ConvexHull2d.h

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// Copyright Epic Games, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 
#pragma once
 
#include "CoreTypes.h"
#include "Math/Vector2D.h"
#include "Math/Vector.h"
 
namespace ConvexHull2D
{
    template<typename VectorType, typename Allocator>
    void ComputeConvexHull(const TArray<VectorType, Allocator>& Points, TArray<int32, Allocator>& OutIndices)
    {
        // Handle case too simple for the algorithm to handle
        int32 PointsNum = Points.Num();
        if (PointsNum <= 3)
        {
            for (int32 Index = 0; Index < PointsNum; ++Index)
            {
                OutIndices.Add(Index);
            }
 
            return;
        }
 
        // Simple sorted index lookup table into immutable Points array.
        TArray<uint32, Allocator> SortedIndices;
        SortedIndices.SetNumUninitialized(PointsNum);
        for (int32 Index = 0; Index < PointsNum; ++Index)
        {
            SortedIndices[Index] = Index;
        }
    
        // Get rid of costly RangeCheck during sort by using pointer directly
        Algo::Sort(
            SortedIndices,
            [P = Points.GetData()](uint32 a, uint32 b)
            {
                // Sort in Y if X are equal
                return P[a].X == P[b].X ? P[a].Y < P[b].Y : P[a].X < P[b].X;
            }
        );
 
        auto IsClockwise =
            [](const VectorType& O, const VectorType& A, const VectorType& B)
            {
                return ((A.X - O.X) * (B.Y - O.Y) - (A.Y - O.Y) * (B.X - O.X)) <= 0;
            };
 
        int32 HullIndex = 0;
        OutIndices.SetNum(PointsNum*2);
 
        // Build lower hull
        for (int32 Index = 0; Index < PointsNum; ++Index) 
        {
            const VectorType& B = Points[SortedIndices[Index]];
            while (HullIndex >= 2 && IsClockwise(Points[OutIndices[HullIndex - 2]], Points[OutIndices[HullIndex - 1]], B))
            {
                --HullIndex;
            }
 
            OutIndices[HullIndex++] = SortedIndices[Index];
        }
 
        // Build upper hull
        for (int32 Index = PointsNum - 1, StartIndex = HullIndex + 1; Index > 0; --Index) 
        {
            const VectorType& B = Points[SortedIndices[Index - 1]];
            while (HullIndex >= StartIndex && IsClockwise(Points[OutIndices[HullIndex - 2]], Points[OutIndices[HullIndex - 1]], B))
            {
                --HullIndex;
            }
 
            OutIndices[HullIndex++] = SortedIndices[Index - 1];
        }
 
        OutIndices.SetNum(HullIndex - 1, EAllowShrinking::No);
    }
 
    [[nodiscard]] inline FVector::FReal ComputeDeterminant(const FVector& A, const FVector& B, const FVector& C)
    {
        const FVector::FReal u1 = B.X - A.X;
        const FVector::FReal v1 = B.Y - A.Y;
        const FVector::FReal u2 = C.X - A.X;
        const FVector::FReal v2 = C.Y - A.Y;
 
        return u1 * v2 - v1 * u2;
    }
 
    [[nodiscard]] inline bool ComparePoints(const FVector& A, const FVector& B)
    {
        if (A.X < B.X)
        {
            return true;
        }
 
        if (A.X > B.X)
        {
            return false;
        }
 
        if (A.Y < B.Y)
        {
            return true;
        }
 
        if (A.Y > B.Y)
        {
            return false;
        }
 
        return false;
    }
 
    template<typename Allocator>
    void ComputeConvexHullLegacy(const TArray<FVector, Allocator>& Points, TArray<int32, Allocator>& OutIndices)
    {
        if (Points.Num() == 0)
        {
            // Early exit here, otherwise an invalid index will be added to the output.
            return;
        }
 
        // Find lower-leftmost point.
        int32 HullStart = 0;
        int32 HullEnd = 0;
 
        for (int32 i = 1; i < Points.Num(); ++i)
        {
            if (ComparePoints(Points[i], Points[HullStart]))
            {
                HullStart = i;
            }
            if (ComparePoints(Points[HullEnd], Points[i]))
            {
                HullEnd = i;
            }
        }
 
        OutIndices.Add(HullStart);
 
        if(HullStart == HullEnd)
        {
            // convex hull degenerated to a single point
            return;
        }
 
        // Gift wrap Hull.
        int32 Hull = HullStart;
        int LocalEnd = HullEnd;
        bool bGoRight = true;
        bool bFinished = false;
 
        // sometimes it hangs on infinite loop, repeating sequence of indices (e.g. 4,9,8,9,8,...)
        while (OutIndices.Num() <= Points.Num())
        {
            int32 NextPoint = LocalEnd;
 
            for (int j = 0; j < Points.Num(); ++j)
            {
                if(j == NextPoint || j == Hull)
                {
                    continue;
                }
 
                const FVector & A = Points.GetData()[Hull];
                const FVector & B = Points.GetData()[NextPoint];
                const FVector & C = Points.GetData()[j];
                FVector::FReal Deter = ComputeDeterminant(A, B, C);
 
                // 0.001 Bias is to stop floating point errors, when comparing points on a straight line; KINDA_SMALL_NUMBER was slightly too small to use.
                if(Deter < -0.001)
                {
                    // C is left of AB, take it
                    NextPoint = j;
                }
                else if(Deter < 0.001)
                {
                    if(bGoRight)
                    {
                        if(ComparePoints(B, C))
                        {
                            // we go right, take it
                            NextPoint = j;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if(ComparePoints(C, B))
                        {
                            // we go left, take it
                            NextPoint = j;
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    // C is right of AB, don't take it
                }
            }
 
            if(NextPoint == HullEnd)
            {
                // turn around
                bGoRight = false;
                LocalEnd = HullStart;
            }
                
            if(NextPoint == HullStart)
            {
                // finish
                bFinished = true;
                break;
            }
 
            OutIndices.Add(NextPoint);
 
            Hull = NextPoint;
        }
 
        // clear all indices if main loop was left without finishing shape
        if (!bFinished)
        {
            OutIndices.Reset();
        }
    }
 
    [[nodiscard]] inline FVector2D::FReal ComputeDeterminant2D(const FVector2D& A, const FVector2D& B, const FVector2D& C)
    {
        const FVector2D::FReal u1 = B.X - A.X;
        const FVector2D::FReal v1 = B.Y - A.Y;
        const FVector2D::FReal u2 = C.X - A.X;
        const FVector2D::FReal v2 = C.Y - A.Y;
 
        return u1 * v2 - v1 * u2;
    }
 
    template<typename Allocator>
    void ComputeConvexHullLegacy2(const TArray<FVector2D, Allocator>& Points, TArray<int32, Allocator>& OutIndices)
    {
        if (Points.Num() == 0)
        {
            return;
        }
 
        // Jarvis march implementation
        int32 LeftmostIndex = -1;
        FVector2D Leftmost(FLT_MAX, FLT_MAX);
 
        for (int32 PointIndex = 0; PointIndex < Points.Num(); PointIndex++)
        {
            if (Points[PointIndex].X < Leftmost.X
                || (Points[PointIndex].X == Leftmost.X && Points[PointIndex].Y < Leftmost.Y))
            {
                LeftmostIndex = PointIndex;
                Leftmost = Points[PointIndex];
            }
        }
 
        int32 PointOnHullIndex = LeftmostIndex;
        int32 EndPointIndex;
 
        do 
        {
            OutIndices.Add(PointOnHullIndex);
            EndPointIndex = 0;
 
            // Find the 'leftmost' point to the line from the last hull vertex to a candidate
            for (int32 j = 1; j < Points.Num(); j++)
            {
                if (EndPointIndex == PointOnHullIndex 
                    || ComputeDeterminant2D(Points[EndPointIndex], Points[OutIndices.Last()], Points[j]) < 0)
                {
                    EndPointIndex = j;
                }
            }
 
            PointOnHullIndex = EndPointIndex;
        } 
        while (EndPointIndex != LeftmostIndex);
    }
 
/*
    static void Test()
    {
        {
            TArray<FVector, TInlineAllocator<8> > In;
            In.Empty(8);
 
            In.Add(FVector(2, 0, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(0, 0, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(1, 0, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(3, 0, 0));
 
            TArray<int32, TInlineAllocator<8>> Out;
            Out.Empty(8);
 
            // Compute the 2d convex hull of the frustum vertices in light space
            ConvexHull2D::ComputeConvexHull(In, Out);
            check(Out.Num() == 2);
            check(Out[0] == 1);
            check(Out[1] == 3);
        }
 
        {
            TArray<FVector, TInlineAllocator<8> > In;
            In.Empty(8);
 
            In.Add(FVector(2, 1, 0));
 
            TArray<int32, TInlineAllocator<8>> Out;
            Out.Empty(8);
 
            // Compute the 2d convex hull of the frustum vertices in light space
            ConvexHull2D::ComputeConvexHull(In, Out);
            check(Out.Num() == 1);
            check(Out[0] == 0);
        }
 
        {
            TArray<FVector, TInlineAllocator<8> > In;
            In.Empty(8);
 
            In.Add(FVector(0, 0, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(1, 0, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(0, 1, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(1, 1, 0));
 
            TArray<int32, TInlineAllocator<8>> Out;
            Out.Empty(8);
 
            // Compute the 2d convex hull of the frustum vertices in light space
            ConvexHull2D::ComputeConvexHull(In, Out);
            check(Out.Num() == 4);
            check(Out[0] == 0);
            check(Out[1] == 1);
            check(Out[2] == 3);
            check(Out[3] == 2);
        }
 
        {
            TArray<FVector, TInlineAllocator<8> > In;
            In.Empty(8);
 
            In.Add(FVector(0, 0, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(1, 0, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(2, 0, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(0, 1, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(1, 1, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(0, 2, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(2, 2, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(2, 2, 0));
 
            TArray<int32, TInlineAllocator<8>> Out;
            Out.Empty(8);
 
            // Compute the 2d convex hull of the frustum vertices in light space
            ConvexHull2D::ComputeConvexHull(In, Out);
            check(Out.Num() == 4);
            check(Out[0] == 0);
            check(Out[1] == 2);
            check(Out[2] == 6);
            check(Out[3] == 5);
        }
 
        {
            TArray<FVector, TInlineAllocator<8> > In;
            In.Empty(8);
 
            In.Add(FVector(2, 0, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(3, 1, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(4, 2, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(0, 2, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(1, 3, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(2, 4, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(1, 1, 0));
            In.Add(FVector(3, 3, 0));
 
            TArray<int32, TInlineAllocator<8>> Out;
            Out.Empty(8);
 
            // Compute the 2d convex hull of the frustum vertices in light space
            ConvexHull2D::ComputeConvexHull(In, Out);
            check(Out.Num() == 4);
            check(Out[0] == 3);
            check(Out[1] == 0);
            check(Out[2] == 2);
            check(Out[3] == 5);
        }
    }
*/
}