source: branches/3.0/sources/HeuristicLab.Operators/EmptyOperator.cs @ 929

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#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;

namespace HeuristicLab.Operators {
  public class EmptyOperator : OperatorBase {
    public override string Description {
      get { return "An empty operator just does nothing. Useful for testing and as a place holder for sub-operators of SequentialSubScopesProcessor and ParallelSubScopesProcessor."; }
    }

    public EmptyOperator()
      : base() {
    }

    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      return null;
    }
  }
}