source: tags/3.3.1/HeuristicLab.Problems.ExternalEvaluation.GP/3.3/SymbolicExpressionTreeConverter.cs @ 4865

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.ExternalEvaluation.GP {
  [Item("SymbolicExpressionTreeStringConverter", "Abstract base class for symbolic expression tree converters.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public abstract class SymbolicExpressionTreeConverter : Item, IItemToSolutionMessageConverter {
    private static readonly Type[] itemTypes = new Type[] { typeof(SymbolicExpressionTree) };

    #region IItemToSolutionMessageConverter Members

    public Type[] ItemTypes {
      get { return itemTypes; }
    }

    public void AddItemToBuilder(IItem item, string name, SolutionMessage.Builder builder) {
      SymbolicExpressionTree tree = (item as SymbolicExpressionTree);
      if (tree != null) {
        ConvertSymbolicExpressionTree(tree, name, builder);
      }
    }

    protected abstract void ConvertSymbolicExpressionTree(SymbolicExpressionTree tree, string name, SolutionMessage.Builder builder);

    #endregion
  }
}