Costs: do not mix them up! Sometimes fiscal,sometimes metric

[Bernd Welter]

Hi there,

This applies to xRoute1!

today a customer was confused by the output values of his ExtendedRoute's inner cost value. His expectation was "this is a financial value and it is way too high.". Unfortunately the RouteInfo class is used in various contexts and the meaning of it's cost property depends on the context. I hope the attached image helps:

Depending on the context of a RouteInfo object the meaning is either a toll distance or a metric but it is never a price

So while this player expected the "cost" value to be a financial value it is used as toll distance or a metric (applied to compare different paths) but not as a price.

Prices are returned in properties such as

• TollCostInfo.tollPrice: int = toll price of a toll section
• TollTotals.cost: int = The total toll costs within a country.
• TollCost.cost: int = The cost.

Best regards,
Bernd