public WINConnection findOrInsertConnectionWithProperties(IdGenerator idGen, PropertyObject prop)
{
//the very first thing we must do, is attempt to find our object
//in order to do this, we need a uniqueID to find, and a neuronType
//we assume both of these are provided
WINConnection conn = findWINConnection(prop);
//we found it, then return it if you don't mind
if (conn != null)
{
return(conn);
}
//we weren't able to find the node, now we must create it and return it (since we are find or insert!)
//this should create the appropriate ID for this object
conn = createWINConnection(prop);
//now we should take into account that our idGenerator needs to know about new innovations
idGen.mostRecentInnovationID(conn.UniqueID);
//might want this to be async in the future, but for now we make it synchronous
//property objects should have everything we need to identify the WINNode
return(conn);
}
public WINConnection createWINConnection(PropertyObject prop, IdGenerator idGen = null)
{
WINConnection conn;
lock (winConnections)
{
//here we would head out to the server, and get a newly created connection, since we couldn't find one
//call the server and get back our new unique id AND object, instead, we'll generate it ourselves for now
long uniqueID = tryGetUnique(prop);
if (uniqueID == -1)
{
uniqueID = nextConnectionUniqueID();
}
//if we have sent in an idgenerator, we should update the object with our nextID object
if (idGen != null)
{
idGen.mostRecentInnovationID(uniqueID);
}
//parse out our source and target, which are obviously required for creating a connection
long sourceID = tryGetSourceID(prop);
long targetID = tryGetTargetID(prop);
//double weight = tryGetDouble(WINConnection.SWeight, prop);
//need to return a WINNode object
conn = new WINConnection()
{
//Parsed the source and target, which are required
SourceID = sourceID,
TargetID = targetID,
//Weight = weight,
//set the parameters for posterity, this might be unncessary
Parameters = prop,
//set the uniqueID, which should be passed in
UniqueID = uniqueID
};
//temporarily cache this information, duh!
//also, we use a combination of our uniqueID and nodetype to create a unique string
//when we move to databases, this won't matter as much since we will query all properties at the same time
winConnections.Add(connectionKey(conn.SourceID, conn.TargetID), conn);
}
//then send it back
return(conn);
}
