/// <summary>
/// Packs the supplied items across the supplied containers and returns packing results and expanded statistics about packing performance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="items">The items to pack.</param>
/// <param name="containers">The containers to pack into.</param>
/// <returns>Packing results and expanded statistics about packing performance.</returns>
public List <CuboidPacker> PackMultipleContainersWithStats(
List <Cuboid> items,
List <Cuboid> containers)
{
if (containers == null || containers.Count == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(containers));
}
if (items == null || items.Count == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(items));
}
// we need to keep track of packed items across bins
// and then aggregate results, hence the lists external to BinPacker object
var remainingItems = new List <Item>(ItemsFromCuboids(items));
var packers = new List <CuboidPacker>();
for (var i = 0; i < containers.Count; i++)
{
// pack items
var currentBin = containers[i];
var packer = new CuboidPacker(currentBin, i);
packer.PackItems(remainingItems);
// update list of remaining items to pack
RemovePackedItemsById(remainingItems, packer);
// record results
packers.Add(packer);
}
return(packers);
}
private static void RemovePackedItemsById(List <Item> items, CuboidPacker packer)
{
items.RemoveAll(x => packer.PackedIndices.Contains(x.ID));
}
