// -*- mode: c++; c-indent-level: 4; c++-member-init-indent: 8; comment-column: 35; -*-
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// eoCloneOps.h
// (c) GeNeura Team, 1998
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 */
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#ifndef _eoCloneOps_H
#define _eoCloneOps_H

#include <eoOp.h>

/**
 * The different null-variation operators (i.e. they do nothing)
 * 
 * eoQuadCloneOp at least is useful to emulate the standard 
 *               crossover(pCross) + mutation(pMut) 
 *               within the eoGenOp framework
 * eoMonCloneOp will probably be useful as the copy operator
 * eoBinCloneOp will certainly never been used - but let's be complete :-)
 *
 * @addtogroup Core
 * @{
 */

/**
Mon clone: one argument
*/
template <class EOT>
class eoMonCloneOp: public eoMonOp<EOT>
{
public:
  /// Ctor
  eoMonCloneOp() : eoMonOp<EOT>() {}
  virtual std::string className() const {return "eoMonCloneOp";}
  virtual bool operator()(EOT&){return false;}
};


/** Binary clone: two operands, only the first could be modified
 */
template<class EOT>
class eoBinCloneOp: public eoBinOp<EOT>
{
public:
  /// Ctor
  eoBinCloneOp() : eoBinOp<EOT>() {}
  virtual std::string className() const {return "eoBinCloneOp";}
  virtual bool operator()(EOT&, const EOT&){return false;}
};

/** Quad clone: two operands, both could be modified - but are not!
*/
template<class EOT>
class eoQuadCloneOp: public eoQuadOp<EOT>
{
public:
  /// Ctor
  eoQuadCloneOp():eoQuadOp<EOT>() {}
  virtual std::string className() const {return "eoQuadCloneOp";}
virtual bool operator()(EOT& , EOT& ) {return false;}
};

#endif
/** @} */