/* -*- mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
/*
 *  Main authors:
 *     Christian Schulte <schulte@gecode.org>
 *
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 *     Christian Schulte, 2008
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namespace Gecode {

  /**
   * \brief Base class for variables
   * \ingroup TaskVarView
   */
  class Var {};

  /**
   * \brief Variables as interfaces to variable implementations
   * \ingroup TaskVarView
   */
  template<class VarImp>
  class VarImpVar : public Var {
  protected:
    /// Pointer to variable implementation
    VarImp* x;
    /// Default constructor
    VarImpVar(void);
    /// Initialize with variable implementation \a y
    VarImpVar(VarImp* y);
  public:
    /// The variable implementation type corresponding to the variable
    typedef VarImp VarImpType;
    /// \name Generic variable information
    //@{
    /// Return variable implementation of variable
    VarImp* varimp(void) const;
    /// Return degree (number of subscribed propagators and advisors)
    unsigned int degree(void) const;
    /// Return accumulated failure count
    double afc(void) const;
    //@}

    /// \name Domain tests
    //@{
    /// Test whether view is assigned
    bool assigned(void) const;
    //@}

    /// \name Cloning
    //@{
    /// Update this variable to be a clone of variable \a y
    void update(Space& home, VarImpVar<VarImp>& y);
    //@}
  };


  /*
   * Variable: contains a pointer to a variable implementation
   *
   */
  template<class VarImp>
  forceinline
  VarImpVar<VarImp>::VarImpVar(void)
    : x(nullptr) {}
  template<class VarImp>
  forceinline
  VarImpVar<VarImp>::VarImpVar(VarImp* y)
    : x(y) {}
  template<class VarImp>
  forceinline VarImp*
  VarImpVar<VarImp>::varimp(void) const {
    return x;
  }
  template<class VarImp>
  forceinline unsigned int
  VarImpVar<VarImp>::degree(void) const {
    return x->degree();
  }
  template<class VarImp>
  forceinline double
  VarImpVar<VarImp>::afc(void) const {
    return x->afc();
  }
  template<class VarImp>
  forceinline bool
  VarImpVar<VarImp>::assigned(void) const {
    return x->assigned();
  }
  template<class VarImp>
  forceinline void
  VarImpVar<VarImp>::update(Space& home, VarImpVar<VarImp>& y) {
    x = y.x->copy(home);
  }

}

// STATISTICS: kernel-var
