source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Selection/3.2/RightSelector.cs @ 3381

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Selection {
  /// <summary>
  /// Copies or moves a defined number of sub scopes from a source scope to a target scope, starting at
  /// the right side of the tree.
  /// </summary>
  public class RightSelector : StochasticSelectorBase {
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return @"TODO\r\nOperator description still missing ..."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Copies or moves a number of sub scopes (<paramref name="selected"/>) from <paramref name="source"/>
    /// starting at the right end to the <paramref name="target"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="source">The source scope from which to copy/move the sub scopes.</param>
    /// <param name="selected">The number of sub scopes to move. Can be also bigger than the total 
    /// number of sub scopes in <paramref name="source"/>, then the copying process starts again from the 
    /// beginning.</param>
    /// <param name="target">The target where to copy/move the sub scopes.</param>
    /// <param name="copySelected">Boolean flag whether the sub scopes shall be copied or moved.</param>
    protected override void Select(IRandom random, IScope source, int selected, IScope target, bool copySelected) {
      int index = source.SubScopes.Count - 1;
      for (int i = 0; i < selected; i++) {
        if (copySelected) {
          target.AddSubScope((IScope)source.SubScopes[index].Clone());
          index--;
          if (index < 0) index = source.SubScopes.Count - 1;
        } else {
          IScope s = source.SubScopes[source.SubScopes.Count - 1];
          source.RemoveSubScope(s);
          target.AddSubScope(s);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}