AngularSeparationRefine.cpp

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2004 CSIRO ICT Centre
 *
 * $Id: AngularSeparationRefine.cpp 587 2004-12-03 15:06:33Z nch $
 */

/* AngularSeparationRefine is a Refine that reports
 * only those candidate pairs whose angular separations are sufficiently
 * small that we cannot rule out the possibility that the two records
 * represent the same source.
 */

#include "String.h"

#include "AngularSeparationRefine.h"
#include "Object.h"
#include "ObjectPairConsumer.h"


String AngularSeparationRefine::s_name("Angular Separation Refine");


AngularSeparationRefine::AngularSeparationRefine(ObjectPairConsumer * mPPCons,
                                                 ObjectPairConsumer * uPPCons)
    : Refine(mPPCons, uPPCons)
{}

AngularSeparationRefine::~AngularSeparationRefine()
{}

bool AngularSeparationRefine::refine(Object const * red,
                                     Object const * blue)

{
  bool result;

  if (red->isSmallSeparation(*blue))
  {
     result = reportMatch(red, blue);
  }
  else
  {
    reportNoMatch(red, blue);
    result = false;
  }

  return result;
}