net.sourceforge.cilib.boa.bee
Class OnlookerBee

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.cilib.entity.AbstractEntity
      net.sourceforge.cilib.boa.bee.AbstractBee
          net.sourceforge.cilib.boa.bee.OnlookerBee

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Entity>, HoneyBee, CandidateSolution, Entity, Cloneable

public class OnlookerBee
extends AbstractBee
implements HoneyBee

Represents an onlooker bee in the hive.

Author:

Andrich

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sourceforge.cilib.boa.bee.AbstractBee

dimension, positionUpdateStrategy, targetSelectionStrategy

Constructor Summary

OnlookerBee()
Default constructor.

OnlookerBee(AbstractBee bee)

OnlookerBee(OnlookerBee copy)
Copy constructor.

Method Summary

OnlookerBee	getClone() Make a clone of the Entity the exact semantics of the clone method will be defined by the classes that implements this interface.
void	updatePosition() Updates the position of the bee based on the neighboring nectar content.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.cilib.boa.bee.AbstractBee

calculateFitness, calculateFitness, compareTo, getDimension, getPosition, getPositionUpdateStrategy, initialise, reinitialise, setPosition

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.cilib.entity.AbstractEntity

equals, getBestFitness, getCandidateSolution, getFitness, getFitnessCalculator, getId, getProperties, hashCode, setCandidateSolution, setFitnessCalculator, setProperties

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.cilib.boa.bee.HoneyBee

getFitness, getPosition, getPositionUpdateStrategy, setPosition

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

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

Constructor Detail

OnlookerBee

public OnlookerBee()

Default constructor.

OnlookerBee

public OnlookerBee(AbstractBee bee)

OnlookerBee

public OnlookerBee(OnlookerBee copy)

Copy constructor. Creates a copy of the provided instance.

Parameters:

copy - reference that is deep copied.

Method Detail

getClone

public OnlookerBee 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 HoneyBee

Specified by:

getClone in interface Entity

Specified by:

getClone in interface Cloneable

Specified by:

getClone in class AbstractBee

Returns:

the cloned object

See Also:

Object.clone()

updatePosition

public void updatePosition()

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

Specified by:

updatePosition in interface HoneyBee

Specified by:

updatePosition in class AbstractBee