#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 */
#endregion

using System.Collections.Generic;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Optimization;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Selection {
  /// <summary>
  /// An operator which reduces to the sub-scopes of all sub-scopes of the current scope.
  /// </summary>
  [Item("MergingReducer", "An operator which reduces to the sub-scopes of all sub-scopes of the current scope.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public sealed class MergingReducer : Reducer, IReducer {
    [StorableConstructor]
    private MergingReducer(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
    private MergingReducer(MergingReducer original, Cloner cloner)
      : base(original, cloner) {
    }
    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
      return new MergingReducer(this, cloner);
    }
    public MergingReducer() : base() { }

    protected override List<IScope> Reduce(List<IScope> scopes) {
      List<IScope> reduced = new List<IScope>();
      for (int i = 0; i < scopes.Count; i++)
        reduced.AddRange(scopes[i].SubScopes);
      return reduced;
    }
  }
}