/// <summary>
/// The point here is to allow us to save a copy of the model with a current set of factors and metadata mappings,
/// which can come in super handy with gameplaying applications.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The point here is to allow us to save a copy of the model with a current set of factors and metadata mappings,
/// which can come in super handy with gameplaying applications. The cloned model doesn't instantiate the feature
/// thunks inside factors, those are just taken over individually.
/// </remarks>
/// <returns>a clone</returns>
public virtual GraphicalModel CloneModel()
{
GraphicalModel clone = new GraphicalModel();
clone.modelMetaData.PutAll(modelMetaData);
for (int i = 0; i < variableMetaData.Count; i++)
{
if (variableMetaData[i] != null)
{
clone.GetVariableMetaDataByReference(i).PutAll(variableMetaData[i]);
}
}
foreach (GraphicalModel.Factor f in factors)
{
clone.factors.Add(f.CloneFactor());
}
return(clone);
}
