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+/*
+ * This file is part of Hootenanny.
+ *
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+ */
+
+#ifndef RELATION_MEMBER_UTILS_H
+#define RELATION_MEMBER_UTILS_H
+
+// Hoot
+#include <hoot/core/elements/OsmMap.h>
+#include <hoot/core/criterion/GeometryTypeCriterion.h>
+
+namespace hoot
+{
+
+class ElementCriterion;
+
+/**
+ * Various utilities useful when working with relation members but kept out of the Relation class
+ * to avoid circular dependencies
+ */
+class RelationMemberUtils
+{
+
+public:
+
+ /**
+ * Get a detailed string representing a relation's members
+ *
+ * @param relation relation to get info from
+ * @param map map owning the relation
+ * @return a detailed relations members string
+ */
+ static QString getRelationMembersDetailedString(const ConstRelationPtr& relation,
+ const ConstOsmMapPtr& map);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the first way ID from a set of relation members
+ *
+ * @param relation relation to check way ID for
+ * @param map map owning the relation
+ * @return a way ID
+ */
+ static long getFirstWayIdFromRelation(const ConstRelationPtr& relation, const OsmMapPtr& map);
+
+ /**
+ * Determines if an element is a member of a relation
+ *
+ * @param map map owning the input element
+ * @param childId element ID of the input element
+ * @return true if the element is a member of a relation
+ */
+ static bool isMemberOfRelation(const ConstOsmMapPtr& map, const ElementId& childId);
+
+ /**
+ * Determines if an element is a member of a relation of a given type
+ *
+ * @param map map owning the input element
+ * @param childId element ID of the input element
+ * @param relationType type of relation to search for; if left blank, relation types are not
+ * checked
+ * @return true if the element is a member of a relation of the specified type OR if the element
+ * is simply a member of a relation and the type is not specified; false otherwise
+ */
+ static bool isMemberOfRelationType(const ConstOsmMapPtr& map, const ElementId& childId,
+ const QString& relationType = "");
+
+ /**
+ * Determines if an element is a member of a relation that is in a given schema category
+ *
+ * @param map map owning the input element
+ * @param childId element ID of the input element
+ * @param schemaCategory schema category to search for relation membership in; if left blank,
+ * category membership for the relations is not checked
+ * @return true if the element is a member of a relation that is in the specified schema category
+ * OR if the element is simply a member of a relation and the category is not specified; false
+ * otherwise
+ */
+ static bool isMemberOfRelationInCategory(const ConstOsmMapPtr& map, const ElementId& childId,
+ const QString& schemaCategory = "");
+
+ /**
+ * Determines if an element is a member of a relation that has a given tag key
+ *
+ * @param map map owning the input element
+ * @param childId element ID of the input element
+ * @param tagKey tag key to search relations for; if left blank, tag keys on the relations are not
+ * checked
+ * @return true if the element is a member of a relation with the specified tag key OR if the
+ * element is simply a member of a relation and a tag key is not specified
+ */
+ static bool isMemberOfRelationWithTagKey(const ConstOsmMapPtr& map, const ElementId& childId,
+ const QString& tagKey = "");
+
+ /**
+ * Determines if an element is contained by any relation in a map
+ *
+ * @param elementId the ID of the element to search for
+ * @param map the map containing the element
+ * @return true if any relation in the map contains the element; false otherwise
+ */
+ static bool elementContainedByAnyRelation(const ElementId& elementId, const ConstOsmMapPtr& map);
+
+ /**
+ * Determines if a relation contains any member that satisifies a specified criterion
+ *
+ * @param relation the relation to examine
+ * @param criterion the criterion which must be satisified by member elements
+ * @param map the map owning the relation
+ * @return true if at least one member element satisfies the criterion; false otherwise
+ */
+ static bool containsMemberWithCriterion(
+ const ConstRelationPtr& relation, const ElementCriterion& criterion, const ConstOsmMapPtr& map);
+
+ /**
+ * Determines if a relation contains only members that satisfy specified criterion
+ *
+ * @param relation the relation to examine
+ * @param criterion the criterion which must be satisified by member elements
+ * @param map the map owning the relation
+ * @return true if all member elements satisfy the criterion; false otherwise
+ */
+ static bool containsOnlyMembersWithCriterion(
+ const ConstRelationPtr& relation, const ElementCriterion& criterion, const ConstOsmMapPtr& map);
+
+ /**
+ * Detemines if a relation has members all with the same geometry type
+ *
+ * @param relation the relation to examine
+ * @param map the map owning the relation
+ * @param geometryType optional geometry type filter
+ * @return if no geometry type is specified, returns true if all member elements have the same
+ * geometry type and false otherwise; if a geometry type is specified, returns true if all
+ * member elements have the specified geometry type and false otherwise
+ */
+ static bool membersHaveHomogenousGeometryType(
+ const ConstRelationPtr& relation, const ConstOsmMapPtr& map,
+ const GeometryTypeCriterion::GeometryType& geometryType =
+ GeometryTypeCriterion::GeometryType::Unknown);
+
+ /**
+ * Determines if a relation has any member with a specified geometry type
+ *
+ * @param relation the relation to examine
+ * @param map the map owning the relation
+ * @param geometryType geometry type filter
+ * @return true if the relation has any member with the specified geometry type; false otherwise
+ */
+ static bool hasMemberWithGeometryType(
+ const ConstRelationPtr& relation, const ConstOsmMapPtr& map,
+ const GeometryTypeCriterion::GeometryType& geometryType);
+
+ /**
+ * Counts the number of way nodes in way members belonging to a relation
+ *
+ * @param relation the relation containing the way members
+ * @param map the map owning the relation
+ * @return a count
+ */
+ static int getMemberWayNodeCount(const ConstRelationPtr& relation, const ConstOsmMapPtr& map);
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // RELATION_MEMBER_UTILS_H