net.sourceforge.cilib.boa.bee
Class WorkerBee

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class WorkerBee
extends AbstractBee
implements HoneyBee

A worker bee that forages for food and updates the hive information by dancing.

Author:

Andrich

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

dimension, positionUpdateStrategy, targetSelectionStrategy

Constructor Summary

WorkerBee()
Create a new instance with reasonable defaults set.

WorkerBee(WorkerBee copy)
Copy constructor.

Method Summary

WorkerBee	getClone() Make a clone of the Entity the exact semantics of the clone method will be defined by the classes that implements this interface.
ControlParameter	getForageLimit() Get the forage limit.
void	setForageLimit(ControlParameter forageLimit) Set the forage limit.
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

WorkerBee

public WorkerBee()

Create a new instance with reasonable defaults set.

WorkerBee

public WorkerBee(WorkerBee copy)

Copy constructor. Create a copy of the provided instance.

Parameters:

copy - The isntance to copy.

Method Detail

getClone

public WorkerBee 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

getForageLimit

public ControlParameter getForageLimit()

Get the forage limit.

Returns:

The ControlParameter representing the forage limit.

setForageLimit

public void setForageLimit(ControlParameter forageLimit)

Set the forage limit.

Parameters:

forageLimit - The limit to set.