Class StandaloneDescriptor

Class that inherits from Descriptor to describe a puzzle's logic through delegate properties called by the base class' overridden methods. Its purpose is to provide a convenient way for describing a puzzle's logic without creating custom classes.

Inheritance

System.Object

Descriptor

StandaloneDescriptor

Implements

IDescriptor

Inherited Members

Descriptor.Transformations

Namespace: TreeProblemFramework.Description

Properties

EntityRetriever

Gets or sets the delegate function that iteratively yields the first/next set of IEntity objects on which transformations are to be executed.

Declaration

public EntityRetriever EntityRetriever { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EntityRetriever	An instance of the EntityRetriever delegate.

EnvironmentValidator

Gets or sets the delegate function that validates whether a given IEnvironment corresponds to the solution to a puzzle.

Declaration

public EnvironmentValidator EnvironmentValidator { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EnvironmentValidator	An instance of the EnvironmentValidator delegate.

Methods

RetrieveNextEntities(IEnvironment)

Method that calls the delegate in EntityRetriever with the provided arguments.

Declaration

public override IEnumerable<EntityCollection> RetrieveNextEntities(IEnvironment env)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IEnvironment	env	The current IEnvironment to be passed to the delegate in EntityRetriever.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<EntityCollection>	The value returned by the delegate in EntityRetriever.

Overrides

Descriptor.RetrieveNextEntities(IEnvironment)

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.NotImplementedException	Thrown if EntityRetriever is set to null.

ValidateSolution(IEnvironment, Double)

Method that calls the delegate in EnvironmentValidator with the provided arguments.

Declaration

public override bool ValidateSolution(IEnvironment env, double heuristicValue)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IEnvironment	env	The current IEnvironment to be passed to the delegate in EnvironmentValidator.
System.Double	heuristicValue	The current heuristic value to be passed to the delegate in EnvironmentValidator.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	The value returned by the delegate in EnvironmentValidator.

Overrides

Descriptor.ValidateSolution(IEnvironment, Double)

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.NotImplementedException	Thrown if EnvironmentValidator is set to null.

Implements

IDescriptor