source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Constraints/3.3/NotConstraint.cs @ 2285

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Constraints {
  /// <summary>
  /// Constraint where its sub-constraint must be false to be true.
  /// </summary>
  public class NotConstraint : ConstraintBase {

    [Storable]
    private ConstraintBase subConstraint;
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the sub-constraint.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Calls <see cref="ItemBase.OnChanged"/> of base class 
    /// <see cref="ConstraintBase"/> in the setter.</remarks>
    public ConstraintBase SubConstraint {
      get { return subConstraint; }
      set {
        subConstraint = value;
        OnChanged();
      }
    }
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get {
        return "Requires that a constraint must be false to be true";
      }
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="NotConstraint"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public NotConstraint()
      : base() {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Checks whether the given element fulfills the current constraint.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="data">The item to check.</param>
    /// <returns><c>true</c> if the constraint could be fulfilled, <c>false</c> otherwise.</returns>
    public override bool Check(IItem data) {
      return (subConstraint == null) || (!subConstraint.Check(data));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a new instance of <see cref="NotConstraintView"/> to represent the current 
    /// instance visually.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>The created view as <see cref="NotConstraintView"/>.</returns>
    public override IView CreateView() {
      return new NotConstraintView(this);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Clones the current instance (deep clone).
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="clonedObjects">Dictionary of all already clone objects. (Needed to avoid cycles.)</param>
    /// <returns>The cloned object as <see cref="NotConstraint"/>.</returns>
    public override object Clone(IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects) {
      NotConstraint clone = new NotConstraint();
      clonedObjects.Add(Guid, clone);
      if (subConstraint != null)
        clone.SubConstraint = (ConstraintBase)SubConstraint.Clone();
      return clone;
    }
  }
}