source: branches/Persistence Test/HeuristicLab.Constraints/3.3/AndConstraint.cs @ 3695

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Constraints {
  /// <summary>
  /// Constraint where all sub-constraints must be <c>true</c>.
  /// </summary>
  public class AndConstraint : ConstraintBase, IViewable {

    [Storable]
    private ItemList<IConstraint> clauses;
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the sub-constraints.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Calls <see cref="ItemBase.OnChanged"/> of base class 
    /// <see cref="ConstraintBase"/> in the setter.</remarks>
    public ItemList<IConstraint> Clauses {
      get { return clauses; }
      set {
        clauses = value;
        OnChanged();
      }
    }

    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get {
        return "To return true, all subconstraints have to be true";
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="AndConstraint"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public AndConstraint() {
      clauses = new ItemList<IConstraint>();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Checks whether the given element fulfills the current constraint.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="data">The item to check.</param>
    /// <returns><c>true</c> if the constraint could be fulfilled, <c>false</c> otherwise.</returns>
    public override bool Check(IItem data) {
      bool result = true;
      for (int i = 0; i < clauses.Count; i++) {
        result = clauses[i].Check(data);
        if (!result) return false;
      }
      return result;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a new instance of <see cref="AndConstraintView"/> to represent the current 
    /// instance visually.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>The created view as <see cref="AndConstraintView"/>.</returns>
    public override IView CreateView() {
      return new AndConstraintView(this);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Clones the current instance (deep clone).
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Deep clone through <see cref="Auxiliary.Clone"/> method of helper class 
    /// <see cref="Auxiliary"/>.</remarks>
    /// <param name="clonedObjects">Dictionary of all already clone objects. (Needed to avoid cycles.)</param>
    /// <returns>The cloned object as <see cref="AndConstraint"/>.</returns>
    public override object Clone(IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects) {
      AndConstraint clone = new AndConstraint();
      clonedObjects.Add(Guid, clone);
      clone.Clauses = (ItemList<IConstraint>)Auxiliary.Clone(Clauses, clonedObjects);
      return clone;
    }
  }
}