/*
* FLAT DIRECTED GRAPH (FDG) MEMORY REPRESENTATION * VERSION 1: (obsolete)
*
* FDG is represented by two arrays of 32bit words: the node-buffer and the link-buffer
*
* Each node has a entry in the node-buffer.
* Links (arcs connecting couples of nodes) are grouped in the link-buffer into link-areas, that is: all
* links departing from a given node are kept continuos in a link-area.
*
* A node-entry has the fields:
* nodeid: a unique id for the node in the graph
* status: flags indicating the role of the node (from/to/both)
* offset: the byte offset to the link-area in the link-buffer
* [attr]: optionally an arbitrary length area for user supplied node attributes.
*
* A link-area has the fields:
* tocnt : the number of departing links
* toarr : the array of departing links
*
* Each link in the link-area array has the fields:
* offset: the byte offset in the node buffer of the destination node for this link
* cost : the effort needed to 'travel' from origin node *to* the destination node (not bidirectional)
* user : a value passed by the user for this link - it's usually a unique user supplied link-id.
* [attr]: optionally an arbitrary length area for user supplied link attributes.
*
* Nodes in the node buffer are kept sorted by ascending nodeid. Thus, given that a node entry has fixed size,
* a node can be found using a binary search in the node buffer.
*
* Node attributes are optionally stored by enlarging the node entry by a fixed amount of bytes (attr), as well as link
* attributes, which are stored in the respective link entry extension (attr).
* Sizes for node and link attributes are given at graph creation time and cannot be modified later on.
*
* +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> ...
* | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
* | | +-----------------------------------+ |
* | | | V V
* Node Buffer (nodeid|status|offset|attr)... (nodeid|status|offset|attr)... (nodeid|status|offset|attr)...
* | | | | |
* | | | +---------------+ +------------------------+
* | | | V V
* Link Buffer (tocnt|toarr) ... (tocnt|toarr)
* | | | (offset|cost|user|attr)[0]... ()[tocnt-1]... (offset|cost|user|attr)[0]... ()[tocnt-1]...
* | | | | | | ...
* | | +-----------+ | |
* | +-----------------------------------------+ |
* +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
*
*/
/* FLAT DIRECTED GRAPH (FDG) FILE REPRESENTATION * VERSION 1 (obsolete)
*
* FDGs can be stored into files as they are, or in other words, they are serializable.
* Graphs are versioned: a pool exists of pointers to methods which implement a given graph version, for each graph version.
* Actually only version 1 has been defined.
* The version number is stored as the first byte of the graph file and must be supplied as an argument when we want to
* initialize a new graph. When reading a graph from a stream, the library understands by the first byte what version
* is it, and initializes it appropriately.
*
* Version 1 graph file format:
*
* Field Size/Type Value range Description
* [VERSION...................] 1 byte 1 Version 1 graphs always keep value 1
* [ENDIANESS.................] 1 byte 1 | 2 Integer words byte order 1=big 2=little
* [NODE ATTRIBUTES BYTE SIZE.] 4 bytes integer >= 0 Byte size of attributes area for each node
* [LINK ATTRIBUTES BYTE SIZE.] 4 bytes integer >= 0 Byte size of attributes area for each link
* [OPAQUE SET................] 16 words of 4 bytes - Free user's storage
* [NODE COUNT................] 4 bytes integer > 0 How many nodes in graph
* [FROM NODE COUNT...........] 4 bytes integer > 0 How many nodes with from role
* [TO NODE COUNT.............] 4 bytes integer > 0 How many nodes with to role
* [ALONE NODE COUNT..........] 4 bytes integer > 0 How many nodes with alone role
* [ARC (LINK) COUNT..........] 4 bytes integer > 0 Home many links in graph
* [NODE BUFFER BYTE SIZE.....] 4 bytes integer >= 0 Byte size of the node buffer
* [LINK BUFFER BYTE SIZE.....] 4 bytes integer >= 0 Byte size of the link buffer
* [NODE BUFFER...............] variable len array of bytes V1 FDG NODE BUFFER Node buffer
* [LINK BUFFER...............] variable len array of bytes V1 FDG LINK BUFFER Link buffer
*
*/