#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;
using HeuristicLab.Data;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.ExternalEvaluation {
  [Item("DateTimeValueConverter", "Converts a DateTimeValue and adds it to the SolutionMessage's StringVars. The format is yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:sszzz, e.g. 2010-05-31 19:15:33+01:00.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class DateTimeValueConverter : Item, IItemToSolutionMessageConverter {
    private static readonly Type[] itemTypes = new Type[] { typeof(DateTimeValue) };

    #region IItemToSolutionMessageConverter Members

    public Type[] ItemTypes {
      get { return itemTypes; }
    }

    public void AddItemToBuilder(IItem item, string name, SolutionMessage.Builder builder) {
      DateTimeValue date = (item as DateTimeValue);
      if (date != null) {
        SolutionMessage.Types.StringVariable.Builder var = SolutionMessage.Types.StringVariable.CreateBuilder();
        var.SetName(name).SetData(date.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:sszzz"));
        builder.AddStringVars(var.Build());
      } else {
        throw new ArgumentException(ItemName + ": Item is not of a supported type.", "item");
      }
    }
    
    #endregion

  }
}