/*
 *  Open BEAGLE
 *  Copyright (C) 2001-2005 by Christian Gagne and Marc Parizeau
 *
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 */
 
/*!
 *  \file   beagle/InvalidateFitnessOp.hpp
 *  \brief  Definition of class InvalidateFitnessOp.
 *  \author Matthew Walker
 *  \author Christian Gagne
 *  $Revision: 1.3 $
 *  $Date: 2005/09/30 15:04:54 $
 */

#ifndef Beagle_InvalidateFitnessOp_hpp
#define Beagle_InvalidateFitnessOp_hpp

#include "beagle/BreederOp.hpp"


namespace Beagle {


/*!
 *  \class InvalidateFitnessOp beagle/InvalidateFitnessOp.hpp "beagle/InvalidateFitnessOp.hpp"
 *  \brief Invalidate individual's fitness operator class.
 *  \ingroup ECF
 *  \ingroup Op
 */
class InvalidateFitnessOp : public BreederOp {

public:

  //! InvalidateFitnessOp allocator type.
  typedef AllocatorT<InvalidateFitnessOp,BreederOp::Alloc>
          Alloc;
  //! InvalidateFitnessOp handle type.
  typedef PointerT<InvalidateFitnessOp,BreederOp::Handle>
          Handle;
  //! InvalidateFitnessOp bag type.
  typedef ContainerT<InvalidateFitnessOp,BreederOp::Bag>
          Bag;

  explicit InvalidateFitnessOp(string inName="InvalidateFitnessOp");
  virtual ~InvalidateFitnessOp() { }

  virtual Individual::Handle breed(Individual::Bag& inBreedingPool,
                                   BreederNode::Handle inChild,
                                   Context& ioContext);
  virtual float              getBreedingProba(BreederNode::Handle inChild);
  virtual void               operate(Deme& ioDeme, Context& ioContext);

};

} // end of namespace Beagle


#endif // Beagle_InvalidateFitnessOp_hpp
