Add output detail 'data_points' with starting points of the driving modes

src/constructors.jl

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function Settings(
                 "outputDetail": {
                     "description": "Selecting the detail of the result",
                     "type": "string",
-                    "enum": [ "running_time", "points_of_interest", "driving_course" ]
+                    "enum": [ "running_time", "points_of_interest", "data_points", "driving_course" ]
                 },
                 "outputFormat": {
                     "description": "Output format",

src/output.jl

@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ function createOutput(settings::Settings, drivingCourse::Vector{Dict}, pointsOfI
             end
         end
 
+    elseif settings.outputDetail == :data_points
+        # get the driving course's support points where a new behavior section starts and the driving mode changes
+        output = Dict[]
+        # the first support point is the first data point
+        push!(output, drivingCourse[1])
+
+        for supportPoint in 2:length(drivingCourse)
+            if drivingCourse[supportPoint-1][:behavior] != drivingCourse[supportPoint][:behavior]
+                push!(output, drivingCourse[supportPoint])
+            end
+        end
+
     else #if settings.outputDetail == :driving_course || (settings.outputDetail == :points_of_interest && !isempty(path.poi))
         output = drivingCourse
     end
@@ -38,7 +50,7 @@ function createDataFrame(output_vector::Vector{Dict}, outputDetail)
     if outputDetail == :running_time
         # create a DataFrame with running time information
         dataFrame = DataFrame(t=[output_vector[end][:t]])
-    else # :points_of_interest or :driving_course
+    else # :points_of_interest, :data_points or :driving_course
         columnSymbols = [:label, :behavior, :s, :v, :t, :a, :F_T, :F_R, :R_path, :R_traction, :R_wagons]
 
         allColumns = []

src/types.jl

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ struct Settings
     stepVariable::Symbol # variable of the linear multistep method: ":distance", ":time" or ":velocity".
     stepSize::Real       # step size, unit depends on stepVariable - :distance in meter, time in seconds and velocity in meter/second.
     approxLevel::Int     # value for approximation; used when rounding or iterating.
-    outputDetail::Symbol # single Float() ":running_time", Vector() of ":points_of_interest",
+    outputDetail::Symbol # single Float() ":running_time", Vector() of ":points_of_interest", Vector() of ":data_points"
                          # or complete Vector() ":driving_course"
     outputFormat::Symbol # output as ":dataframe" or as ":vector".
 

test/data/settings/driving_course.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 %YAML 1.2
 ---
 settings:
-  outputDetail: "driving_course" # single value "running_time", list of "points_of_interest", complete "driving_course"
+  outputDetail: "driving_course" # single value "running_time", list of "points_of_interest", list of "data_points", complete "driving_course"

test/data/settings/points_of_interest.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 %YAML 1.2
 ---
 settings:
-  outputDetail: "points_of_interest" # single value "running_time", list of "points_of_interest", complete "driving_course"
+  outputDetail: "points_of_interest" # single value "running_time", list of "points_of_interest", list of "data_points", complete "driving_course"