/// <summary>
/// Required: UniqueID property, NeuronType
/// </summary>
/// <param name="prop"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public WINNode findOrInsertNodeWithProperties(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
WINNode node = findWINNode(prop);
//we found it, then return it if you don't mind
if (node != null)
{
return(node);
}
//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
node = createWINNode(prop);
//now we should take into account that our idGenerator needs to know about new innovations
idGen.mostRecentInnovationID(node.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(node);
}
public WINNode createWINNode(PropertyObject prop, IdGenerator idGen = null)
{
WINNode node;
lock (winNodes)
{
//here we would head out to the server, and get a new created node, 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 = nextNodeUniqueID();
}
//if we have sent in an idgenerator, we should update the object with our nextID object
if (idGen != null)
{
idGen.mostRecentInnovationID(uniqueID);
}
//Get our neurontype, which is assumed to have been sent in, it would be silly otherwise
NeuronType neuronType = tryGetNeuronType(prop);
//need to return a WINNode object
node = new WINNode()
{
//Parsed the neuron type before entering function, required
NodeType = neuronType,
//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
winNodes.Add(nodeKey(node.UniqueID, node.NodeType), node);
}
//then send it back
return(node);
}
