/*
 * Copyright 2007-2013
 * Licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License
 * 
 * This file is part of EpochX: genetic programming software for research
 * 
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 */
package org.epochx.epox.trig;

import org.epochx.epox.Node;
import org.epochx.tools.*;

/**
 * A node which performs the inverse hyperbolic trigonometric function 
 * of area hyperbolic cosine, called ARCOSH
 * 
 * @since 2.0
 */
public class AreaHyperbolicCosine extends Node {

	public static final String IDENTIFIER = "ARCOSH";
	
	/**
	 * Constructs an AreaHyperbolicCosineFunction with one <code>null</code> 
	 * child.
	 */
	public AreaHyperbolicCosine() {
		this(null);
	}

	/**
	 * Constructs a AreaHyperbolicCosineFunction with one numerical child node.
	 * 
	 * @param child the child node.
	 */
	public AreaHyperbolicCosine(Node child) {
		super(child);
	}

	/**
	 * Evaluates this function. The child node is evaluated, the
	 * result of which must be a numeric type (one of Double, Float, Long,
	 * Integer). The area hyperbolic cosine of this value becomes the result of 
	 * this method as a double value.
	 * 
	 * @return area hyperbolic cosine of the value returned by the child
	 */
	@Override
	public Double evaluate() {
		Object c = getChild(0).evaluate();

		return MathUtils.arcosh(NumericUtils.asDouble(c));
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the identifier of this function which is ARCOSH
	 * 
	 * @return this node's identifier
	 */
	@Override
	public String getIdentifier() {
		return IDENTIFIER;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns this function node's return type for the given child input types.
	 * If there is one input type of a numeric type then the return type will
	 * be Double. In all other cases this method will return <code>null</code>
	 * to indicate that the inputs are invalid.
	 * 
	 * @return the Double class or null if the input type is invalid.
	 */
	@Override
	public Class<?> dataType(Class<?> ... inputTypes) {
		if ((inputTypes.length == 1) && DataTypeUtils.isNumericType(inputTypes[0])) {
			return Double.class;
		} else {
			return null;
		}
	}
}