com.rubecula.darwin.foundation
Class Evolvable_

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.tostring0.AToString
      com.rubecula.darwin.foundation.Evolvable_

All Implemented Interfaces:

Evolvable, Generational, Terminal, Theological, net.sf.tostring0.Identifiable, net.sf.tostring0.IToString

Direct Known Subclasses:

Population_, Taxon_

public abstract class Evolvable_
extends net.sf.tostring0.AToString
implements Evolvable

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.tostring0.IToString

ANGBR_OPEN, ANGBRA_CLSE, BRA_CLSE, BRA_OPEN, BRCE_OPEN, BRCS_CLSE, COLON, LIST_SEPARATOR, MAX_ELEMENTS_DEFAULT, S_MT, S_PERCENT, SEPARATOR, SPACE

Constructor Summary

protected

Evolvable_(java.lang.String identifier) Primary protected constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
int	getGeneration()
java.lang.String	getIdentifier()
protected int	getMaxGenerations()
java.lang.Object	getResult()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isFinished()
boolean	nextGeneration() Mutating method to invoke the next generation of a Evolvable object.
void	setMaxGenerations(int maxGenerations)
protected void	setResult(java.lang.Object result)

Methods inherited from class net.sf.tostring0.AToString

toString, toString, toStringBrief, toStringId

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.rubecula.darwin.foundation.Theological

cullMembers, seedMembers

Constructor Detail

Evolvable_

protected Evolvable_(java.lang.String identifier)

Primary protected constructor.

Parameters:

identifier -

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

getGeneration

public int getGeneration()

Specified by:

getGeneration in interface Evolvable

Returns:

the sequence number of the current generation.

See Also:

Evolvable.getGeneration()

getIdentifier

public java.lang.String getIdentifier()

Specified by:

getIdentifier in interface net.sf.tostring0.Identifiable

Returns:

_identifier

See Also:

Identifiable.getIdentifier()

getResult

public java.lang.Object getResult()

Specified by:

getResult in interface Evolvable

Returns:

the result

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

isFinished

public boolean isFinished()

Specified by:

isFinished in interface Terminal

Returns:

true if generation is >= to maxGenerations. For a more complex condition, an evolvable could override this definition.

See Also:

Terminal.isFinished()

nextGeneration

public boolean nextGeneration()

Description copied from interface: Generational

Mutating method to invoke the next generation of a Evolvable object. This is where all the actual work is done.

Specified by:

nextGeneration in interface Generational

Returns:

true if the operation was successful. If the result is false, then something has gone wrong and the application should not expect subsequent generations to behave sensibly.

See Also:

Generational.nextGeneration()

setMaxGenerations

public void setMaxGenerations(int maxGenerations)

Parameters:

maxGenerations -

getMaxGenerations

protected int getMaxGenerations()

setResult

protected void setResult(java.lang.Object result)

Parameters:

result - the result to set