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/**
 * @file
 * @brief count aggregator
 *
 * @author Pierre-Henri WUILLEMIN(@LIP6) & Christophe GONZALES(@AMU)
 */

#ifndef GUM_COUNT_AGGREGATOR_H
#define GUM_COUNT_AGGREGATOR_H

#include <agrum/tools/multidim/aggregators/multiDimAggregator.h>

namespace gum {

  namespace aggregator {
    // =========================================================================
    // ===                     GUM_MAX_AGGREGATOR                            ===
    // =========================================================================

    /**
     * @class Count
     * @headerfile count.h <agrum/tools/multidim/aggregators/count.h>
     * @ingroup multidim_agg_group
     *
     * @brief count aggregator
     *
     * @see MultiDimAggregator for more details of implementations
     *
     * Note that a <tt>Count(i)</tt> aggregator with a binary aggregator
     * variable is the \f$ \exists i \f$ aggregator.  If the aggregator
     * variable is n-ary variable, <tt>Count(i)</tt> can serve as the \f$
     * \exists \f$ at least \f$ n\ times\ i \f$ aggregator.
     */
    template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
    class Count: public MultiDimAggregator< GUM_SCALAR > {
      public:
      Count(Idx value);
      Count(const Count< GUM_SCALAR >& from);
      virtual ~Count();

      virtual std::string aggregatorName() const;

      /**
       * This method creates a clone of this object, withouth its content
       * (including variable), you must use this method if you want to ensure
       * that the generated object has the same type than the object containing
       * the called newFactory()
       *
       * For example :
       * @code
       *   MultiDimArray<double> y;
       *   MultiDimContainer<double>* x = y.newFactory();
       * @endcode
       *
       * Then x is a MultiDimArray<double>*
       *
       * @warning you must desallocate by yourself the memory
       * @return an empty clone of this object with the same type
       */
      virtual MultiDimContainer< GUM_SCALAR >* newFactory() const;

      protected:
      virtual Idx neutralElt_() const;
      virtual Idx fold_(const DiscreteVariable& v, Idx i1, Idx i2, bool& stop_iteration) const;

      private:
      Idx _value_;
    };


#ifndef GUM_NO_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_CLASS
    extern template class Count< double >;
#endif


  }   // namespace aggregator
}   // namespace gum

#include <agrum/tools/multidim/aggregators/count_tpl.h>

#endif   // GUM_COUNT_AGGREGATOR_H