private static bool InitializeExperiment(XmlDocument config)
{
// Termine any ongoing experiment, or the algorithm thread will block indefinitely and leak
_experiment?.Terminate();
if (config == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Config was null, aborting...");
return(false);
}
Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
XmlElement xmlConfig = config.DocumentElement;
_experimentType = assembly.GetType(XmlUtils.GetValueAsString(xmlConfig, "ExperimentClass"), false, false);
_experiementCount = XmlUtils.TryGetValueAsInt(xmlConfig, "ExperimentCount") ?? 1;
_experiment = (IExperiment)Activator.CreateInstance(_experimentType);
string name = XmlUtils.GetValueAsString(xmlConfig, "Name");
_logger.Info($"Initializing experiment: {name}...");
// Register event listeners
_experiment.ExperimentStartedEvent += ExperimentStartedEvent;
_experiment.ExperimentPausedEvent += ExperimentPausedEvent;
_experiment.ExperimentResumedEvent += ExperimentResumedEvent;
_experiment.ExperimentCompleteEvent += ExperimentCompleteEvent;
_experimentStartedTime = DateTime.Now;
_experiment.Initialize(name, xmlConfig, _identifier, _currentConfig, _currentExperiment);
return(true);
}