source: branches/Operator Architecture Refactoring/HeuristicLab.Operators/Counter.cs @ 1983

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Operators {
  /// <summary>
  /// Class to increment an int variable by 1.
  /// </summary>
  public class Counter : OperatorBase {
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the description of the current instance.
    /// </summary>
    public override string Description {
      get { return @"TODO\r\nOperator description still missing ..."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="Counter"/> with one variable info (<c>Value</c>).
    /// </summary>
    public Counter()
      : base() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Value", "Counter value", typeof(IntData), VariableKind.In | VariableKind.Out));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Increments an int value of the specified <paramref name="scope"/> by one.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="scope">The scope whose variable should be incremented.</param>
    /// <returns><c>null</c>.</returns>
    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      IntData value = GetVariableValue<IntData>("Value", scope, true);
      value.Data++;
      return null;
    }
  }
}