source: branches/HeuristicLab.Hive_Milestone2/sources/HeuristicLab.Constraints/3.3/NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint.cs @ 6911

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using System.Diagnostics;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using System.Xml;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Constraints {
  /// <summary>
  /// Constraint where the number of sub-operators must be within a specific range.
  /// </summary>
  public class NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint : ConstraintBase {

    [Storable]
    private IntData minOperators;

    [Storable]
    private IntData maxOperators;

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the maximum number of sub-operators.
    /// </summary>
    public IntData MaxOperators {
      get { return maxOperators; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the minimum number of sub-operators.
    /// </summary>
    public IntData MinOperators {
      get { return minOperators; }
    }

    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return "Number of sub-operators has to be between " + MinOperators.ToString() + " and " + MaxOperators.ToString() + "."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint()
      : this(0, 0) {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint"/> with the minimum and 
    /// the maximum number of sub-operators.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="min">The minimum number of sub-operators.</param>
    /// <param name="max">The maximum number of sub-operators.</param>
    public NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint(int min, int max)
      : base() {
      minOperators = new IntData(min);
      maxOperators = new IntData(max);
    }

    /// <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) {
      IOperator op = data as IOperator;
      if (data == null) return false;

      return (op.SubOperators.Count >= minOperators.Data && op.SubOperators.Count <= maxOperators.Data);
    }

    /// <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="AndConstraint"/>.</returns>
    public override object Clone(IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects) {
      NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint clone = new NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint();
      clonedObjects.Add(Guid, clone);
      clone.maxOperators.Data = maxOperators.Data;
      clone.minOperators.Data = minOperators.Data;
      return clone;
    }

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