org.evolvica.core.common
Class Combiner

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

IGeneticOperator, IJoin, IOperator, java.io.Serializable

public class Combiner

extends AbstractGeneticOperator

implements IJoin

An individual combiner. A combiner combines the individual sets from its inputs to one single set, which is send to the output.

Since:

0.4.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:57:58 $

Author:

Andreas Rummler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator

descriptor, element, id, name

Constructor Summary

Combiner()
Constructor.

Method Summary

int	getInputSize() Returns the input size.
boolean	isActivatable(java.lang.Object[] input) Checks if this join can be activated with given input data.
java.lang.Object	join(java.lang.Object[] input) Performs the join operation and returns a single data object.
void	setInputSize(int inputSize) Sets the inputSize.

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

Constructor Detail

Combiner

public Combiner()

Constructor. Sets the default input size to 2.

Method Detail

join

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

Description copied from interface: IJoin

Performs the join operation and returns a single data object. Note that the input array may contain NULL values.

Specified by:

join in interface IJoin

Parameters:

input - array of input data objects

Returns:

combined data object

See Also:

IJoin.join(java.lang.Object[])

isActivatable

public boolean isActivatable(java.lang.Object[] input)

Description copied from interface: IJoin

Checks if this join can be activated with given input data.

Specified by:

isActivatable in interface IJoin

Parameters:

input - input data

Returns:

true if this join can be activated, false otherwise

See Also:

IJoin.isActivatable(java.lang.Object[])

getInputSize

public int getInputSize()

Returns the input size.

Returns:

input size

setInputSize

public void setInputSize(int inputSize)

Sets the inputSize.

Parameters:

inputSize - The inputSize to set