source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.IntVector/UniformRandomIntVectorGenerator.cs @ 1442

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;

namespace HeuristicLab.IntVector {
  /// <summary>
  /// Generates a new random integer vector with each element uniformly distributed in a specified range.
  /// </summary>
  public class UniformRandomIntVectorGenerator : OperatorBase {
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return "Operator generating a new random integer vector with each element uniformly distributed in a specified range."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="UniformRandomIntVectorGenerator"/> with five variable infos
    /// (<c>Random</c>, <c>Length</c>, <c>Minimum</c>, <c>Maximum</c> and <c>IntVector</c>).
    /// </summary>
    public UniformRandomIntVectorGenerator() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Random", "Pseudo random number generator", typeof(IRandom), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Length", "Vector length", typeof(IntData), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Minimum", "Minimum of the sampling range for each vector element (included)", typeof(IntData), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Maximum", "Maximum of the sampling range for each vector element (excluded)", typeof(IntData), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("IntVector", "Created random integer vector", typeof(IntArrayData), VariableKind.New));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new random integer vector with the given <paramref name="length"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">The random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="length">The length of the int vector.</param>
    /// <param name="min">The minimum value of the sampling range for each vector element (inclusive).</param>
    /// <param name="max">The maximum value of the sampling range for each vector element (exclusive).</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created integer vector.</returns>
    public static int[] Apply(IRandom random, int length, int min, int max) {
      int[] result = new int[length];
      for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
        result[i] = random.Next(min, max);
      return result;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new random integer vector and injects it in the given <paramref name="scope"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="scope">The scope where to get the values from and where to inject the newly 
    /// created integer vector.</param>
    /// <returns><c>null</c>.</returns>
    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      IRandom random = GetVariableValue<IRandom>("Random", scope, true);
      int length = GetVariableValue<IntData>("Length", scope, true).Data;
      int min = GetVariableValue<IntData>("Minimum", scope, true).Data;
      int max = GetVariableValue<IntData>("Maximum", scope, true).Data;

      int[] vector = Apply(random, length, min, max);
      scope.AddVariable(new Variable(scope.TranslateName("IntVector"), new IntArrayData(vector)));

      return null;
    }
  }
}