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package com.rapidminer.operator.ports.metadata;

import com.rapidminer.operator.IOObject;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.OutputPort;

/** Assigns a predefined meta data object to an output port. Useful if operators
 *  newly generate IOObjects. If the meta data changes
 *  dynamically, can be modified by overriding {@link #modifyMetaData(MetaData)}. 
 *  
 *  @author Simon Fischer */
public class GenerateNewMDRule implements MDTransformationRule {

	private OutputPort outputPort;
	private MetaData unmodifiedMetaData;

	public GenerateNewMDRule(OutputPort outputPort, Class<? extends IOObject> clazz) {
		this(outputPort, new MetaData(clazz));
	}

	public GenerateNewMDRule(OutputPort outputPort, MetaData unmodifiedMetaData) {	
		this.outputPort = outputPort;
		this.unmodifiedMetaData = unmodifiedMetaData;
	}

	@Override
	public void transformMD() {
		MetaData clone = this.unmodifiedMetaData.clone();
		clone.addToHistory(outputPort);
		outputPort.deliverMD(modifyMetaData(clone));
	}

	/** Modifies the standard meta data before it is passed to the output. Can be used
	 *  if the transformation depends on parameters etc. The default implementation
	 *  just returns the original. Subclasses may safely modify the meta data, since
	 *  a copy is used for this method. */
	public MetaData modifyMetaData(MetaData unmodifiedMetaData) {
		return unmodifiedMetaData;
	}

}