com.rubecula.darwin.domain.world
Interface Attraction

All Known Implementing Classes:

Attraction_, Attraction_Uniform

public interface Attraction

This interface enables sexual selection.

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Method Summary

double	getAttraction(TraitMap female, TraitMap male) Compare the sex-linked traits of the male and the female and determine the attraction.
boolean	isUniform()

Method Detail

getAttraction

double getAttraction(TraitMap female,
                     TraitMap male)

Compare the sex-linked traits of the male and the female and determine the attraction. The attraction isn't necessarily mutual -- it may only apply to one sex for the other.

Parameters:

female - the sex-linked traits for the female.

male - the sex-linked traits for the male.

Returns:

a value: 1.0 very attractive; 0.0 unattractive.

isUniform

boolean isUniform()

Returns:

true if all pairs of trait maps will yield the same attraction value.