/// <summary>
/// Initializes new instance of <see cref="Model"/>
/// </summary>
public Model()
{
Experiments = new ExperimentCollection();
Parameters = new NamedModelEntityCollection <Parameter>();
Criteria = new NamedModelEntityCollection <Criterion>();
FunctionalConstraints = new NamedModelEntityCollection <Constraint>();
Properties = new PropertyCollection();
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a deep copy of <see cref="NamedModelEntityCollection{T}"/> instance
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Deep copy of self</returns>
public virtual object Clone()
{
NamedModelEntityCollection <T> copy = new NamedModelEntityCollection <T>(Count);
foreach (KeyValuePair <TId, T> item in this)
{
copy.Add(item.Key, (T)item.Value.Clone());
}
return(copy);
}
/// <summary>
/// Checks if there already is an element with such <paramref name="variableIdentifier"/> in
/// <paramref name="collection"/>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="collection">A collection to look for variable identifier in</param>
/// <param name="variableIdentifier">Constraint variable identifier</param>
/// <returns>True if a match is found</returns>
private bool CheckVariableIdentifier <T>(NamedModelEntityCollection <T> collection, string variableIdentifier)
where T : NamedModelEntity
{
if (collection == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("collection");
}
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(variableIdentifier))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("variableIdentifier");
}
return((collection.FindByVariableIdentifier(variableIdentifier) == null) ? false : true);
}
