Deprecate filter

gtsam/nonlinear/Values-inl.h

@@ -90,7 +90,25 @@ namespace gtsam {
     }
   };
 
-  /* ************************************************************************* */
+/* ************************************************************************* */
+  template <class ValueType>
+  std::map<Key, ValueType>
+  Values::extract(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn) const {
+    std::map<Key, ValueType> result;
+    for (const auto& key_value : *this) {
+      // Check if key matches
+      if (filterFcn(key_value.key)) {
+        // Check if type matches (typically does as symbols matched with types)
+        if (auto t =
+                dynamic_cast<const GenericValue<ValueType>*>(&key_value.value))
+          result[key_value.key] = t->value();
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+/* ************************************************************************* */
+#ifdef GTSAM_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SINCE_V42
   template<class ValueType>
   class Values::Filtered {
   public:
@@ -164,7 +182,6 @@ namespace gtsam {
     const_const_iterator constEnd_;
   };
 
-  /* ************************************************************************* */
   template<class ValueType>
   class Values::ConstFiltered {
   public:
@@ -215,8 +232,6 @@ namespace gtsam {
     }
   };
 
-  /* ************************************************************************* */
-  /** Constructor from a Filtered view copies out all values */
   template<class ValueType>
   Values::Values(const Values::Filtered<ValueType>& view) {
     for(const auto key_value: view) {
@@ -225,7 +240,6 @@ namespace gtsam {
     }
   }
 
-  /* ************************************************************************* */
   template<class ValueType>
   Values::Values(const Values::ConstFiltered<ValueType>& view) {
     for(const auto key_value: view) {
@@ -234,33 +248,30 @@ namespace gtsam {
     }
   }
 
-  /* ************************************************************************* */
   Values::Filtered<Value>
   inline Values::filter(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn) {
     return filter<Value>(filterFcn);
   }
 
-  /* ************************************************************************* */
   template<class ValueType>
   Values::Filtered<ValueType>
   Values::filter(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn) {
     return Filtered<ValueType>(std::bind(&filterHelper<ValueType>, filterFcn,
       std::placeholders::_1), *this);
   }
 
-  /* ************************************************************************* */
   Values::ConstFiltered<Value>
   inline Values::filter(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn) const {
     return filter<Value>(filterFcn);
   }
 
-  /* ************************************************************************* */
   template<class ValueType>
   Values::ConstFiltered<ValueType>
   Values::filter(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn) const {
     return ConstFiltered<ValueType>(std::bind(&filterHelper<ValueType>,
       filterFcn, std::placeholders::_1), *this);
   }
+#endif
 
   /* ************************************************************************* */
    template<>

gtsam/nonlinear/Values.h

@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@
 #include <gtsam/base/VectorSpace.h>
 #include <gtsam/inference/Key.h>
 #include <boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp>
-#include <boost/iterator/filter_iterator.hpp>
 #include <boost/ptr_container/serialize_ptr_map.hpp>
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+#ifdef GTSAM_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SINCE_V42
+#include <boost/iterator/filter_iterator.hpp>
+#endif
 
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
@@ -126,14 +128,6 @@ namespace gtsam {
 
     typedef KeyValuePair value_type;
 
-    /** A filtered view of a Values, returned from Values::filter. */
-    template<class ValueType = Value>
-    class Filtered;
-
-    /** A filtered view of a const Values, returned from Values::filter. */
-    template<class ValueType = Value>
-    class ConstFiltered;
-
     /** Default constructor creates an empty Values class */
     Values() {}
 
@@ -153,14 +147,6 @@ namespace gtsam {
     /** Construct from a Values and an update vector: identical to other.retract(delta) */
     Values(const Values& other, const VectorValues& delta);
 
-    /** Constructor from a Filtered view copies out all values */
-    template<class ValueType>
-    Values(const Filtered<ValueType>& view);
-
-    /** Constructor from a Filtered or ConstFiltered view */
-    template<class ValueType>
-    Values(const ConstFiltered<ValueType>& view);
-
     /// @name Testable
     /// @{
 
@@ -322,30 +308,26 @@ namespace gtsam {
     /** Return a VectorValues of zero vectors for each variable in this Values */
     VectorValues zeroVectors() const;
 
-    /**
-     * Return a filtered view of this Values class, without copying any data.
-     * When iterating over the filtered view, only the key-value pairs
-     * with a key causing \c filterFcn to return \c true are visited.  Because
-     * the object Filtered<Value> returned from filter() is only a
-     * <em>view</em> the original Values object must not be deallocated or
-     * go out of scope as long as the view is needed.
-     * @param filterFcn The function that determines which key-value pairs are
-     * included in the filtered view, for which this function returns \c true
-     * on their keys.
-     * @return A filtered view of the original Values class, which references
-     * the original Values class.
-     */
-    Filtered<Value>
-    filter(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn);
+    // Count values of given type \c ValueType
+    template<class ValueType>
+    size_t count() const {
+      size_t i = 0;
+      for (const auto key_value : *this) {
+        if (dynamic_cast<const GenericValue<ValueType>*>(&key_value.value))
+          ++i;
+      }
+      return i;
+    }
 
     /**
-     * Return a filtered view of this Values class, without copying any data.
+     * Extract a subset of values of the given type \c ValueType.
+     * 
      * In this templated version, only key-value pairs whose value matches the
      * template argument \c ValueType and whose key causes the function argument
      * \c filterFcn to return true are visited when iterating over the filtered
-     * view.  Because the object Filtered<Value> returned from filter() is only
-     * a <em>view</em> the original Values object must not be deallocated or
-     * go out of scope as long as the view is needed.
+     * view. This replaces the fancier but very boost-dependent \c filter methods
+     * that were previously available up to GTSAM 4.2.
+     * 
      * @tparam ValueType The type that the value in a key-value pair must match
      * to be included in the filtered view.  Currently, base classes are not
      * resolved so the type must match exactly, except if ValueType = Value, in
@@ -354,61 +336,47 @@ namespace gtsam {
      * included in the filtered view, for which this function returns \c true
      * on their keys (default:  always return true so that filter() only
      * filters by type, matching \c ValueType).
-     * @return A filtered view of the original Values class, which references
-     * the original Values class.
+     * @return An Eigen aligned map on Key with the filtered values.
      */
-    template<class ValueType>
-    Filtered<ValueType>
+    template <class ValueType>
+    std::map<Key, ValueType> // , std::less<Key>, Eigen::aligned_allocator<ValueType>
+    extract(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn = &_truePredicate<Key>) const;
+
+#ifdef GTSAM_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SINCE_V42
+    /** A filtered view of a Values, returned from Values::filter. */
+    template <class ValueType = Value>
+    class Filtered;
+
+    /** A filtered view of a const Values, returned from Values::filter. */
+    template <class ValueType = Value>
+    class ConstFiltered;
+
+    /** Constructor from a Filtered view copies out all values */
+    template <class ValueType>
+    Values(const Filtered<ValueType>& view);
+
+    /** Constructor from a Filtered or ConstFiltered view */
+    template <class ValueType>
+    Values(const ConstFiltered<ValueType>& view);
+
+    /// A filtered view of the original Values class.
+    Filtered<Value> GTSAM_DEPRECATED
+    filter(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn);
+
+    /// A filtered view of the original Values class, also filter on type.
+    template <class ValueType>
+    Filtered<ValueType> GTSAM_DEPRECATED
     filter(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn = &_truePredicate<Key>);
 
-    /**
-     * Return a filtered view of this Values class, without copying any data.
-     * When iterating over the filtered view, only the key-value pairs
-     * with a key causing \c filterFcn to return \c true are visited.  Because
-     * the object Filtered<Value> returned from filter() is only a
-     * <em>view</em> the original Values object must not be deallocated or
-     * go out of scope as long as the view is needed.
-     * @param filterFcn The function that determines which key-value pairs are
-     * included in the filtered view, for which this function returns \c true
-     * on their keys.
-     * @return A filtered view of the original Values class, which references
-     * the original Values class.
-     */
-    ConstFiltered<Value>
+    /// A filtered view of the original Values class, const version.
+    ConstFiltered<Value> GTSAM_DEPRECATED
     filter(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn) const;
 
-    /**
-     * Return a filtered view of this Values class, without copying any data.
-     * In this templated version, only key-value pairs whose value matches the
-     * template argument \c ValueType and whose key causes the function argument
-     * \c filterFcn to return true are visited when iterating over the filtered
-     * view.  Because the object Filtered<Value> returned from filter() is only
-     * a <em>view</em> the original Values object must not be deallocated or
-     * go out of scope as long as the view is needed.
-     * @tparam ValueType The type that the value in a key-value pair must match
-     * to be included in the filtered view.  Currently, base classes are not
-     * resolved so the type must match exactly, except if ValueType = Value, in
-     * which case no type filtering is done.
-     * @param filterFcn The function that determines which key-value pairs are
-     * included in the filtered view, for which this function returns \c true
-     * on their keys.
-     * @return A filtered view of the original Values class, which references
-     * the original Values class.
-     */
-    template<class ValueType>
-    ConstFiltered<ValueType>
-    filter(const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn = &_truePredicate<Key>) const;
-
-    // Count values of given type \c ValueType
-    template<class ValueType>
-    size_t count() const {
-      size_t i = 0;
-      for (const auto key_value : *this) {
-        if (dynamic_cast<const GenericValue<ValueType>*>(&key_value.value))
-          ++i;
-      }
-      return i;
-    }
+    /// A filtered view of the original Values class, also on type, const.
+    template <class ValueType>
+    ConstFiltered<ValueType> GTSAM_DEPRECATED filter(
+        const std::function<bool(Key)>& filterFcn = &_truePredicate<Key>) const;
+#endif
 
   private:
     // Filters based on ValueType (if not Value) and also based on the user-

gtsam/nonlinear/tests/testValues.cpp

@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ TEST(Values, filter) {
   values.insert(2, pose2);
   values.insert(3, pose3);
 
+#ifdef GTSAM_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SINCE_V42
   // Filter by key
   int i = 0;
   Values::Filtered<Value> filtered = values.filter(std::bind(std::greater_equal<Key>(), std::placeholders::_1, 2));
@@ -395,15 +396,23 @@ TEST(Values, filter) {
     ++ i;
   }
   EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(2, (long)i);
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(2, (long)values.count<Pose3>());
-  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(2, (long)values.count<Pose2>());
 
   // construct a values with the view
   Values actualSubValues2(pose_filtered);
   Values expectedSubValues2;
   expectedSubValues2.insert(1, pose1);
   expectedSubValues2.insert(3, pose3);
   EXPECT(assert_equal(expectedSubValues2, actualSubValues2));
+#endif
+
+  // Test counting by type.
+  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(2, (long)values.count<Pose3>());
+  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(2, (long)values.count<Pose2>());
+
+  // Filter by type using extract.
+  auto extracted_pose3s = values.extract<Pose3>();
+  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(2, (long)extracted_pose3s.size());
+
 }
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
@@ -419,6 +428,7 @@ TEST(Values, Symbol_filter) {
   values.insert(X(2), pose2);
   values.insert(Symbol('y', 3), pose3);
 
+#ifdef GTSAM_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SINCE_V42
   int i = 0;
   for(const auto key_value: values.filter(Symbol::ChrTest('y'))) {
     if(i == 0) {
@@ -433,6 +443,12 @@ TEST(Values, Symbol_filter) {
     ++ i;
   }
   LONGS_EQUAL(2, (long)i);
+#endif
+
+// Test extract with filter on symbol:
+  auto extracted_pose3s = values.extract<Pose3>(Symbol::ChrTest('y'));
+  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(2, (long)extracted_pose3s.size());
+
 }
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */