source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Permutation/3.2/Permutation.cs @ 3494

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Permutation {
  /// <summary>
  /// The base class for a permutation, which is an ordered combination. 
  /// </summary>
  public class Permutation : IntArrayData {
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="Permutation"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public Permutation()
      : base() {
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="Permutation"/> with the given 
    /// <paramref name="permutation"/> array.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="permutation">The permutation array to assign.</param>
    public Permutation(int[] permutation)
      : base(permutation) {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Clones the current instance.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="clonedObjects">A dictionary of all already cloned objects. (Needed to 
    /// avoid cycles.)</param>
    /// <returns>The cloned object as <see cref="Permutation"/>.</returns>
    public override object Clone(IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects) {
      Permutation clone = new Permutation((int[])Data.Clone());
      clonedObjects.Add(Guid, clone);
      return clone;
    }
  }
}