    // Copyright (C) 2011  Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net)
    // License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
    #ifndef DLIB_BOX_OVERlAP_TESTING_H__
    #define DLIB_BOX_OVERlAP_TESTING_H__

    #include "box_overlap_testing_abstract.h"
    #include "../geometry.h"
    #include <vector>

    namespace dlib
    {

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        class test_box_overlap
        {
        public:
            test_box_overlap (
            ) : match_thresh(0.5), overlap_thresh(0.5)
            {}

            test_box_overlap (
                double match_thresh_,
                double overlap_thresh_
            ) : match_thresh(match_thresh_), overlap_thresh(overlap_thresh_)
            {
                // make sure requires clause is not broken
                DLIB_ASSERT(0 <= match_thresh && match_thresh <= 1  &&
                            0 <= overlap_thresh && overlap_thresh <= 1,
                    "\t test_box_overlap::test_box_overlap(match_thresh, overlap_thresh)"
                    << "\n\t Invalid inputs were given to this function "
                    << "\n\t match_thresh:   " << match_thresh
                    << "\n\t overlap_thresh: " << overlap_thresh
                    << "\n\t this: " << this
                    );

            }

            bool operator() (
                const dlib::rectangle& a,
                const dlib::rectangle& b
            ) const
            {
                const double inner = a.intersect(b).area();
                if (inner == 0)
                    return false;

                const double outer = (a+b).area();
                if (inner/outer > match_thresh ||
                    inner/a.area() > overlap_thresh ||
                    inner/b.area() > overlap_thresh)
                    return true;
                else
                    return false;
            }

            double get_overlap_thresh (
            ) const
            {
                return overlap_thresh;
            }

            double get_match_thresh (
            ) const
            {
                return match_thresh;
            }

        private:
            double match_thresh;
            double overlap_thresh;
        };

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        inline void serialize (
            const test_box_overlap& item,
            std::ostream& out
        )
        {
            serialize(item.get_match_thresh(), out);
            serialize(item.get_overlap_thresh(), out);
        }

        inline void deserialize (
            test_box_overlap& item,
            std::istream& in
        )
        {
            double overlap_thresh, match_thresh;
            deserialize(match_thresh, in);
            deserialize(overlap_thresh, in);
            item = test_box_overlap(match_thresh, overlap_thresh);
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        inline test_box_overlap find_tight_overlap_tester (
            const std::vector<std::vector<rectangle> >& rects
        )
        {
            double max_overlap = 0;
            double max_match_score = 0;
            for (unsigned long i = 0; i < rects.size(); ++i)
            {
                for (unsigned long j = 0; j < rects[i].size(); ++j)
                {
                    for (unsigned long k = j+1; k < rects[i].size(); ++k)
                    {
                        const rectangle a = rects[i][j];
                        const rectangle b = rects[i][k];
                        const double match_score = (a.intersect(b)).area()/(double)(a+b).area();
                        const double overlap_a   = (a.intersect(b)).area()/(double)(a).area();
                        const double overlap_b   = (a.intersect(b)).area()/(double)(b).area();

                        if (match_score > max_match_score)
                            max_match_score = match_score;

                        if (overlap_a > max_overlap)
                            max_overlap = overlap_a;
                        if (overlap_b > max_overlap)
                            max_overlap = overlap_b;
                    }
                }
            }

            return test_box_overlap(max_match_score, max_overlap);
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    }

    #endif // DLIB_BOX_OVERlAP_TESTING_H__