source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.BitVector/RandomBitVectorGenerator.cs @ 1467

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;

namespace HeuristicLab.BitVector {
  /// <summary>
  /// Generates a new random bit vector.
  /// </summary>
  public class RandomBitVectorGenerator : OperatorBase {
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return "Operator generating a new random bit vector."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="RandomBitVectorGenerator"/> with three variable infos
    /// (<c>Random</c>, <c>Length</c> and <c>BitVector</c>).
    /// </summary>
    public RandomBitVectorGenerator() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Random", "Pseudo random number generator", typeof(IRandom), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Length", "Vector length", typeof(IntData), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("BitVector", "Created random bit vector", typeof(BoolArrayData), VariableKind.New));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new random bit vector with the given <paramref name="length"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">The random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="length">The length of the bit vector.</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created bit vector.</returns>
    public static bool[] Apply(IRandom random, int length) {
      bool[] result = new bool[length];
      for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
        result[i] = random.Next() < 0.5;
      return result;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new random bit vector and injects it in the given <paramref name="scope"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="scope">The scope where to get the values from and where to inject the newly 
    /// created bit vector.</param>
    /// <returns><c>null</c>.</returns>
    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      IRandom random = GetVariableValue<IRandom>("Random", scope, true);
      int length = GetVariableValue<IntData>("Length", scope, true).Data;

      bool[] vector = Apply(random, length);
      scope.AddVariable(new Variable(scope.TranslateName("BitVector"), new BoolArrayData(vector)));

      return null;
    }
  }
}