source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Encodings.IntegerVectorEncoding/3.3/Creators/UniformRandomIntegerVectorCreator.cs @ 4068

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using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.IntegerVectorEncoding {
  /// <summary>
  /// Generates a new random integer vector with each element uniformly distributed in a specified range.
  /// </summary>
  [Item("UniformRandomIntegerVectorCreator", "An operator which creates a new random int vector with each element uniformly distributed in a specified range.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class UniformRandomIntegerVectorCreator : IntegerVectorCreator {
    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new random integer vector with the given <paramref name="length"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">The random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="length">The length of the int vector.</param>
    /// <param name="min">The minimum value of the sampling range for each vector element (inclusive).</param>
    /// <param name="max">The maximum value of the sampling range for each vector element (exclusive).</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created integer vector.</returns>
    public static IntegerVector Apply(IRandom random, int length, int min, int max) {
      int[] result = new int[length];
      for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
        result[i] = random.Next(min, max);
      return new IntegerVector(result);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Forwards the call to <see cref="Apply(IRandom, int, int, int)"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">The pseudo random number generator to use.</param>
    /// <param name="length">The length of the int vector.</param>
    /// <param name="minimum">The minimum value of the sampling range for each vector element (inclusive).</param>
    /// <param name="maximum">The maximum value of the sampling range for each vector element (exclusive).</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created int vector.</returns>
    protected override IntegerVector Create(IRandom random, IntValue length, IntValue minimum, IntValue maximum) {
      return Apply(random, length.Value, minimum.Value, maximum.Value);
    }
  }
}