net.sourceforge.cilib.moo.archive.solutionweighing
Interface SolutionWeighing

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable, Weighing<OptimisationSolution>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AntiClusterWeighing

public interface SolutionWeighing
extends Weighing<OptimisationSolution>, Cloneable

Weighs an optimisation solution for selection to be either removed from the Archive or selected to be used as guide during the search process.

Author:

Wiehann Matthysen

Method Summary

SolutionWeighing	getClone() Create a cloned copy of the current object and return it.
boolean	weigh(List<Selection.Entry<OptimisationSolution>> elements) Perform a weighing on the provided list of entries.

Method Detail

getClone

SolutionWeighing getClone()

Description copied from interface: Weighing

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 Cloneable

Specified by:

getClone in interface Weighing<OptimisationSolution>

Returns:

An exact clone of the current object instance.

See Also:

Object.clone()

weigh

boolean weigh(List<Selection.Entry<OptimisationSolution>> elements)

Description copied from interface: Weighing

Perform a weighing on the provided list of entries.

Specified by:

weigh in interface Weighing<OptimisationSolution>

Parameters:

elements - The entries to weigh.

Returns:

true if successful, false otherwise.