source: branches/RemoveBackwardsCompatibility/HeuristicLab.Problems.Scheduling/3.3/Decoders/ScheduleDecoder.cs

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using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Encodings.ScheduleEncoding;
using HeuristicLab.Operators;
using HeuristicLab.Parameters;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.Scheduling {
  [Item("ScheduleDecoder", "A schedule decoder translates a respresentation into an actual schedule.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public abstract class ScheduleDecoder : SingleSuccessorOperator, IScheduleDecoder {

    public ILookupParameter<IScheduleEncoding> ScheduleEncodingParameter {
      get { return (ILookupParameter<IScheduleEncoding>)Parameters["ScheduleEncoding"]; }
    }
    public ILookupParameter<Schedule> ScheduleParameter {
      get { return (ILookupParameter<Schedule>)Parameters["Schedule"]; }
    }

    [StorableConstructor]
    protected ScheduleDecoder(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
    protected ScheduleDecoder(ScheduleDecoder original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { }
    public ScheduleDecoder()
      : base() {
      Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter<IScheduleEncoding>("ScheduleEncoding", "The new scheduling solution represented as encoding."));
      Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter<Schedule>("Schedule", "The decoded scheduling solution represented as generalized schedule."));
    }

    public abstract Schedule CreateScheduleFromEncoding(IScheduleEncoding solution);

    public override IOperation Apply() {
      Schedule result = CreateScheduleFromEncoding(ScheduleEncodingParameter.ActualValue);
      ScheduleParameter.ActualValue = result;
      return base.Apply();
    }
  }
}