source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Operators/3.3/VariableCreator.cs @ 3445

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using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Parameters;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Operators {
  /// <summary>
  /// An operator which collects the actual values of parameters and clones them into the current scope.
  /// </summary>
  [Item("VariableCreator", "An operator which collects the actual values of parameters and clones them into the current scope.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class VariableCreator : ValuesCollector {
    protected ScopeParameter CurrentScopeParameter {
      get { return (ScopeParameter)Parameters["CurrentScope"]; }
    }
    public IScope CurrentScope {
      get { return CurrentScopeParameter.ActualValue; }
    }

    public VariableCreator()
      : base() {
      Parameters.Add(new ScopeParameter("CurrentScope", "The current scope into which the parameter values are cloned."));
    }

    public override IOperation Apply() {
      IVariable var;
      foreach (IParameter param in CollectedValues) {
        CurrentScope.Variables.TryGetValue(param.Name, out var);
        if (var != null)
          var.Value = (IItem)param.ActualValue.Clone();
        else
          CurrentScope.Variables.Add(new Variable(param.Name, param.Description, (IItem)param.ActualValue.Clone()));
      }
      return base.Apply();
    }
  }
}