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/**
 * Copyright © 2016  Mattias Andrée <maandree@member.fsf.org>
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 * This file is a stripped down port of <https://github.com/maandree/solar-python>.
 */
#include "libred.h"
#include <math.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <errno.h>



/* Select clock. */
#if defined(DO_NOT_USE_COARSEC_CLOCK) || !defined(CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE)
# ifdef CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE
#  undef CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE
# endif
# define CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE  CLOCK_REALTIME
#endif



/**
 * Get current Julian Centuries time (100 Julian days since J2000.)
 * 
 * @return  The current Julian Centuries time.
 * 
 * @throws  0  On success.
 * @throws     Any error specified for clock_gettime(3) on error.
 */
static double julian_centuries()
{
  struct timespec now;
  double tm;
  if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE, &now))  return 0.0;
  tm = (double)(now.tv_nsec) / 1000000000.0 + (double)(now.tv_sec);
  tm = (tm / 86400.0 + 2440587.5 - 2451545.0) / 36525.0;
  return errno = 0, tm;
}

/**
 * Convert a Julian Centuries timestamp to a Julian Day timestamp.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries
 * @return      The time in Julian Days
 */
static inline double julian_centuries_to_julian_day(double tm)
{
  return tm * 36525.0 + 2451545.0;
}


/**
 * Convert an angle (or otherwise) from degrees to radians.
 * 
 * @param  deg  The angle in degrees.
 * @param       The angle in radians.
 */
static inline double radians(double deg)
{
  return deg * (double)M_PI / 180.0;
}

/**
 * Convert an angle (or otherwise) from radians to degrees.
 * 
 * @param  rad  The angle in radians.
 * @param       The angle in degrees.
 */
static inline double degrees(double rad)
{
  return rad * 180.0 / (double)M_PI;
}


/**
 * Calculates the Sun's elevation from the solar hour angle
 * 
 * @param   longitude    The longitude in degrees eastwards.
 *                       from Greenwich, negative for westwards.
 * @param   declination  The declination, in radians.
 * @param   hour_angle   The solar hour angle, in radians.
 * @return               The Sun's elevation, in radians.
 */
static inline double elevation_from_hour_angle(double latitude, double declination, double hour_angle)
{
  double rc = cos(radians(latitude));
  rc *= cos(hour_angle) * cos(declination);
  rc += sin(radians(latitude)) * sin(declination);
  return asin(rc);
}

/**
 * Calculates the Sun's geometric mean longitude.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @return      The Sun's geometric mean longitude in radians.
 */
static inline double sun_geometric_mean_longitude(double tm)
{
  double rc = fmod(pow(0.0003032 * tm, 2.0) + 36000.76983 * tm + 280.46646, 360.0);
#if defined(TIMETRAVELLER)
  rc = rc < 0.0 ? (rc + 360.0) : rc;
#endif
  return radians(rc);
}

/**
 * Calculates the Sun's geometric mean anomaly.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @return      The Sun's geometric mean anomaly in radians.
 */
static inline double sun_geometric_mean_anomaly(double tm)
{
  return radians(pow(-0.0001537 * tm, 2.0) + 35999.05029 * tm + 357.52911);
}

/**
 * Calculates the Earth's orbit eccentricity.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @return      The Earth's orbit eccentricity.
 */
static inline double earth_orbit_eccentricity(double tm)
{
  return pow(-0.0000001267 * tm, 2.0) - 0.000042037 * tm + 0.016708634;
}

/**
 * Calculates the Sun's equation of the centre, the difference
 * between the true anomaly and the mean anomaly.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @return      The Sun's equation of the centre, in radians.
 */
static inline double sun_equation_of_centre(double tm)
{
  double a = sun_geometric_mean_anomaly(tm), rc;
  rc  = sin(1.0 * a) * (pow(-0.000014 * tm, 2.0) - 0.004817 * tm + 1.914602);
  rc += sin(2.0 * a) * (-0.000101 * tm + 0.019993);
  rc += sin(3.0 * a) * 0.000289;
  return radians(rc);
}

/**
 * Calculates the Sun's real longitudinal position.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @return      The longitude, in radians.
 */
static inline double sun_real_longitude(double tm)
{
  return sun_geometric_mean_longitude(tm) + sun_equation_of_centre(tm);
}

/**
 * Calculates the Sun's apparent longitudinal position.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @return      The longitude, in radians.
 */
static inline double sun_apparent_longitude(double tm)
{
  double rc = degrees(sun_real_longitude(tm)) - 0.00569;
  return radians(rc - 0.00478 * sin(radians(-1934.136 * tm + 125.04)));
}

/**
 * Calculates the mean ecliptic obliquity of the Sun's
 * apparent motion without variation correction.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @return      The uncorrected mean obliquity, in radians.
 */
static double mean_ecliptic_obliquity(double tm)
{
  double rc = pow(0.001813 * tm, 3.0) - pow(0.00059 * tm, 2.0) - 46.815 * tm + 21.448;
  return radians(23.0 + (26.0 + rc / 60.0) / 60.0);
}

/**
 * Calculates the mean ecliptic obliquity of the Sun's
 * parent motion with variation correction.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @return      The mean obliquity, in radians.
 */
static double corrected_mean_ecliptic_obliquity(double tm)
{
  double rc = 0.00256 * cos(radians(-1934.136 * tm + 125.04));
  return radians(rc + degrees(mean_ecliptic_obliquity(tm)));
}

/**
 * Calculates the Sun's declination.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @return      The Sun's declination, in radian.
 */
static inline double solar_declination(double tm)
{
  double rc = sin(corrected_mean_ecliptic_obliquity(tm));
  return asin(rc * sin(sun_apparent_longitude(tm)));
}

/**
 * Calculates the equation of time, the discrepancy
 * between apparent and mean solar time.
 * 
 * @param   tm  The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @return      The equation of time, in degrees.
 */
static inline double equation_of_time(double tm)
{
  double l = sun_geometric_mean_longitude(tm);
  double e = earth_orbit_eccentricity(tm);
  double m = sun_geometric_mean_anomaly(tm);
  double y = pow(tan(corrected_mean_ecliptic_obliquity(tm) / 2.0), 2.0);
  double rc = y * sin(2.0 * l);
  rc += (4.0 * y * cos(2.0 * l) - 2.0) * e * sin(m);
  rc -= pow(0.5 * y, 2.0) * sin(4.0 * l);
  rc -= pow(1.25 * e, 2.0) * sin(2.0 * m);
  return 4.0 * degrees(rc);
}

/**
 * Calculates the Sun's elevation as apparent.
 * from a geographical position.
 * 
 * @param   tm         The time in Julian Centuries.
 * @param   latitude   The latitude in degrees northwards from 
 *                     the equator, negative for southwards.
 * @param   longitude  The longitude in degrees eastwards from
 *                     Greenwich, negative for westwards.
 * @return             The Sun's apparent elevation at the specified time as seen
 *                     from the specified position, measured in radians.
 */
static inline double solar_elevation_from_time(double tm, double latitude, double longitude)
{
  double rc = julian_centuries_to_julian_day(tm);
  rc = (rc - round(rc) - 0.5) * 1440;
  rc = 720.0 - rc - equation_of_time(tm);
  rc = radians(rc / 4.0 - longitude);
  return elevation_from_hour_angle(latitude, solar_declination(tm), rc);
}


/**
 * Calculates the Sun's elevation as apparent.
 * from a geographical position.
 * 
 * @param   latitude   The latitude in degrees northwards from 
 *                     the equator, negative for southwards.
 * @param   longitude  The longitude in degrees eastwards from
 *                     Greenwich, negative for westwards.
 * @return             The Sun's apparent elevation as seen, right now,
 *                     from the specified position, measured in degrees.
 * 
 * @throws  0  On success.
 * @throws     Any error specified for clock_gettime(3) on error.
 */
double libred_solar_elevation(double latitude, double longitude)
{
  double tm = julian_centuries();
  return errno ? -1 : degrees(solar_elevation_from_time(tm, latitude, longitude));
}


/**
 * Exit if time the is before year 0 in J2000.
 * 
 * @return  0 on success, -1 on error.
 */
int libred_check_timetravel(void)
{
#if !defined(TIMETRAVELLER)
  struct timespec now;
  if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &now))  return -1;
  if (now.tv_nsec < (time_t)946728000L)
    fprintf(stderr,
	    "We have detected that you are a time-traveller"
	    "(or your clock is not configured correctly.)"
	    "Please recompile libred with -DTIMETRAVELLER"
	    "(or correct your clock.)"), exit(1);
#endif
  return 0;
}