source: branches/2521_ProblemRefactoring/HeuristicLab.Optimization/3.3/BasicProblems/Interfaces/IProblem.cs @ 17745

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using HEAL.Attic;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;

namespace HeuristicLab.Optimization {
  [StorableType("e16ad337-8c18-4c29-a893-e83f671e804c")]
  /// <summary>
  /// Interface to represent an optimization problem.
  /// </summary>
  public interface IProblem : IParameterizedNamedItem, IStorableContent {
    //TODO extract into interface? ResultsProducingItems? Problem and Algorithm 
    ResultCollection Results { get; }

    event EventHandler Reset;
  }

  //TODO Intermediate class for compatibility 
  //TODO move members to generic IProblem after every problem used the new architecture
  //TODO ABE: We can maybe use it as non-generic interface that exports IEncoding Encoding { get; }
  //TODO ABE: and which is explicitely implemented in some base class
  [StorableType("1dbe48d6-c008-4e40-86ad-c222450a3187")]
  public interface IEncodedProblem : IProblem {
    IEnumerable<IItem> Operators { get; }

    IEnumerable<IParameterizedItem> ExecutionContextItems { get; }
    event EventHandler OperatorsChanged;
  }

  [StorableType("1b4af8b9-bdf5-4ffd-86e6-35b481bfbf45")]
  public interface IProblem<TEncoding, TEncodedSolution> : IHeuristicOptimizationProblem
    where TEncoding : class, IEncoding
    where TEncodedSolution : class, IEncodedSolution {
  }
}