org.evolvica.core.init
Class AbstractInitializer

java.lang.Object
  org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator
      org.evolvica.core.common.AbstractGeneticOperator
          org.evolvica.core.init.AbstractInitializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

IGeneticOperator, IOperator, ISource, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BinaryFileInitializer, BinaryInitializer, FloatArrayInitializer, FloatInitializer, IntegerArrayInitializer, IntegerInitializer, IntegerSequenceInitializer, RandomStringInitializer, XMLInitializer

public abstract class AbstractInitializer

extends AbstractGeneticOperator

implements ISource

Abstract base class for an initializer.

Since:

0.4.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.12 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:58:04 $

Author:

Andreas Rummler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected IIndividualBuilder	individualBuilder Individual builder to be used.
protected int	setSize Number of individuals created by this initializer.

Fields inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator

descriptor, element, id, name

Constructor Summary

AbstractInitializer()
Constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	create() Creates a new data object.
protected abstract IGenotype	createGenotype() Creates a new genotype.
IIndividualSet	createIndividualSet() Creates a set of individuals.
IIndividualBuilder	getIndividualBuilder() Returns the individual builder.
int	getSetSize() Returns the number of created individuals.
void	setIndividualBuilder(IIndividualBuilder individualBuilder) Sets the individualBuilder.
void	setSetSize(int setSize) Sets the number of individuals to be created.

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

setSize

protected int setSize

Number of individuals created by this initializer.

individualBuilder

protected IIndividualBuilder individualBuilder

Individual builder to be used.

Constructor Detail

AbstractInitializer

public AbstractInitializer()

Constructor.

Method Detail

create

public java.lang.Object create()

Description copied from interface: ISource

Creates a new data object.

Specified by:

create in interface ISource

Returns:

newly created data object

See Also:

ISource.create()

createIndividualSet

public IIndividualSet createIndividualSet()

Creates a set of individuals.

Returns:

created set of individuals

createGenotype

protected abstract IGenotype createGenotype()

Creates a new genotype.

Returns:

newly created genotype

getIndividualBuilder

public IIndividualBuilder getIndividualBuilder()

Returns the individual builder.

Returns:

individual builder

getSetSize

public int getSetSize()

Returns the number of created individuals.

Returns:

number of created individuals

setIndividualBuilder

public void setIndividualBuilder(IIndividualBuilder individualBuilder)
                          throws java.beans.PropertyVetoException

Sets the individualBuilder.

Parameters:

individualBuilder - the individual builder to set

Throws:

java.beans.PropertyVetoException

setSetSize

public void setSetSize(int setSize)
                throws java.beans.PropertyVetoException

Sets the number of individuals to be created.

Parameters:

setSize - number of individuals to be created

Throws:

java.beans.PropertyVetoException - thrown if setting of this property fails