gpath.mli

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(*  Ocamlgraph: a generic graph library for OCaml                         *)
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(*  Sylvain Conchon, Jean-Christophe Filliatre and Julien Signoles        *)
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(* $Id: path.mli,v 1.9 2005-07-18 07:10:35 filliatr Exp $ *)

(** Paths *)

(** Minimal graph signature for Dijkstra's algorithm *)
module type G = sig
  type t 
  module V : Sig.COMPARABLE 
  module E : sig 
    type t 
    type label 
    val label : t -> label 
    val dst : t -> V.t 
  end 
  val iter_succ_e : (E.t -> unit) -> t -> V.t -> unit
end

(** Signature for edges' weights *)
module type WEIGHT = sig
  type label
  type t
  val weight : label -> t
  val zero : t
  val add : t -> t -> t
  val compare : t -> t -> int
end

module Dijkstra
  (G: G)
  (W: WEIGHT with type label = G.E.label) : 
sig

  val shortest_path : G.t -> G.V.t -> G.V.t -> G.E.t list * W.t
    (** [shortest_path g v1 v2] computes the shortest path from vertex [v1]
      to vertex [v2] in graph [g]. The path is returned as the list of 
      followed edges, together with the total length of the path. 
      raise [Not_found] if the path from [v1] to [v2] does not exist. 

      Complexity: at most O((V+E)log(V)) *)

end


(** Check for a path *)

module Check
  (G : 
    sig
      type t
      module V : Sig.COMPARABLE
      val iter_succ : (V.t -> unit) -> t -> V.t -> unit
    end) : 
sig

  type path_checker
    (** the abstract data type of a path checker; this is a mutable data 
	structure *)

  val create : G.t -> path_checker
    (** [create g] builds a new path checker for the graph [g];
        if the graph is mutable, it must not be mutated while this path 
        checker is in use (through the function [check_path] below). *)

  val check_path : path_checker -> G.V.t -> G.V.t -> bool
    (** [check_path pc v1 v2] checks whether there is a path from [v1] to
	[v2] in the graph associated to the path checker [pc].

        Complexity: The path checker contains a cache of all results computed
	so far. This cache is implemented with a hash table so access in this 
	cache is usually O(1). When the result is not in the cache, Dijkstra's
	algorithm is run to check for the path, and all intermediate results
	are cached.

	Note: if checks are to be done for almost all pairs of vertices, it
	may be more efficient to compute the transitive closure of the graph
	(see module [Oper]).
	*)

end