TrafficManagerRemote.h

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// Copyright (c) 2026 Computer Vision Center (CVC) at the Universitat Autonoma
// de Barcelona (UAB).
//
// This work is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.
// For a copy, see <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
 
#pragma once
 
#include <condition_variable>
#include <mutex>
#include <vector>
 
#include "carla/client/Actor.h"
#include "carla/client/detail/EpisodeProxy.h"
#include "carla/trafficmanager/TrafficManagerBase.h"
#include "carla/trafficmanager/TrafficManagerClient.h"
 
namespace carla {
namespace traffic_manager {
 
using ActorPtr = carla::SharedPtr<carla::client::Actor>;
using Path = std::vector<cg::Location>;
using Route = std::vector<uint8_t>;
 
 
/// The function of this class is to integrate all the various stages of
/// the traffic manager appropriately using messengers.
class TrafficManagerRemote : public TrafficManagerBase {
 
public:
 
  /// To start the TrafficManager.
  void Start();
 
  /// To stop the TrafficManager.
  void Stop();
 
  /// To release the traffic manager.
  void Release();
 
  /// To reset the traffic manager for the episode @a episode_id.
  void Reset(uint64_t episode_id);
 
  /// Constructor store remote location information.
  TrafficManagerRemote(const std::pair<std::string, uint16_t> &_serverTM, carla::client::detail::EpisodeProxy &episodeProxy);
 
  /// Destructor.
  virtual ~TrafficManagerRemote();
 
  /// This method registers a vehicle with the traffic manager.
  void RegisterVehicles(const std::vector<ActorPtr> &actor_list);
 
  /// This method unregisters a vehicle from traffic manager.
  void UnregisterVehicles(const std::vector<ActorPtr> &actor_list);
 
  /// Method to set a vehicle's % decrease in velocity with respect to the speed limit.
  /// If less than 0, it's a % increase.
  void SetPercentageSpeedDifference(const ActorPtr &actor, const float percentage);
 
  /// Method to set a lane offset displacement from the center line.
  /// Positive values imply a right offset while negative ones mean a left one.
  void SetLaneOffset(const ActorPtr &actor, const float offset);
 
  /// Set a vehicle's exact desired velocity.
  void SetDesiredSpeed(const ActorPtr &actor, const float value);
 
  /// Method to set a global % decrease in velocity with respect to the speed limit.
  /// If less than 0, it's a % increase.
  void SetGlobalPercentageSpeedDifference(float const percentage);
 
  /// Method to set a global lane offset displacement from the center line.
  /// Positive values imply a right offset while negative ones mean a left one.
  void SetGlobalLaneOffset(float const offset);
 
  /// Method to enable/disable the wide-turn manoeuvre for a single large vehicle.
  void SetLargeVehicleWideTurn(const ActorPtr &actor, const bool enable);
 
  /// Method to enable/disable the wide-turn manoeuvre globally for large vehicles.
  void SetGlobalLargeVehicleWideTurn(const bool enable);
 
  /// Method to set the automatic management of the vehicle lights
  void SetUpdateVehicleLights(const ActorPtr &actor, const bool do_update);
 
  /// Method to set collision detection rules between vehicles.
  void SetCollisionDetection(const ActorPtr &reference_actor, const ActorPtr &other_actor, const bool detect_collision);
 
  /// Method to force lane change on a vehicle.
  /// Direction flag can be set to true for left and false for right.
  void SetForceLaneChange(const ActorPtr &actor, const bool direction);
 
  /// Enable/disable automatic lane change on a vehicle.
  void SetAutoLaneChange(const ActorPtr &actor, const bool enable);
 
  /// Method to specify how much distance a vehicle should maintain to
  /// the leading vehicle.
  void SetDistanceToLeadingVehicle(const ActorPtr &actor, const float distance);
 
  /// Method to specify Global Distance
  void SetGlobalDistanceToLeadingVehicle(const float distance);
 
  /// Method to specify the % chance of ignoring collisions with any walker.
  void SetPercentageIgnoreWalkers(const ActorPtr &actor, const float perc);
 
  /// Method to specify the % chance of ignoring collisions with any vehicle.
  void SetPercentageIgnoreVehicles(const ActorPtr &actor, const float perc);
 
  /// Method to specify the % chance of running any traffic light
  void SetPercentageRunningLight(const ActorPtr &actor, const float perc);
 
  /// Method to specify the % chance of running any traffic sign
  void SetPercentageRunningSign(const ActorPtr &actor, const float perc);
 
  /// Method to switch traffic manager into synchronous execution.
  void SetSynchronousMode(bool mode);
 
  /// Method to set Tick timeout for synchronous execution.
  void SetSynchronousModeTimeOutInMiliSecond(double time);
 
  /// Method to set % to keep on the slow lane.
  void SetKeepSlowLanePercentage(const ActorPtr &actor, const float percentage);
 
  /// Method to set % to randomly do a left lane change.
  void SetRandomLeftLaneChangePercentage(const ActorPtr &actor, const float percentage);
 
  /// Method to set % to randomly do a right lane change.
  void SetRandomRightLaneChangePercentage(const ActorPtr &actor, const float percentage);
 
  /// Method to set hybrid physics mode.
  void SetHybridPhysicsMode(const bool mode_switch);
 
  /// Method to set hybrid physics radius.
  void SetHybridPhysicsRadius(const float radius);
 
  /// Method to set Open Street Map mode.
  void SetOSMMode(const bool mode_switch);
 
  /// Method to set our own imported path.
  void SetCustomPath(const ActorPtr &actor, const Path path, const bool empty_buffer);
 
  /// Method to remove a path.
  void RemoveUploadPath(const ActorId &actor_id, const bool remove_path);
 
  /// Method to update an already set path.
  void UpdateUploadPath(const ActorId &actor_id, const Path path);
 
  /// Method to set our own imported route.
  void SetImportedRoute(const ActorPtr &actor, const Route route, const bool empty_buffer);
 
  /// Method to remove a route.
  void RemoveImportedRoute(const ActorId &actor_id, const bool remove_path);
 
  /// Method to update an already set route.
  void UpdateImportedRoute(const ActorId &actor_id, const Route route);
 
  /// Method to set automatic respawn of dormant vehicles.
  void SetRespawnDormantVehicles(const bool mode_switch);
 
  // Method to set boundaries to respawn of dormant vehicles.
  void SetBoundariesRespawnDormantVehicles(const float lower_bound, const float upper_bound);
 
  // Method to set boundaries to respawn of dormant vehicles.
  void SetMaxBoundaries(const float lower, const float upper);
 
  virtual void ShutDown();
 
  /// Method to get the vehicle's next action.
  Action GetNextAction(const ActorId &actor_id);
 
  /// Method to get the vehicle's action buffer.
  ActionBuffer GetActionBuffer(const ActorId &actor_id);
 
  /// Method to provide synchronous tick
  bool SynchronousTick();
 
  /// Get CARLA episode information.
  carla::client::detail::EpisodeProxy& GetEpisodeProxy();
 
  /// Method to check server is alive or not.
  void HealthCheckRemoteTM();
 
  /// Method to set randomization seed.
  void SetRandomDeviceSeed(const uint64_t seed);
 
private:
 
  /// Remote client using the IP and port information it connects to
  /// as remote RPC traffic manager server.
  TrafficManagerClient client;
 
  /// CARLA client connection object.
  carla::client::detail::EpisodeProxy episodeProxyTM;
 
  std::condition_variable _cv;
 
  std::mutex _mutex;
 
  bool _keep_alive = true;
};
 
} // namespace traffic_manager
} // namespace carla