/// <summary>
/// Set the State of a candidate.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="candidate">The candidate for which to set state.</param>
/// <param name="state">The state in which to initialize the candidate.</param>
protected virtual void SetState(Candidate candidate, CandidateState.States state)
{
if (!candidateStates.ContainsKey(candidate))
{
candidateStates[candidate] = new CandidateState();
}
candidateStates[candidate].State = state;
}
/// <summary>
/// Initialize candidate states.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="candidates">The candidates in this election.</param>
/// <param name="state">The state in which to initialize the candidate.</param>
protected void InitializeCandidateStates(IEnumerable <Candidate> candidates,
CandidateState.States state = CandidateState.States.hopeful)
{
foreach (Candidate c in candidates)
{
SetState(c, state);
candidateStates[c].VoteCount = 0;
}
}
/// <inheritdoc/>
protected override void SetState(Candidate candidate, CandidateState.States state)
{
if (!candidateStates.ContainsKey(candidate))
{
candidateStates[candidate] = new MeekCandidateState();
}
base.SetState(candidate, state);
// Set KeepFactor to 0 for losers as per B.3
if (new[] { CandidateState.States.defeated, CandidateState.States.withdrawn }
.Contains(candidateStates[candidate].State))
{
(candidateStates[candidate] as MeekCandidateState).KeepFactor = 0.0m;
}
}