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File: Distributed_Design_Optimizer/middlelevel/sbdp/InConsistencySize.py

# Copyright (C) The DistributedDesignOptimizer Contributors
# Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE file for details.
"""Inconsistency size computation for Sensitivity Based Distributed Programming (SBDP).

This module provides functionality for computing inconsistency sizes
between coupled variables in SBDP.
"""

from Distributed_Design_Optimizer.middlelevel import InConsistencySizeBasis


class InConsistencySize(InConsistencySizeBasis):
    """Inconsistency size storage for SBDP.

    Stores coupling inconsistency measurements for the Sensitivity Based
    Distributed Programming method.
    """

    def __init__(self,
                 id: str) -> None:
        """Initialize the inconsistency size storage.

        Args:
            id: Identifier of the neighboring subsystem.
        """
        # call __init__() of InConsistencySizeBasis
        super().__init__(id)

    def update_state(self, other_inconsistency: 'InConsistencySize') -> None:
        """Update the state from another inconsistency size instance.

        This method updates the numerical information stored in the class's attributes
        without changing the original memory address location. This is necessary for
        multiprocessing, where executed subsystems return from separate processes and
        their state must be transferred back to the original objects in the main process.

        Args:
            other_inconsistency: Source instance to copy state from.

        Note:
            This class defines no additional attributes beyond the base class.
            All relevant attributes are updated via the base class update_state().
        """
        # Call the base class update_state to handle all attributes
        super().update_state(other_inconsistency)