net.sourceforge.cilib.boa.bee
Interface HoneyBee

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Comparable<Entity>, Entity, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBee, OnlookerBee, WorkerBee

public interface HoneyBee
extends Entity

Super interface for all types of bees in the artificial bee algorithm.

Author:

Andrich

Method Summary

HoneyBee	getClone() Make a clone of the Entity the exact semantics of the clone method will be defined by the classes that implements this interface.
Fitness	getFitness() Returns the Entity fitness.
Vector	getPosition() Gets the bee's position (contents).
BeePositionUpdateStrategy	getPositionUpdateStrategy() Getter method for the position update strategy.
void	setPosition(Vector position) Sets the bee's position (contents).
void	updatePosition() Updates the position of the bee based on the neighboring nectar content.

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.cilib.entity.Entity

calculateFitness, calculateFitness, compareTo, getBestFitness, getCandidateSolution, getDimension, getFitnessCalculator, getId, getProperties, initialise, reinitialise, setCandidateSolution, setProperties

Method Detail

getClone

HoneyBee getClone()

Make a clone of the Entity the exact semantics of the clone method will be defined by the classes that implements this interface.

Specified by:

getClone in interface Cloneable

Specified by:

getClone in interface Entity

Returns:

the cloned object

See Also:

Object.clone()

getFitness

Fitness getFitness()

Returns the Entity fitness.

Specified by:

getFitness in interface Entity

Returns:

The Fitness of the Entity.

updatePosition

void updatePosition()

Updates the position of the bee based on the neighboring nectar content.

getPosition

Vector getPosition()

Gets the bee's position (contents).

Returns:

the position.

setPosition

void setPosition(Vector position)

Sets the bee's position (contents).

Parameters:

position - The value to set.

getPositionUpdateStrategy

BeePositionUpdateStrategy getPositionUpdateStrategy()

Getter method for the position update strategy.

Returns:

the position update strategy.