source: branches/XmlReaderWriterBranch/HeuristicLab.Functions/Constant.cs @ 125

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#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using System.Xml;
using HeuristicLab.Constraints;
using HeuristicLab.DataAnalysis;

namespace HeuristicLab.Functions {
  public class Constant : FunctionBase {

    private IVariable value;

    public override string Description {
      get { return "Returns the value of local variable 'Value'."; }
    }

    public ConstrainedDoubleData Value {
      get {
        return (ConstrainedDoubleData)value.Value;
      }
    }

    public Constant()
      : base() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Value", "The constant value", typeof(ConstrainedDoubleData), VariableKind.None));
      GetVariableInfo("Value").Local = true;

      ConstrainedDoubleData valueData = new ConstrainedDoubleData();
      // initialize a default range for the contant value
      valueData.AddConstraint(new DoubleBoundedConstraint(-20.0, 20.0));

      // create the local variable
      value = new HeuristicLab.Core.Variable("Value", valueData);
      AddLocalVariable(value);

      // constant can't have suboperators
      AddConstraint(new NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint(0, 0));
    }

    public Constant(Constant source, IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects)
      : base(source, clonedObjects) {
      value = GetVariable("Value");
    }

    public override object Clone(IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects) {
      Constant clone = new Constant(this, clonedObjects);
      clonedObjects.Add(clone.Guid, clone);
      return clone;
    }


    //public override void Populate(XmlNode node, IDictionary<Guid, IStorable> restoredObjects) {
    //  base.Populate(node, restoredObjects);

    //  value = GetVariable("Value");
    //}
    public override void Populate(XmlReader reader, IDictionary<Guid, IStorable> restoredObjects) {
      base.Populate(reader, restoredObjects);
      value = GetVariable("Value");
    }

    public override double Evaluate(Dataset dataset, int sampleIndex) {
      return ((ConstrainedDoubleData)value.Value).Data;
    }

    public override void Accept(IFunctionVisitor visitor) {
      visitor.Visit(this);
    }
  }
}