-/// The MaterialInfoTable class represents a pawn hash table. The most important
-/// method is get_material_info, which returns a pointer to a MaterialInfo object.
-class EndgameFunctions;
-
-class MaterialInfoTable : public SimpleHash<MaterialInfo, MaterialTableSize> {
-public:
- MaterialInfoTable();
- ~MaterialInfoTable();
- MaterialInfo* get_material_info(const Position& pos);
- static Phase game_phase(const Position& pos);
-private:
- EndgameFunctions* funcs;
-};
-
-
-/// MaterialInfo::material_value simply returns the material balance
-/// evaluation that is independent from game phase.
-
-inline Score MaterialInfo::material_value() const {
-
- return make_score(value, value);
-}
-
-
-/// MaterialInfo::scale_factor takes a position and a color as input, and
-/// returns a scale factor for the given color. We have to provide the
-/// position in addition to the color, because the scale factor need not
-/// to be a constant: It can also be a function which should be applied to
-/// the position. For instance, in KBP vs K endgames, a scaling function
-/// which checks for draws with rook pawns and wrong-colored bishops.
-
-inline ScaleFactor MaterialInfo::scale_factor(const Position& pos, Color c) const {
-
- if (scalingFunction[c] != NULL)
- {
- ScaleFactor sf = scalingFunction[c]->apply(pos);
- if (sf != SCALE_FACTOR_NONE)
- return sf;
- }
- return ScaleFactor(factor[c]);
-}
-
-
-/// MaterialInfo::space_weight() simply returns the weight for the space
-/// evaluation for this material configuration.
-
-inline int MaterialInfo::space_weight() const {
-
- return spaceWeight;
-}
-
-
-/// MaterialInfo::game_phase() returns the game phase according
-/// to this material configuration.
-
-inline Phase MaterialInfo::game_phase() const {
-
- return gamePhase;
-}
-
-
-/// MaterialInfo::specialized_eval_exists decides whether there is a
-/// specialized evaluation function for the current material configuration,
-/// or if the normal evaluation function should be used.
-
-inline bool MaterialInfo::specialized_eval_exists() const {
-
- return evaluationFunction != NULL;
-}
-
-
-/// MaterialInfo::evaluate applies a specialized evaluation function
-/// to a given position object. It should only be called when
-/// specialized_eval_exists() returns 'true'.