def place_content(self, content, retries=0):
"""Places content in a valid location"""
plan_label = get_polygon_label(content)
log.debug(f"Placing {plan_label}...")
# TODO: add capability for Space to remember failed attempts to reduce
# amount of tries needed; possibly keep a list of failed locations
retries = 0
while retries < self.max_retries:
if retries < self.max_retries // 2:
# attempt to locate object at the corners with the first half
# of tries
potential_location = self.corner_locate(content)
else:
# attempt to locate object at the edge with the rest of the
# tries
potential_location = self.edge_locate(content)
# create a new Polygon-class object at the potential_location
# this new object will be used to represent the original content
if content.__class__ == Polygon:
# handle input for shapely Polygon class because parameters
# are expected to be different
place = Polygon(shell=potential_location)
else: # handle input for RBC Polygon subclass objects
respective_points = [Point(x, y)
for (x, y) in potential_location]
# TODO Creating a new object shuffles the contents. This
# behavior should be prevented so that child polygons are not
# shuffled by default.
place = content.__class__(points=respective_points,
name=content.name,
contents=content.contents,
exist_sp=content)
# Make sure room_type is preserved if it exists
if hasattr(content, 'room_type'):
place.room_type = content.room_type
if self.validate_place(place):
# object's location is valid; add object to self.plan dict
self.plan[plan_label] = place
return
else: # location is not valid; retry
log.info(f"Failed to place {plan_label}. Retrying...")
retries += 1
log.info(f"Reached max retries for {plan_label}. Skipping...")
# max retries reached; continue finishing up Space construction
# without content
return
