//###consider definig childFeature count in base class feature and exceptions in none ComplexFeature sub classes
//and moving logic here to above function
private int GetDistance(ComplexFeature featureOne, ComplexFeature featureTwo)
{
double runningSum = 0.0;
for (int i = 0; i < featureOne.ChildFeaturesCount; i++)
{
runningSum += Math.Pow(featureOne.GetChildFeature(i).CalculateDistance(featureTwo.GetChildFeature(i)), 2);
}
return((int)Math.Sqrt(runningSum));
}
//delete ######
private int CalculateDistance(ComplexFeature otherFeature)
{
double distance = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < this.childFeatures.Count; i++)
{
double tempDistance = this.distanceMetric.GetDistance(otherFeature.GetChildFeature(i), this.childFeatures.ElementAt(i));
distance += Math.Pow(tempDistance, 2);
}
return((int)Math.Sqrt(distance));
}
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="otherFeature"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public override Feature Sum(Feature otherFeature)
{
//#####check if otherFeature is null
ComplexFeature feature = (ComplexFeature)otherFeature;
ComplexFeature newFeature = new ComplexFeature(this.distanceMetric);
for (int i = 0; i < this.childFeatures.Count; i++)
{
newFeature.AddChildFeature(this.childFeatures.ElementAt(i).Sum(feature.GetChildFeature(i)));
}
return(newFeature);
}