/*
 *  Open BEAGLE
 *  Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by Christian Gagne and Marc Parizeau
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/*!
 *  \file   beagle/GA/MutationFlipBitStrOp.hpp
 *  \brief  Definition of the class GA::MutationFlipBitStrOp.
 *  \author Christian Gagne
 *  \author Marc Parizeau
 *  $Revision: 1.3 $
 *  $Date: 2004/01/15 21:08:56 $
 */

#ifndef Beagle_GA_MutationFlipBitStrOp_hpp
#define Beagle_GA_MutationFlipBitStrOp_hpp

#include <string>

#include "beagle/config.hpp"
#include "beagle/macros.hpp"
#include "beagle/Object.hpp"
#include "beagle/MutationOp.hpp"


namespace Beagle {
namespace GA {

/*!
 *  \class MutationFlipBitStrOp beagle/GA/MutationFlipBitStrOp.hpp "beagle/GA/MutationFlipBitStrOp.hpp"
 *  \brief Bit string GA flip bit mutation operator class.
 *  \ingroup GAF
 *  \ingroup GABS
 */
class MutationFlipBitStrOp : public Beagle::MutationOp {

public:

  //! GA::MutationFlipBitStrOp allocator type.
  typedef AllocatorT<MutationFlipBitStrOp,Beagle::MutationOp::Alloc>
          Alloc;
  //! GA::MutationFlipBitStrOp handle type.
  typedef PointerT<MutationFlipBitStrOp,Beagle::MutationOp::Handle>
          Handle;
  //! GA::MutationFlipBitStrOp bag type.
  typedef ContainerT<MutationFlipBitStrOp,Beagle::MutationOp::Bag>
          Bag;

  explicit MutationFlipBitStrOp(std::string inMutationPbName="ga.mutflip.indpb",
                                std::string inBitMutatePbName="ga.mutflip.bitpb",
                                std::string inName="GA-MutationFlipBitStrOp");
  virtual ~MutationFlipBitStrOp() { }

  virtual void initialize(System& ioSystem);
  virtual bool mutate(Beagle::Individual& ioIndividual, Context& ioContext);
  virtual void readWithMap(XMLNode::Handle& inNode, OperatorMap& inOpMap);
  virtual void writeContent(XMLStreamer& ioStreamer) const;

protected:
  Float::Handle mBitMutateProba;   //!< Single bit mutation probability.
  std::string   mBitMutatePbName;  //!< Single bit mutation probability parameter name.
  
};

}
}

#endif // Beagle_GA_MutationFlipBitStrOp_hpp
