net.sourceforge.cilib.util.calculator
Interface FitnessCalculator<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type to which a fitness calculation is to be performed.

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntityBasedFitnessCalculator, PropertyBasedFitnessCalculator, StructuredTypeFitnessCalculator

public interface FitnessCalculator<T>
extends Cloneable

Perform the calculation of the fitness for the given Entity, decoupling the Entity from the Problem.

Method Summary

FitnessCalculator<T>	getClone() Create a cloned copy of the current object and return it.
Fitness	getFitness(T entity, boolean count) Get the fitness, given the position.

Method Detail

getClone

FitnessCalculator<T> 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 Cloneable

Returns:

An exact clone of the current object instance.

See Also:

Object.clone()

getFitness

Fitness getFitness(T entity,
                   boolean count)

Get the fitness, given the position.

Parameters:

entity - The Type to base the calculation on.

count - Whether or not the evaluation is to be counted.

Returns:

A Fitness object representing the fitness of the position.