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/* HeuristicLab
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#endregion

using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;
namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding {
  [StorableClass]
  [Item(StartSymbol.StartSymbolName, StartSymbol.StartSymbolDescription)]
  public sealed class StartSymbol : Symbol, IReadOnlySymbol {
    public const string StartSymbolName = "StartSymbol";
    public const string StartSymbolDescription = "Special symbol that represents the starting node of the result producing branch of a symbolic expression tree.";
    private const int minimumArity = 1;
    private const int maximumArity = 1;

    public override int MinimumArity {
      get { return minimumArity; }
    }
    public override int MaximumArity {
      get { return maximumArity; }
    }

    [StorableConstructor]
    private StartSymbol(bool deserializing)
      : base(deserializing) {
    }
    private StartSymbol(StartSymbol original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { }
    public StartSymbol() : base(StartSymbol.StartSymbolName, StartSymbol.StartSymbolDescription) { }

    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
      return new StartSymbol(this, cloner);
    }

    public override ISymbolicExpressionTreeNode CreateTreeNode() {
      return new SymbolicExpressionTreeTopLevelNode(this);
    }
  }
}