/** @file color.h
 *
 *  Interface to GiNaC's color objects. */

#ifndef _COLOR_H_
#define _COLOR_H_

#include <string>
#include <vector>

class color;

#include "indexed.h"

#define MAX_REPRESENTATION_LABELS 4
#define COLOR_EIGHT 8 // N*N-1
#define COLOR_THREE 3 // N

/** Base class for color object */
class color : public indexed
{
// friends

    friend color color_ONE(unsigned const rl);
    friend color color_T(ex const & a, unsigned const rl);
    friend color color_f(ex const & a, ex const & b, ex const & c);
    friend color color_d(ex const & a, ex const & b, ex const & c);
    friend ex color_h(ex const & a, ex const & b, ex const & c);
    friend color color_delta8(ex const & a, ex const & b);
    friend unsigned subs_index_in_exvector(exvector & v, ex const & is, ex const & ir);
    friend void split_color_string_in_parts(exvector const & v, exvector & delta8vec,
                                            exvector & fvec, exvector & dvec,
                                            vector<exvector> & Tvecs,
                                            vector<exvector> & ONEvecs,
                                            exvector & unknownvec);
    friend exvector recombine_color_string(exvector & delta8vec, exvector & fvec,
                                           exvector & dvec, vector<exvector> & Tvecs,
                                           vector<exvector> & ONEvecs, exvector & unknownvec);
    friend ex color_trace_of_one_representation_label(exvector const & v);
    friend ex color_trace(exvector const & v, unsigned const rl);
    friend ex simplify_pure_color_string(ex const & e);
    friend ex simplify_color(ex const & e);

    
// types

public:
    typedef enum { invalid, // not properly constructed by one of the friend functions
                   color_T,
                   color_f,
                   color_d,
                   color_delta8,
                   color_ONE
    } color_types;
    
// member functions

    // default constructor, destructor, copy constructor assignment operator and helpers
public:
    color();
    ~color();
    color(color const & other);
    color const & operator=(color const & other);
protected:
    void copy(color const & other); 
    void destroy(bool call_parent);

    // other constructors
protected:
    color(color_types const t, unsigned const rl=0);
    color(color_types const t, ex const & i1, unsigned const rl=0);
    color(color_types const t, ex const & i1, ex const & i2, unsigned const rl=0);
    color(color_types const t, ex const & i1, ex const & i2, ex const & i3,
          unsigned const rl=0);
    color(color_types const t, exvector const & iv, unsigned const rl=0);
    color(color_types const t, exvector * ivp, unsigned const rl=0);
    
    // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
public:
    basic * duplicate() const;
    void printraw(ostream & os) const;
    void printtree(ostream & os, unsigned indent) const;
    void print(ostream & os, unsigned upper_precedence=0) const;
    void printcsrc(ostream & os, unsigned type, unsigned upper_precedence=0) const;
    bool info(unsigned inf) const;
    ex eval(int level=0) const;
protected:
    int compare_same_type(basic const & other) const;
    bool is_equal_same_type(basic const & other) const;
    ex simplify_ncmul(exvector const & v) const;
    ex thisexprseq(exvector const & v) const;
    ex thisexprseq(exvector * vp) const;

    // new virtual functions which can be overridden by derived classes
    // none
    
    // non-virtual functions in this class
protected:
    bool all_of_type_coloridx(void) const;
    
// member variables

protected:
    color_types type;
    unsigned representation_label; // to distiguish independent color matrices coming from separated fermion lines
};

// global constants

extern const color some_color;
extern type_info const & typeid_color;

// macros

#define ex_to_color(X) static_cast<color const &>(*(X).bp)
#define ex_to_nonconst_color(X) static_cast<color &>(*(X).bp)

color color_ONE(unsigned const rl=0);
color color_T(ex const & a, unsigned const rl=0);
color color_f(ex const & a, ex const & b, ex const & c);
color color_d(ex const & a, ex const & b, ex const & c);
ex color_h(ex const & a, ex const & b, ex const & c);
color color_delta8(ex const & a, ex const & b);
void split_color_string_in_parts(exvector const & v, exvector & delta8vec,
                                 exvector & fvec, exvector & dvec,
                                 vector<exvector> & Tvecs,
                                 vector<exvector> & ONEvecs,
                                 exvector & unknownvec);
exvector recombine_color_string(exvector & delta8vec, exvector & fvec,
                                exvector & dvec, vector<exvector> & Tvecs,
                                vector<exvector> & ONEvecs, exvector & unknownvec);
ex color_trace_of_one_representation_label(exvector const & v);
ex color_trace(exvector const & v, unsigned const rl=0);
ex simplify_pure_color_string(ex const & e);
ex simplify_color(ex const & e);

ex brute_force_sum_color_indices(ex const & e);

void append_exvector_to_exvector(exvector & dest, exvector const & source);

#endif // ndef _COLOR_H_