source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Evolutionary/3.3/PopulationCreator.cs @ 3001

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Evolutionary {
  /// <summary>
  /// An operator which creates a new population of solutions.
  /// </summary>
  [Item("PopulationCreator", "An operator which creates a new population of solutions.")]
  [StorableClass(StorableClassType.Empty)]
  [Creatable("Test")]
  public sealed class PopulationCreator : SingleSuccessorOperator {
    public ValueLookupParameter<IntData> PopulationSizeParameter {
      get { return (ValueLookupParameter<IntData>)Parameters["PopulationSize"]; }
    }
    public ValueLookupParameter<IOperator> SolutionCreatorParameter {
      get { return (ValueLookupParameter<IOperator>)Parameters["SolutionCreator"]; }
    }
    public ValueLookupParameter<IOperator> EvaluatorParameter {
      get { return (ValueLookupParameter<IOperator>)Parameters["Evaluator"]; }
    }
    private ScopeParameter CurrentScopeParameter {
      get { return (ScopeParameter)Parameters["CurrentScope"]; }
    }
    public IScope CurrentScope {
      get { return CurrentScopeParameter.ActualValue; }
    }

    public PopulationCreator()
      : base() {
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<IntData>("PopulationSize", "The number of individuals that should be created."));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<IOperator>("SolutionCreator", "The operator which is used to create new solutions."));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<IOperator>("Evaluator", "The operator which is used to evaluate new solutions."));
      Parameters.Add(new ScopeParameter("CurrentScope", "The current scope which represents the population."));
    }

    public override IOperation Apply() {
      int size = PopulationSizeParameter.ActualValue.Value;
      IOperator creator = SolutionCreatorParameter.ActualValue;
      IOperator evaluator = EvaluatorParameter.ActualValue;

      if (CurrentScope.SubScopes.Count > 0) throw new InvalidOperationException("Population is not empty. PopulationCreator cannot be applied on scopes which already contain sub-scopes.");

      for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
        CurrentScope.SubScopes.Add(new Scope(i.ToString()));

      OperationCollection next = new OperationCollection();
      for (int i = 0; i < CurrentScope.SubScopes.Count; i++) {
        if (creator != null) next.Add(ExecutionContext.CreateOperation(creator, CurrentScope.SubScopes[i]));
        if (evaluator != null) next.Add(ExecutionContext.CreateOperation(evaluator, CurrentScope.SubScopes[i]));
      }
      next.Add(base.Apply());
      return next;
    }
  }
}