source: branches/Operator Architecture Refactoring/HeuristicLab.Operators/3.3/ScopeCleaner.cs @ 2311

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Operators {
  /// <summary>
  /// Operator that removes all variables in the given scope and deletes also all subscopes.
  /// </summary>
  public class ScopeCleaner : OperatorBase {
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return @"Removes all variables in the current scope and deletes all subscopes"; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Deletes all variable and sub scopes from the given <paramref name="scope"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Calls <see cref="IScope.Clear"/> of interface <see cref="IScope"/>.</remarks>
    /// <param name="scope">The scope to clear.</param>
    /// <returns><c>null</c>.</returns>
    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      scope.Clear();
      return null;
    }
  }
}