/*
 *  Open BEAGLE
 *  Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by Christian Gagne and Marc Parizeau
 *
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 */

/*!
 *  \file   beagle/TerminationOp.hpp
 *  \brief  Definition of the class TerminationOp.
 *  \author Christian Gagne
 *  \author Marc Parizeau
 *  $Revision: 1.2 $
 *  $Date: 2004/01/15 21:08:57 $
 */

#ifndef Beagle_TerminationOp_hpp
#define Beagle_TerminationOp_hpp

#include "beagle/config.hpp"
#include "beagle/macros.hpp"
#include "beagle/Object.hpp"
#include "beagle/AllocatorT.hpp"
#include "beagle/PointerT.hpp"
#include "beagle/ContainerT.hpp"
#include "beagle/WrapperT.hpp"
#include "beagle/Operator.hpp"
#include "beagle/IntegerVector.hpp"


namespace Beagle {

/*!
 *  \class TerminationOp beagle/TerminationOp.hpp "beagle/TerminationOp.hpp"
 *  \brief Check for termination criterion reached operator class.
 *  \ingroup ECF
 *  \ingroup Op
 *  \par Note:
 *    The operator contained an handle to an other termination operator handle.
 *    If the handle is non-null, the termination test for the other termination operator is done
 *    and the evolution is stopped if necessary.
 */
class TerminationOp : public Operator {

public:

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

  explicit TerminationOp(std::string inName="TerminationOp");
  virtual ~TerminationOp() { }

  /*!
   *  \brief Check if the termination criterion is reached.
   *  \param inDeme Actual deme of the evolution.
   *  \param ioContext Actual evolution context.
   *  \return True if the ending criterion is reached, false if not.
   */
  virtual bool terminate(const Deme& inDeme, Context& ioContext) = 0;

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

}

#endif // Beagle_TerminationOp_hpp
