source: branches/HeuristicLab.Hive_Milestone2/sources/HeuristicLab.SA/3.2/VariableAssigner.cs @ 5698

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#endregion

using System;
using HeuristicLab.Core;

namespace HeuristicLab.SA {
  public class VariableAssigner : OperatorBase {

    public override string Description {
      get { return @"Assigns a value to a variable (performs a clone of the value during assignment)."; }
    }

    public VariableAssigner()
      : base() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Variable", "The variable which should be assigned a value to", typeof(IItem), VariableKind.In | VariableKind.Out));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Value", "The value that is to be assigned", typeof(IItem), VariableKind.In));
    }

    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      IVariable var = scope.GetVariable(scope.TranslateName("Variable"));
      if (var == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("ERROR in VariableAssigner: Variable not found in current scope");
      IItem val = GetVariableValue<IItem>("Value", scope, true);
      var.Value = (IItem)val.Clone();
      return null;
    }
  }
}