com.rubecula.darwin.foundation
Interface Valuable

All Superinterfaces:

net.sf.tostring0.Identifiable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Best<T>, ComparableValue, Organism

All Known Implementing Classes:

Best_, Best_Organism, ComparableValue_, MutableValuable, Organism_, Organism_Asexual, Organism_Sexual, Organism_TS

public interface Valuable
extends net.sf.tostring0.Identifiable

Interface to define the properties of an object which has an intrinsic value.

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Method Summary

java.lang.Number

getValue() Get the value which we can use to compare this object with other Valuable objects, for example in conjunction with Best interface.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.tostring0.Identifiable

getIdentifier

Method Detail

getValue

java.lang.Number getValue()
                          throws ValueException

Get the value which we can use to compare this object with other Valuable objects, for example in conjunction with Best interface. NOTE: that this method gets called a lot. Therefore, if invoking it requires a significant amount of work, the Valuable implementation should consider caching the value.

Returns:

the value for this object which will be used to determine which is the "best".

Throws:

ValueException