source: branches/WebJobManager/HeuristicLab.Optimization/3.3/BasicProblems/Individuals/Individual.cs @ 17243

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#endregion

using System;
using HeuristicLab.Core;

namespace HeuristicLab.Optimization {
  public abstract class Individual {
    protected IEncoding Encoding { get; private set; }
    protected IScope Scope { get; private set; }

    public string Name { get { return Encoding.Name; } }

    protected Individual(IEncoding encoding, IScope scope) {
      Encoding = encoding;
      Scope = scope;
    }

    public abstract IItem this[string name] { get; set; }
    public abstract TEncoding GetEncoding<TEncoding>() where TEncoding : class, IEncoding;

    public Individual Copy() {
      return CopyToScope(new Scope());
    }

    public abstract Individual CopyToScope(IScope scope);

    protected static IItem ExtractScopeValue(string name, IScope scope) {
      if (!scope.Variables.ContainsKey(name)) throw new ArgumentException(string.Format(" {0} cannot be found in the provided scope.", name));
      var value = scope.Variables[name].Value;
      if (value == null) throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format("Value of {0} is null.", name));
      return value;
    }

    protected static void SetScopeValue(string name, IScope scope, IItem value) {
      if (value == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("value");
      if (!scope.Variables.ContainsKey(name)) scope.Variables.Add(new Variable(name, value));
      else scope.Variables[name].Value = value;
    }
  }
}