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+# Rubric
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+Use this project rubric to understand and assess the project criteria.
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+## Compiling and Rule of Five
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+- [ ] **The code is functional**: The code compiles and runs without
+  errors.
+- [ ] **Class design meets the Rule of Five guidelines**: In the
+  chatbot.cpp, changes are made to the class ChatBot such that it
+  complies with the Rule of Five:
+  - Memory resources are properly allocated / deallocated on the heap
+    and member data is copied where it makes sense.
+  - In each of the methods, a string is printed to the console so that
+    it is possible to see which method is called in later examples
+    (e.g., ">>> Rule of Five Component: ChatBot Default Constructor
+    <<<").
+  - Because these messages will be injected in the chatbot's messages,
+    to increase readability use the pattern ">>> Rule of Five Component:
+    [method] <<<"
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+## Exclusive Ownership
+
+- [ ] **_chatLogic is an exclusive resource of the ChatBot class**:
+  _chatLogic an exclusive resource to class ChatBot using an appropriate
+  smart pointer. Where required, make changes to the code such that data
+  structures and function parameters reflect the new structure.
+- [ ] **The GraphNodes in the vector _nodes are exclusively owned by the
+  class ChatLogic**: In file chatlogic.cpp, the vector _nodes are
+  adapted in a way that the instances of GraphNodes to which the vector
+  elements refer are exclusively owned by the class ChatLogic. An
+  appropriate type of smart pointer is used to achieve this.
+- [ ] **GraphNode ownership is not transferred when passing instances**:
+  When passing the GraphNode instances to functions, ownership is not
+  transferred.
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+## Moving
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+- [ ] **GraphNodes exclusively own the outgoing GraphEdges and hold
+  non-owning references to incoming GraphEdges**: In the files
+  chatlogic.cpp, graphnodes.h, and graphnodes.cpp
+  - All instances of GraphEdge are changed in a way such that each
+    instance of GraphNode exclusively owns the outgoing GraphEdges and
+    holds non-owning references to incoming GraphEdges.
+  - Appropriate smart pointers are used to do this.
+  - Where required, changes are made to the code such that data
+    structures and function parameters reflect the changes.
+- [ ] **Move semantics are used when transferring ownership from class
+  ChatLogic into instances of GraphNode**: In the files chatlogic.cpp,
+  graphnodes.h, and graphnodes.cpp , move semantics are used when
+  transferring ownership from class ChatLogic, where all instances of
+  GraphEdge are created, into instances of GraphNode.
+- [ ] **Move semantics are used correctly with ChatBot**: In the file
+  chatlogic.cpp, a local ChatBot instance is created on the stack at the
+  bottom of function LoadAnswerGraphFromFile and move semantics are used
+  to pass the ChatBot instance into the root node.
+- [ ] **ChatLogic has no ownership relation to the ChatBot instance**:
+  ChatLogic has no ownership relation to the ChatBot instance and thus
+  is no longer responsible for memory allocation and deallocation.
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