source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Encodings.BinaryVectorEncoding/3.3/Crossovers/SinglePointCrossover.cs @ 4711

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using System;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.BinaryVectorEncoding {
  /// <summary>
  /// Single point crossover for binary vectors.
  /// </summary>
  /// <remarks>
  /// It is implemented based on the NPointCrossover
  /// </remarks>
  [Item("SinglePointCrossover", "Single point crossover for binary vectors. It is implemented based on the NPointCrossover.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class SinglePointCrossover : BinaryVectorCrossover {
    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a single point crossover at a randomly chosen position of two 
    /// given parent binary vectors.
    /// </summary>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown if there are not exactly two parents.</exception>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parents">An array containing the two binary vectors that should be crossed.</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created binary vector, resulting from the single point crossover.</returns>
    protected override BinaryVector Cross(IRandom random, ItemArray<BinaryVector> parents) {
      if (parents.Length != 2) throw new ArgumentException("ERROR in SinglePointCrossover: The number of parents is not equal to 2");

      return NPointCrossover.Apply(random, parents[0], parents[1], new IntValue(1));
    }
  }
}