com.rubecula.darwin.core
Class Mutator_Abstract

java.lang.Object
  com.rubecula.darwin.core.Mutator_Abstract

All Implemented Interfaces:

Mutator

Direct Known Subclasses:

Mutator_Null, Mutator_PepperedMoth, Mutator_TS

public abstract class Mutator_Abstract
extends Object
implements Mutator

Abstract class to define the base methods and fields for instances of Mutator interface.

Author:

Robin

Field Summary

protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log

log The logger for this class.

Constructor Summary

protected

Mutator_Abstract() Protected constructor.

Method Summary

Allele	mutate(Allele allele) By default, the allele is returned unchanged.
Genotype	mutate(Genotype genotype) By default, the genotype is returned unchanged.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

log

protected static final org.apache.commons.logging.Log log

The logger for this class.

Constructor Detail

Mutator_Abstract

protected Mutator_Abstract()

Protected constructor.

Method Detail

mutate

public Allele mutate(Allele allele)

By default, the allele is returned unchanged.

Specified by:

mutate in interface Mutator

Parameters:

allele - the original allele

Returns:

either the original allele or a mutated version of it. TODO it seems to me now that this mutation should operate on a Gene, not on an Allele, but there again we have to remember that the word "gene" is used in two different ways in common parlance.

See Also:

Mutator.mutate(com.rubecula.darwin.core.Allele)

mutate

public Genotype mutate(Genotype genotype)

By default, the genotype is returned unchanged.

Specified by:

mutate in interface Mutator

Parameters:

genotype - the original genotype

Returns:

either the original genotype or a mutated version of it.

See Also:

Mutator.mutate(com.rubecula.darwin.core.Genotype)