/// <summary>
/// Generates an order-wise set of variations using the specified seed for random generation.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="order">The order of the selected combinations (2 is every pair, 3 is every triple, and so on). Must be between 1 and the number of parameters.</param>
/// <param name="seed">The seed that is used for random generation.</param>
/// <returns>The variations.</returns>
public virtual IEnumerable <T> GenerateVariations(int order, int seed)
{
// create parameters and set values if model is supplied in a template
propertiesMap = null;
if (typeof(T) != typeof(Variation))
{
if (parameters.Count == 0)
{
propertiesMap = CreateParameters(seed);
}
else
{
propertiesMap = CreatePropertyMapFromParameters();
}
}
// validate parameters
if (order < 1 || order > Parameters.Count)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("order", order, "order must be between 1 and the number of parameters.");
}
if (typeof(T) == typeof(Variation))
{
return(VariationGenerator.GenerateVariations(this, order, seed).Cast <T>());
}
return(new VariationsWrapper <T>(propertiesMap,
VariationGenerator.GenerateVariations(this, order, seed)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Generate and order-wise set of variations using the specified seed for random generation.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="order">The order or the combinations selected (2 is every pair, 3 is every triple, etc). Must be between 1 and the number of parameters.</param>
/// <param name="seed">The seed used for random generation.</param>
/// <returns>The variations.</returns>
public virtual IEnumerable <Variation> GenerateVariations(int order, int seed)
{
if (order < 1 || order > Parameters.Count)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("order", order, "order must be between 1 and the number of parameters.");
}
return(VariationGenerator.GenerateVariations(this, order, seed));
}