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

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Operator, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CompoundSelection, ElitistSelectionStrategy, RandomSelectionStrategy, RouletteWheelSelectionStrategy, TournamentSelectionStrategy

public abstract class SelectionStrategy
extends Object
implements Operator

Author:

Gary Pampara

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

SelectionStrategy()

Method Summary

abstract SelectionStrategy	getClone() Create a cloned copy of the current object and return it.
abstract <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

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.cilib.entity.operators.Operator

performOperation

Constructor Detail

SelectionStrategy

public SelectionStrategy()

Method Detail

getClone

public abstract SelectionStrategy getClone()

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

Returns:

An exact clone of the current object instance.

See Also:

Object.clone()

select

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

Apply the selection strategy and return a single Entity.

Type Parameters:

T - The Entity type.

Parameters:

population - The Topology to make the selection from.

Returns:

The selected Entity.