/*
 *  Open BEAGLE
 *  Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by Christian Gagne and Marc Parizeau
 *
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/*!
 *  \file   beagle/GA/BitString.hpp
 *  \brief  Definition of the type GA::BitString.
 *  \author Christian Gagne
 *  \author Marc Parizeau
 *  $Revision: 1.4 $
 *  $Date: 2004/01/15 21:08:56 $
 */

/*!
 *  \defgroup GABS Bit string GA
 *  \ingroup GAF
 *  \brief Bit string GA representation, operators and evolvers, part of the GA framework.
 */
 
#ifndef Beagle_GA_BitString_hpp
#define Beagle_GA_BitString_hpp

#include <vector>

#include "beagle/config.hpp"
#include "beagle/macros.hpp"
#include "beagle/Object.hpp"
#include "beagle/Allocator.hpp"
#include "beagle/Pointer.hpp"
#include "beagle/Container.hpp"
#include "beagle/ContainerT.hpp"
#include "beagle/Genotype.hpp"


namespace Beagle {
namespace GA {

/*!
 *  \class BitString beagle/GA/BitString.hpp "beagle/GA/BitString.hpp"
 *  \brief Bit string GA genotype class.
 *  \ingroup GAF
 *  \ingroup GABS
 */
class BitString : public Genotype, public std::vector<bool> {

public:

  /*!
   *  \struct DecodingKey beagle/GA/BitString.hpp "beagle/GA/BitString.hpp"
   *  \brief Decoding key to tranform a bit string genotype into a vector of numbers.
   */
  struct DecodingKey {
    double       mLowerBound;    //!< Lower bound of the encoded value.
    double       mUpperBound;    //!< Upper bound of the encoded value.
    unsigned int mEncoding;      //!< Encoding of the value, in bits.

    /*!
     *  \brief Construct a decoding key.
     *  \param inLowerBound Lower bound of the encoded value.
     *  \param inUpperBound Upper bound of the encoded value.
     *  \param inEncoding Encoding of the value (in bits).
     */
    DecodingKey(double       inLowerBound=0.0,
                double       inUpperBound=1.0,
                unsigned int inEncoding=1) :
      mLowerBound(inLowerBound),
      mUpperBound(inUpperBound),
      mEncoding(inEncoding)
    { }
  };

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

  explicit BitString(unsigned int inSize=0, bool inModel=false);
  virtual ~BitString() { }

          void decode(const std::vector<DecodingKey>& inKeys,
                      std::vector<double>& outVector) const;
          void decodeGray(const std::vector<DecodingKey>& inKeys,
                          std::vector<double>& outVector) const;
  virtual bool isEqual(const Object& inRightObj) const;
  virtual bool isLess(const Object& inRightObj) const;
  virtual void readWithContext(XMLNode::Handle& inNode, Context& ioContext);
  virtual void write(XMLStreamer& ioStreamer) const;

protected:
  void convertBin2Dec(const std::vector<DecodingKey>& inKeys,
                      const std::vector<bool>& inBitString,
                      std::vector<double>& outVector) const;
  void convertGray2Bin(const std::vector<DecodingKey>& inKeys,
                       const std::vector<bool>& inGrayBitString,
                       std::vector<bool>& outBinBitString) const;
  
};

}
}

#endif // Beagle_GA_BitString_hpp
