/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public CustomIndex Copy()
{
CustomIndex ci = new CustomIndex(Index, Comparer);
ci.MergeWith(this);
return(ci);
}
/// <summary>
/// Makes a new smaller list of CustomIndices which still fits every CustomIndex
/// </summary>
/// <param name="customIndices">The CustomIndices that it has to support</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static List <CustomIndex> OptimizeCustomIndices(List <CustomIndex> customIndices)
{
List <CustomIndex> newCustomIndices = new List <CustomIndex>();
// Try merging together CustomIndices as much as possible
foreach (CustomIndex ci in customIndices)
{
CustomIndex mergingWith = newCustomIndices.Find(o => o.CanMerge(ci));
if (mergingWith != null)
{
mergingWith.MergeWith(ci);
}
else
{
// There is no CustomIndex to merge with so add a new one
newCustomIndices.Add(ci.Copy());
}
}
// Remove any CustomIndices that might be obsolete
newCustomIndices.RemoveAll(o => !IsUseful(o, newCustomIndices.Except(new[] { o }).ToList(), customIndices));
return(newCustomIndices);
}
