+ return
+ (int)FilteredVisitor::getStat(
+ attrCrit, std::shared_ptr<ElementCountVisitor>(new ElementCountVisitor()), map) == 0;
+}
+
+bool ElementIdUtils::allElementIdsNegative(const ConstOsmMapPtr& map)
+{
+ std::shared_ptr<AttributeValueCriterion> attrCrit(
+ new AttributeValueCriterion(
+ ElementAttributeType(ElementAttributeType::Id), -1, NumericComparisonType::GreaterThan));
+ return
+ (int)FilteredVisitor::getStat(
+ attrCrit, std::shared_ptr<ElementCountVisitor>(new ElementCountVisitor()), map) == 0;
+}
+
+bool ElementIdUtils::allIdTagsMatchIds(const ConstOsmMapPtr& map)
+{
+ std::shared_ptr<IdTagMatchesId> idCrit(new IdTagMatchesId());
+ return
+ (int)FilteredVisitor::getStat(
+ idCrit, std::shared_ptr<ElementCountVisitor>(new ElementCountVisitor()), map) ==
+ (int)map->size();
+}
+
+}