org.evolvica.core.select
Class AbstractSelector

java.lang.Object
  org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator
      org.evolvica.core.common.AbstractGeneticOperator
          org.evolvica.core.select.AbstractSelector

All Implemented Interfaces:

IGeneticOperator, IOperator, IProcessor, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

RandomSelector, RouletteWheelSelector, TournamentSelector, TruncationSelector

public abstract class AbstractSelector

extends AbstractGeneticOperator

implements IProcessor

Abstract base class for a selector. A selector selects a number of individuals out of a selection pool.

Since:

0.4.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.12 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:58:17 $

Author:

Andreas Rummler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected boolean	allowMultipleSelection Flag to allow multiple selections.
protected int	numberPerSelection Number of individuals selected.

Fields inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator

descriptor, element, id, name

Constructor Summary

AbstractSelector()
Constructor.

AbstractSelector(int numberPerSelection)
Constructor.

Method Summary

int	getNumberPerSelection() Returns the number per selection.
java.lang.Object	process(java.lang.Object input) Processes a data object.
abstract IIndividual[]	select(IIndividual[] pool) Selects individuals out of a given selection pool.
void	setNumberPerSelection(int i) Sets the number per selection.

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

allowMultipleSelection

protected boolean allowMultipleSelection

Flag to allow multiple selections. This is unused at the moment.

numberPerSelection

protected int numberPerSelection

Number of individuals selected.

Constructor Detail

AbstractSelector

public AbstractSelector()

Constructor.

AbstractSelector

public AbstractSelector(int numberPerSelection)

Constructor.

Parameters:

numberPerSelection - number of individuals selected

Method Detail

process

public java.lang.Object process(java.lang.Object input)

Description copied from interface: IProcessor

Processes a data object.

Specified by:

process in interface IProcessor

Parameters:

input - input data for processing

Returns:

processed data object

See Also:

IProcessor.process(java.lang.Object)

select

public abstract IIndividual[] select(IIndividual[] pool)

Selects individuals out of a given selection pool.

Parameters:

pool - selection pool

Returns:

selected individuals

getNumberPerSelection

public int getNumberPerSelection()

Returns the number per selection.

Returns:

number per selection

setNumberPerSelection

public void setNumberPerSelection(int i)

Sets the number per selection.

Parameters:

i - number per selection