source: branches/HeuristicLab.Hive_Milestone2/sources/HeuristicLab.Constraints/3.2/NotConstraint.cs @ 6049

#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
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 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
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 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 *
 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#endregion

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Constraints {
  /// <summary>
  /// Constraint where its sub-constraint must be false to be true.
  /// </summary>
  public class NotConstraint : ConstraintBase {
    private ConstraintBase subConstraint;
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the sub-constraint.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Calls <see cref="ItemBase.OnChanged"/> of base class 
    /// <see cref="ConstraintBase"/> in the setter.</remarks>
    public ConstraintBase SubConstraint {
      get { return subConstraint; }
      set {
        subConstraint = value;
        OnChanged();
      }
    }
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get {
        return "Requires that a constraint must be false to be true";
      }
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="NotConstraint"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public NotConstraint()
      : base() {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Checks whether the given element fulfills the current constraint.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="data">The item to check.</param>
    /// <returns><c>true</c> if the constraint could be fulfilled, <c>false</c> otherwise.</returns>
    public override bool Check(IItem data) {
      return (subConstraint == null) || (!subConstraint.Check(data));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a new instance of <see cref="NotConstraintView"/> to represent the current 
    /// instance visually.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>The created view as <see cref="NotConstraintView"/>.</returns>
    public override IView CreateView() {
      return new NotConstraintView(this);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Clones the current instance (deep clone).
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="clonedObjects">Dictionary of all already clone objects. (Needed to avoid cycles.)</param>
    /// <returns>The cloned object as <see cref="NotConstraint"/>.</returns>
    public override object Clone(IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects) {
      NotConstraint clone = new NotConstraint();
      clonedObjects.Add(Guid, clone);
      if (subConstraint != null)
        clone.SubConstraint = (ConstraintBase)SubConstraint.Clone();
      return clone;
    }

    #region persistence
    /// <summary>
    /// Saves the current instance as <see cref="XmlNode"/> in the specified <paramref name="document"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>The sub-constraint is saved as a child node with tag name 
    /// <c>SubConstraint</c>.</remarks>
    /// <param name="name">The (tag)name of the <see cref="XmlNode"/>.</param>
    /// <param name="document">The <see cref="XmlDocument"/> where the data is saved.</param>
    /// <param name="persistedObjects">The dictionary of all already persisted objects. 
    /// (Needed to avoid cycles.)</param>
    /// <returns>The saved <see cref="XmlNode"/>.</returns>
    public override XmlNode GetXmlNode(string name, XmlDocument document, IDictionary<Guid, IStorable> persistedObjects) {
      XmlNode node = base.GetXmlNode(name, document, persistedObjects);
      if (subConstraint != null) {
        XmlNode sub = PersistenceManager.Persist("SubConstraint", SubConstraint, document, persistedObjects);
        node.AppendChild(sub);
      }
      return node;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Loads the persisted constraint from the specified <paramref name="node"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>The constraint must be saved in a specific way, see <see cref="GetXmlNode"/> for 
    /// more information.</remarks>
    /// <param name="node">The <see cref="XmlNode"/> where the instance is saved.</param>
    /// <param name="restoredObjects">The dictionary of all already restored objects. 
    /// (Needed to avoid cycles.)</param>
    public override void Populate(XmlNode node, IDictionary<Guid, IStorable> restoredObjects) {
      base.Populate(node, restoredObjects);
      XmlNode subNode =  node.SelectSingleNode("SubConstraint");
      if(subNode!=null) 
        subConstraint = (ConstraintBase)PersistenceManager.Restore(subNode, restoredObjects);
    }
    #endregion
  }
}