source: branches/LearningClassifierSystems/HeuristicLab.Encodings.DecisionList/3.3/Variable/StringVariable.cs

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.DecisionList {
  [StorableClass]
  [Item("StringVariable", "")]
  public class StringVariable : Variable<string> {

    [Storable]
    protected IList<string> possibleFeatures;
    public IEnumerable<string> PossibleFeatures {
      get { return possibleFeatures; }
    }

    [StorableConstructor]
    protected StringVariable(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
    protected StringVariable(StringVariable original, Cloner cloner)
      : base(original, cloner) {
      possibleFeatures = new List<string>(original.possibleFeatures);
    }
    public StringVariable() : base() { }
    public StringVariable(string variableName, IList<string> variableValues)
      : base(variableName) {
      if (variableValues.Count() > 0 && variableValues.Count() != variableValues.Distinct().Count()) {
        throw new ArgumentException("variableValues have to be distinct and there has to be at least one value.");
      }
      possibleFeatures = variableValues;
      attributes = Enumerable.Repeat<bool>(true, possibleFeatures.Count).ToList();
    }
    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
      return new StringVariable(this, cloner);
    }

    public override double ComputeTheoryLength() {
      return attributes.Count + attributes.Count(x => x == false);
    }

    public override bool Match(string input) {
      return attributes[possibleFeatures.IndexOf(input)];
    }

    public override void SetToMatch(string variableValue) {
      var valueIndex = possibleFeatures.IndexOf(variableValue);
      if (valueIndex == -1) throw new ArgumentException("variableValue " + variableValue + " is not a possible value of variable " + variableName);

      attributes[valueIndex] = true;
    }
  }
}