source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Operators/ConditionalBranch.cs @ 238

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Operators {
  public class ConditionalBranch : OperatorBase {
    public override string Description {
      get { return @"ConditionalBranch expects to have 1 or 2 sub-operators.
It will return the 1st sub-operator if ""Condition"" is true and the 2nd sub-operator if ""Condition"" equals to false.

In case a 2nd sub-operator does not exist and ""Condition"" would equal to false, Conditional Branch will not return a new operation."; }
    }

    public ConditionalBranch()
      : base() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Condition", "A boolean variable that decides the branch", typeof(BoolData), VariableKind.In));
    }

    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      BoolData resultData = GetVariableValue<BoolData>("Condition", scope, true);
      bool result = resultData.Data;

      if ((result) && (SubOperators.Count > 0) && (SubOperators[0] != null))
        return new AtomicOperation(SubOperators[0], scope);
      else if ((!result) && (SubOperators.Count > 1) && (SubOperators[1] != null))
        return new AtomicOperation(SubOperators[1], scope);
      return null;
    }
  }
}