source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Core/3.3/Item.cs @ 5381

#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
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 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 */
#endregion

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

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

    [StorableConstructor]
    protected Item(bool deserializing) { }
    protected Item(Item original, Cloner cloner) {
      cloner.RegisterClonedObject(original, this);
    }
    protected Item() { }

    public object Clone() {
      return Clone(new Cloner());
    }
    public abstract IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner);

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