source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Core/3.3/Item.cs @ 2989

#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 *
 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using HeuristicLab.Common.Resources;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Core {
  /// <summary>
  /// Represents the base class for all basic item types.
  /// </summary>
  [EmptyStorableClass]
  [Item("Item", "Base class for all HeuristicLab items.")]
  public abstract class Item : DeepCloneable, IItem {
    public virtual string ItemName {
      get { return ItemAttribute.GetName(this.GetType()); }
    }
    public virtual string ItemDescription {
      get { return ItemAttribute.GetDescription(this.GetType()); }
    }
    public virtual Image ItemImage {
      get { return VS2008ImageLibrary.Class; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the string representation of the current instance.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>The type name of the current instance.</returns>
    public override string ToString() {
      return ItemName;
    }

    public event EventHandler ToStringChanged;
    protected virtual void OnToStringChanged() {
      if (ToStringChanged != null)
        ToStringChanged(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }
  }
}