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#endregion

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

namespace HeuristicLab.RealVector {
  /// <summary>
  /// Base class for all real vector crossover operators.
  /// </summary>
  public abstract class RealVectorCrossoverBase : CrossoverBase {
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="RealVectorCrossoverBase"/> with one variable info
    /// (<c>RealVector</c>).
    /// </summary>
    public RealVectorCrossoverBase()
      : base() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("RealVector", "Parent and child real vector", typeof(DoubleArrayData), VariableKind.In | VariableKind.New));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a crossover by calling <see cref="Cross(HeuristicLab.Core.IScope, HeuristicLab.Core.IRandom, double[][]"/>
    /// and adds the created real vector to the current scope.
    /// </summary>
    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown if the parents have different lengths.</exception>
    /// <param name="scope">The current scope which represents a new child.</param>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    protected sealed override void Cross(IScope scope, IRandom random) {
      double[][] parents = new double[scope.SubScopes.Count][];
      int length = -1;
      for (int i = 0; i < scope.SubScopes.Count; i++) {
        parents[i] = scope.SubScopes[i].GetVariableValue<DoubleArrayData>("RealVector", false).Data;
        if (i == 0) length = parents[i].Length;
        else if (parents[i].Length != length) throw new InvalidOperationException("ERROR in RealVectorCrossoverBase: Cannot apply crossover to real vectors of different length");
      }

      double[] result = Cross(scope, random, parents);
      scope.AddVariable(new Variable(scope.TranslateName("RealVector"), new DoubleArrayData(result)));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a crossover of multiple real vectors.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="scope">The current scope.</param>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parents">An array containing all parent real vectors.</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created real vector, resulting from the crossover operation.</returns>
    protected abstract double[] Cross(IScope scope, IRandom random, double[][] parents);
  }
}