source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Core/Interfaces/IEngine.cs @ 930

#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 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
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace HeuristicLab.Core {
  /// <summary>
  /// Interface to represent one run. (An engine is an interpreter, holding the code, 
  /// the data and the actual state, which is the runtime stack and a pointer onto the next operation.).
  /// It is responsible for operator execution and able to deal with parallelism.
  /// </summary>
  public interface IEngine : IItem {
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the operator graph of the current instance.
    /// </summary>
    IOperatorGraph OperatorGraph { get; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the global scope of the current instance.
    /// </summary>
    IScope GlobalScope { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the execution time of the current instance.
    /// </summary>
    TimeSpan ExecutionTime { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets information whether the engine is currently running.
    /// </summary>
    bool Running { get; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets information whether the engine is canceled.
    /// </summary>
    bool Canceled { get; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets information whether the engine has already terminated.
    /// </summary>
    bool Terminated { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Executes the whole run.
    /// </summary>
    void Execute();
    /// <summary>
    /// Executes one step (one operation).
    /// </summary>
    void ExecuteStep();
    /// <summary>
    /// Executes the given number of steps.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="steps">The number of steps to execute.</param>
    void ExecuteSteps(int steps);
    /// <summary>
    /// Aborts the engine run.
    /// </summary>
    void Abort();
    /// <summary>
    /// Resets the current instance.
    /// </summary>
    void Reset();

    /// <summary>
    /// Occurs when the current instance is initialized.
    /// </summary>
    event EventHandler Initialized;
    /// <summary>
    /// Occurs when an operation is executed.
    /// </summary>
    event EventHandler<OperationEventArgs> OperationExecuted;
    /// <summary>
    /// Occurs when an exception was thrown.
    /// </summary>
    event EventHandler<ExceptionEventArgs> ExceptionOccurred;
    /// <summary>
    /// Occurs when the execution time was changed.
    /// </summary>
    event EventHandler ExecutionTimeChanged;
    /// <summary>
    /// Occurs when the engine is finished.
    /// </summary>
    event EventHandler Finished;
  }
}