BIFWriter.h

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/**
 * @file
 * @brief Definition of classe for BIF file output manipulation
 *
 * This class servers to write the content of a Bayesian network in
 * the BIF format.
 *
 * @author Lionel TORTI and Pierre-Henri WUILLEMIN(@LIP6)
 */

#ifndef GUM_BIF_WRITER_H
#define GUM_BIF_WRITER_H

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>

#include <agrum/BN/io/BNWriter.h>

#include <agrum/agrum.h>

namespace gum {

  /**
   * @class BIFWriter
   * @headerfile BIFWriter.h <agrum/BN/io/BIF/BIFWriter.h>
   * @ingroup bn_io
   * @brief Writes a IBayesNet in the BIF format.
   *
   * This class servers to write the content of a Bayesian network in
   * the BIF format. See
   * http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~fgcozman/Research/InterchangeFormat/Old/xmlbif02.html
   * for information on this format.
   *
   */
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  class BIFWriter: public BNWriter< GUM_SCALAR > {
    public:
    // ==========================================================================
    /// @name Constructor & destructor
    // ==========================================================================
    /// @{

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    BIFWriter();

    /**
     * Destructor.
     */
    ~BIFWriter() final;

    /// @}

    /**
     * Writes a Bayesian network in the output stream using the BIF format.
     *
     * @param output The output stream.
     * @param bn The Bayesian network writen in output.
     * @throws IOError Raised if and I/O error occurs.
     */
    void write(std::ostream& output, const IBayesNet< GUM_SCALAR >& bn) final;

    /**
     * Writes a Bayesian network in the referenced file using the BIF format.
     * If the files doesn't exists, it is created.
     *
     * @param filePath The path to the file used to write the Bayesian network.
     * @param bn The Bayesian network writed in the file.
     * @throws IOError Raised if and I/O error occurs.
     */
    void write(const std::string& filePath, const IBayesNet< GUM_SCALAR >& bn) final;

    private:
    // Returns the header of the BIF file.
    std::string _header_(const IBayesNet< GUM_SCALAR >& bn);

    // Returns a bloc defining a variable in the BIF format.
    std::string _variableBloc_(const DiscreteVariable& var);

    // Returns a bloc defining a variable's CPT in the BIF format.
    std::string _variableCPT_(const Potential< GUM_SCALAR >& cpt);

    // Returns the modalities labels of the variables in varsSeq
    std::string _variablesLabels_(const Sequence< const DiscreteVariable* >& varsSeq,
                                  const Instantiation&                       inst);
  };


#ifndef GUM_NO_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_CLASS
  extern template class BIFWriter< double >;
#endif

} /* namespace gum */

#include <agrum/BN/io/BIF/BIFWriter_tpl.h>
#endif   // GUM_BIF_WRITER_H