source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Core/3.3/CompositeOperation.cs @ 2636

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Core {
  /// <summary>
  /// Represents a class for operations consisting themselves of several operations. 
  /// Can also be executed in parallel.
  /// </summary>
  public class CompositeOperation : ItemBase, IOperation {

    [Storable]
    private bool myExecuteInParallel;
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the bool value, whether the operation should be executed in parallel or not.  
    /// </summary>
    public bool ExecuteInParallel {
      get { return myExecuteInParallel; }
      set { myExecuteInParallel = value; }
    }

    [Storable]
    private List<IOperation> myOperations;
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets all current operations.
    /// <note type="caution"> Operations are read-only!</note>
    /// </summary>
    public IList<IOperation> Operations {
      get { return myOperations.AsReadOnly(); }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="CompositeOperation"/>, the <see cref="ExecuteInParallel"/>
    /// property set to <c>false</c>.
    /// </summary>
    public CompositeOperation() {
      myOperations = new List<IOperation>();
      myExecuteInParallel = false;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds an operation to the current list of operations.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="operation">The operation to add.</param>
    public void AddOperation(IOperation operation) {
      myOperations.Add(operation);
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Removes an operation from the current list.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="operation">The operation to remove.</param>
    public void RemoveOperation(IOperation operation) {
      myOperations.Remove(operation);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Clones the current instance of <see cref="CompositeOperation"/> (deep clone).
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>All operations of the current instance are cloned, too (deep clone), with the 
    /// <see cref="HeuristicLab.Core.cloner.Clone"/> method of the class <see cref="Auxiliary"/>.</remarks>
    /// <param name="clonedObjects">A dictionary of all already cloned objects. (Needed to avoid cycles.)</param>
    /// <returns>The cloned operation as <see cref="CompositeOperation"/>.</returns>
    public override IItem Clone(ICloner cloner) {
      CompositeOperation clone = new CompositeOperation();
      cloner.RegisterClonedObject(this, clone);
      clone.myExecuteInParallel = ExecuteInParallel;
      for (int i = 0; i < Operations.Count; i++)
        clone.AddOperation((IOperation)cloner.Clone(Operations[i]));
      return clone;
    }
  }
}