// ********************* methods ***************************************************
/// <summary>
/// Set the current attributes to those belonging to the passed animal.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Animal">
/// The passed animal. An ArgumentNullException exception is raised if Animal is
/// null.
/// </param>
public virtual void SetAttributes(cAnimal Animal)
{
// make sure animal is not null
if (Animal == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Animal", "Animal must not be null.");
}
// set values
ID = Animal.ID;
Age = Animal.Age;
YearDied = Animal.YearDied;
WeekDied = Animal.WeekDied;
Gender = Animal.Gender;
ParentID = Animal.ParentID;
IsIndependent = Animal.IsIndependent;
IsAlive = Animal.IsAlive;
Offspring = Animal.Offspring;
Cells = Animal.GetCellsAndTime();
Infections = Animal.GetInfections();
Vaccines = Animal.GetVaccines();
Marker = Animal.Marker;
AutoMarker = Animal.AutoMarker;
CannotGiveBirth = Animal.CannotGiveBirthValue;
PartnerMarker = Animal.PartnerMarker;
}
/// <summary>
/// Initialize the animal attributes class.
/// </summary>
public cAnimalAttributes()
{
// create valid cell and infection lists
Cells = new cCellTimeList();
Infections = new cInfectionList();
// create the collection of offspring IDs
Offspring = new List <string>();
// create the collection of vaccines
Vaccines = new cVaccineList();
}