/*
 *  Open BEAGLE
 *  Copyright (C) 2001-2005 by Christian Gagne and Marc Parizeau
 *
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 *
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 *  Departement de genie electrique et de genie informatique
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 */

/*!
 *  \file   beagle/GP/ValidateOp.hpp
 *  \brief  Definition of the type GP::ValidateOp.
 *  \author Matthew Walker
 *  $Revision: 1.3 $
 *  $Date: 2005/09/30 15:04:53 $
 */
 
#ifndef Beagle_GP_ValidateOp_hpp
#define Beagle_GP_ValidateOp_hpp

#include "beagle/Operator.hpp"

namespace Beagle {
namespace GP {


/*!
 *  \class ValidateOp beagle/GP/ValidateOp.hpp "beagle/GP/ValidateOp.hpp"
 *  \brief Operator used primarily for debugging. It checks that every individual is valid.
 *  \ingroup GPF
 */
class ValidateOp : public Operator {

public:

  //! Operator allocator type.
  typedef AbstractAllocT<ValidateOp,Operator::Alloc>
          Alloc;
  //! Operator handle type.
  typedef PointerT<ValidateOp,Operator::Handle>
          Handle;
  //! Operator bag type.
  typedef ContainerT<ValidateOp,Operator::Bag>
          Bag;

  explicit ValidateOp(string inName="GP-ValidateOp");
  virtual ~ValidateOp() { }

  virtual void operate(Beagle::Deme& ioDeme, Beagle::Context& ioContext);
};

}
}

#endif // Beagle_ValidateOp_hpp
