source: branches/Modularization/HeuristicLab.Operators/CombinedOperator.cs @ 58

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#endregion

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Operators {
  public class CombinedOperator : OperatorBase {
    private string myDescription;
    public override string Description {
      get { return myDescription; }
    }
    private IOperatorGraph myOperatorGraph;
    public IOperatorGraph OperatorGraph {
      get { return myOperatorGraph; }
    }

    public CombinedOperator()
      : base() {
      myDescription =
        @"A combined operator contains a whole operator graph. It is useful for modularization to assemble complex operators out of simpler ones.

A combined operator automatically inject its sub-operators into the scope it is applied on. Thereby the names of the sub-operators are used as variable names. Those operators can be extracted again in the contained operator graph by using an OperatorExtractor. So it is possible to parameterize a combined operator with custom operators.";
      myOperatorGraph = new OperatorGraph();
    }

    public void SetDescription(string description) {
      if (description == null)
        throw new NullReferenceException("description must not be null");

      if (description != myDescription) {
        myDescription = description;
        OnDescriptionChanged();
      }
    }

    public override object Clone(IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects) {
      CombinedOperator clone = (CombinedOperator)base.Clone(clonedObjects);
      clone.myDescription = Description;
      clone.myOperatorGraph = (IOperatorGraph)Auxiliary.Clone(OperatorGraph, clonedObjects);
      return clone;
    }

    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      if (OperatorGraph.InitialOperator != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < SubOperators.Count; i++) {
          if (scope.GetVariable(SubOperators[i].Name) != null)
            scope.RemoveVariable(SubOperators[i].Name);
          scope.AddVariable(new Variable(SubOperators[i].Name, SubOperators[i]));
        }
        return new AtomicOperation(OperatorGraph.InitialOperator, scope);
      } else {
        return null;
      }
    }

    public override IView CreateView() {
      return new CombinedOperatorView(this);
    }

    public event EventHandler DescriptionChanged;
    protected virtual void OnDescriptionChanged() {
      if (DescriptionChanged != null)
        DescriptionChanged(this, new EventArgs());
    }

    #region Persistence Methods
    public override XmlNode GetXmlNode(string name, XmlDocument document, IDictionary<Guid, IStorable> persistedObjects) {
      XmlNode node = base.GetXmlNode(name, document, persistedObjects);
      XmlNode descriptionNode = document.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "Description", null);
      descriptionNode.InnerText = myDescription;
      node.AppendChild(descriptionNode);
      node.AppendChild(PersistenceManager.Persist("OperatorGraph", OperatorGraph, document, persistedObjects));
      return node;
    }
    public override void Populate(XmlNode node, IDictionary<Guid, IStorable> restoredObjects) {
      base.Populate(node, restoredObjects);
      XmlNode descriptionNode = node.SelectSingleNode("Description");
      if (descriptionNode != null) myDescription = descriptionNode.InnerText;
      myOperatorGraph = (IOperatorGraph)PersistenceManager.Restore(node.SelectSingleNode("OperatorGraph"), restoredObjects);
    }
    #endregion
  }
}