#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
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 */
#endregion

using System;
using Google.ProtocolBuffers;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.ExternalEvaluation {
  [Item("EvaluationChannel", "Abstract base class for channels to be used in an external evaluation problem.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public abstract class EvaluationChannel : NamedItem, IEvaluationChannel {
    public override bool CanChangeName { get { return false; } }
    public override bool CanChangeDescription { get { return false; } }

    [StorableConstructor]
    protected EvaluationChannel(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
    protected EvaluationChannel()
      : base() {
      name = ItemName;
      description = ItemDescription;
    }

    #region IExternalEvaluationChannel Members
    // will not be serialized, since it will always be false after deserialization
    public bool IsInitialized { get; protected set; }

    public virtual void Open() {
      IsInitialized = true;
    }

    public abstract void Send(IMessage message);

    public abstract IMessage Receive(IBuilder builder);

    public virtual void Close() {
      IsInitialized = false;
    }

    #endregion
  }
}