source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Data/3.3/StringArray.cs @ 3146

#region License Information
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 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
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#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Data {
  [Item("StringArray", "Represents an array of strings.")]
  [Creatable("Test")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class StringArray : Item, IEnumerable, IStringConvertibleArray {
    [Storable]
    protected string[] array;

    public virtual int Length {
      get { return array.Length; }
      protected set {
        if (value != Length) {
          Array.Resize<string>(ref array, value);
          OnReset();
        }
      }
    }
    public virtual string this[int index] {
      get { return array[index]; }
      set {
        if (value != array[index]) {
          if ((value != null) || (array[index] != string.Empty)) {
            array[index] = value != null ? value : string.Empty;
            OnItemChanged(index);
          }
        }
      }
    }

    public StringArray() {
      array = new string[0];
    }
    public StringArray(int length) {
      array = new string[length];
      for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        array[i] = string.Empty;
    }
    public StringArray(string[] elements) {
      if (elements == null) throw new ArgumentNullException();
      array = new string[elements.Length];
      for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        array[i] = elements[i] == null ? string.Empty : elements[i];
    }

    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
      StringArray clone = new StringArray();
      cloner.RegisterClonedObject(this, clone);
      clone.array = (string[])array.Clone();
      return clone;
    }

    public override string ToString() {
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
      sb.Append("[");
      if (array.Length > 0) {
        sb.Append(array[0]);
        for (int i = 1; i < array.Length; i++)
          sb.Append(";").Append(array[i]);
      }
      sb.Append("]");
      return sb.ToString();
    }

    public virtual IEnumerator GetEnumerator() {
      return array.GetEnumerator();
    }

    protected virtual bool Validate(string value, out string errorMessage) {
      if (value == null) {
        errorMessage = "Invalid Value (string must not be null)";
        return false;
      } else {
        errorMessage = string.Empty;
        return true;
      }
    }
    protected virtual string GetValue(int index) {
      return this[index];
    }
    protected virtual bool SetValue(string value, int index) {
      if (value != null) {
        this[index] = value;
        return true;
      } else {
        return false;
      }
    }

    public event EventHandler<EventArgs<int>> ItemChanged;
    protected virtual void OnItemChanged(int index) {
      if (ItemChanged != null)
        ItemChanged(this, new EventArgs<int>(index));
      OnToStringChanged();
    }
    public event EventHandler Reset;
    protected virtual void OnReset() {
      if (Reset != null)
        Reset(this, EventArgs.Empty);
      OnToStringChanged();
    }

    #region IStringConvertibleArray Members
    int IStringConvertibleArray.Length {
      get { return Length; }
      set { Length = value; }
    }
    bool IStringConvertibleArray.Validate(string value, out string errorMessage) {
      return Validate(value, out errorMessage);
    }
    string IStringConvertibleArray.GetValue(int index) {
      return GetValue(index);
    }
    bool IStringConvertibleArray.SetValue(string value, int index) {
      return SetValue(value, index);
    }
    #endregion
  }
}