org.evolvica.core.common
Class AbstractRouter

java.lang.Object
  org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator
      org.evolvica.core.common.AbstractGeneticOperator
          org.evolvica.core.common.AbstractRouter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IFork, IGeneticOperator, IOperator, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConditionalRouter

public abstract class AbstractRouter

extends AbstractGeneticOperator

implements IFork

Abstract base class for a router. A router receives data on its input and sends the input data further to one of its outputs, dependent on its internal state, some external condition(s) or something similiar.

Since:

0.4.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:57:57 $

Author:

Andreas Rummler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.lang.Object[]

output Output objects.

Fields inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator

descriptor, element, id, name

Constructor Summary

AbstractRouter()
Constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object[]	fork(java.lang.Object input) Performs the fork operation on the input data and returns an array of data objects as output.
abstract int	route(IIndividualSet input) Calculates the output to which the individual set should be routed.

Methods inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator

attachDescriptor, attachElement, descriptor, element, getId, getName, setId, setName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.evolvica.engine.IOperator

attachDescriptor, attachElement, descriptor, element, getId, getName, setId, setName

Field Detail

output

protected java.lang.Object[] output

Output objects.

Constructor Detail

AbstractRouter

public AbstractRouter()

Constructor.

Method Detail

fork

public java.lang.Object[] fork(java.lang.Object input)

Description copied from interface: IFork

Performs the fork operation on the input data and returns an array of data objects as output. Note that slots in the output array MAY be null.

Specified by:

fork in interface IFork

Parameters:

input - input data

Returns:

array of output data

See Also:

IFork.fork(java.lang.Object)

route

public abstract int route(IIndividualSet input)

Calculates the output to which the individual set should be routed.

Parameters:

input - the individual set that should be routed

Returns:

the number of the output to which the individual set should is sent