com.rubecula.darwin.core
Interface Phenome

All Superinterfaces:

TraitMap

All Known Implementing Classes:

Phenome_Abstract, Phenome_Default, Phenome_Numerical

public interface Phenome
extends TraitMap

Defines the methods for implementations of the Phenome interface. A Phenome is the physical (phenotypic) counterpart to the Genome and forms part of a Darwinian system. A Phenome is essentially a list of Traits with their values.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Method Summary

Object	getData() Method to return the current state of the application-specific data previously set in setData(Object).
Fitness	getFitnessFunction() Method to get an application-supplied fitness function for this phenome.
void	setData(Object data) Method which can be used to set some application-specific data prior to a expressing a genotype as a phenotype.

Methods inherited from interface com.rubecula.darwin.core.TraitMap

add, getTrait, size

Method Detail

getFitnessFunction

Fitness getFitnessFunction()

Method to get an application-supplied fitness function for this phenome.

Returns:

an implementation of Fitness.

setData

void setData(Object data)

Method which can be used to set some application-specific data prior to a expressing a genotype as a phenotype. To retrieve the current value of this data at some later time, see getData().

Parameters:

data - application-specific data.

getData

Object getData()

Method to return the current state of the application-specific data previously set in setData(Object).

Returns:

application-specific data.