net.sourceforge.cilib.entity.operators.selection
Class RandomSelectionStrategy

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.cilib.entity.operators.selection.SelectionStrategy
      net.sourceforge.cilib.entity.operators.selection.RandomSelectionStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Operator, Cloneable

public class RandomSelectionStrategy
extends SelectionStrategy

Author:

gpampara

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

RandomSelectionStrategy()

Method Summary

RandomSelectionStrategy	getClone() Create a cloned copy of the current object and return it.
void	performOperation(TopologyHolder holder) Perform the operator operation given the current TopologyHolder.
<T extends Entity> T	select(Topology<T> population) Apply the selection strategy and return a single Entity.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RandomSelectionStrategy

public RandomSelectionStrategy()

Method Detail

getClone

public RandomSelectionStrategy getClone()

Description copied from class: SelectionStrategy

Create a cloned copy of the current object and return it. In general the created copy will be a deep copy of the provided instance. As a result this operation an be quite expensive if used incorrectly.

Specified by:

getClone in interface Operator

Specified by:

getClone in interface Cloneable

Specified by:

getClone in class SelectionStrategy

Returns:

An exact clone of the current object instance.

See Also:

Object.clone()

select

public <T extends Entity> T select(Topology<T> population)

Description copied from class: SelectionStrategy

Apply the selection strategy and return a single Entity.

Specified by:

select in class SelectionStrategy

Type Parameters:

T - The Entity type.

Parameters:

population - The Topology to make the selection from.

Returns:

The selected Entity.

performOperation

public void performOperation(TopologyHolder holder)

Description copied from interface: Operator

Perform the operator operation given the current TopologyHolder.

Parameters:

holder - The TopologyHolder representing the required Topology instances.