namespace MLAgents.Sensors
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The compression setting for visual/camera observations.
    /// </summary>
    public enum SensorCompressionType
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// No compression. Data is preserved as float arrays.
        /// </summary>
        None,

        /// <summary>
        /// PNG format. Data will be stored in binary format.
        /// </summary>
        PNG
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Sensor interface for generating observations.
    /// For custom implementations, it is recommended to <see cref="SensorBase"/> instead.
    /// </summary>
    public interface ISensor
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the size of the observations that will be generated.
        /// For example, a sensor that observes the velocity of a rigid body (in 3D) would return
        /// new {3}. A sensor that returns an RGB image would return new [] {Height, Width, 3}
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Size of the observations that will be generated.</returns>
        int[] GetObservationShape();

        /// <summary>
        /// Write the observation data directly to the <see cref="ObservationWriter"/>.
        /// This is considered an advanced interface; for a simpler approach, use
        /// <see cref="SensorBase"/> and override <see cref="SensorBase.WriteObservation"/> instead.
        /// Note that this (and  <see cref="GetCompressedObservation"/>) may
        /// be called multiple times per agent step, so should not mutate any internal state.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="writer">Where the observations will be written to.</param>
        /// <returns>The number of elements written.</returns>
        int Write(ObservationWriter writer);

        /// <summary>
        /// Return a compressed representation of the observation. For small observations,
        /// this should generally not be implemented. However, compressing large observations
        /// (such as visual results) can significantly improve model training time.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Compressed observation.</returns>
        byte[] GetCompressedObservation();

        /// <summary>
        /// Update any internal state of the sensor. This is called once per each agent step.
        /// </summary>
        void Update();

        /// <summary>
        /// Resets the internal states of the sensor. This is called at the end of an Agent's episode.
        /// Most implementations can leave this empty.
        /// </summary>
        void Reset();

        /// <summary>
        /// Return the compression type being used. If no compression is used, return
        /// <see cref="SensorCompressionType.None"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Compression type used by the sensor.</returns>
        SensorCompressionType GetCompressionType();

        /// <summary>
        /// Get the name of the sensor. This is used to ensure deterministic sorting of the sensors
        /// on an Agent, so the naming must be consistent across all sensors and agents.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The name of the sensor.</returns>
        string GetName();
    }


    /// <summary>
    /// Helper methods to be shared by all classes that implement <see cref="ISensor"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public static class SensorExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Get the total number of elements in the ISensor's observation (i.e. the product of the
        /// shape elements).
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sensor"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static int ObservationSize(this ISensor sensor)
        {
            var shape = sensor.GetObservationShape();
            var count = 1;
            foreach (var dim in shape)
            {
                count *= dim;
            }

            return count;
        }
    }
}