net.sourceforge.cilib.util.selection.recipes
Class RandomSelection<E>

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.cilib.util.selection.recipes.RandomSelection<E>

Type Parameters:

E -

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, SelectionRecipe<E>

public class RandomSelection<E>
extends Object
implements SelectionRecipe<E>

Perform a random selection from the provided list of elements.

Random selection is performed by:

1. A random element is selected from the provided list.
2. Return the result.

Author:

Wiehann Matthysen

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

RandomSelection()
Create a new instance.

RandomSelection(Random random)
Create a new instance with the provided Random.

RandomSelection(RandomSelection copy)
Create a copy of the provided instance.

Method Summary

RandomSelection	getClone() Create a cloned copy of the current object and return it.
E	select(List<? extends E> elements) Perform the selection process.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RandomSelection

public RandomSelection()

Create a new instance.

RandomSelection

public RandomSelection(Random random)

Create a new instance with the provided Random.

Parameters:

random - The random to use.

RandomSelection

public RandomSelection(RandomSelection copy)

Create a copy of the provided instance.

Parameters:

copy - The instance to copy.

Method Detail

getClone

public RandomSelection 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

Specified by:

getClone in interface SelectionRecipe<E>

Returns:

An exact clone of the current object instance.

See Also:

Object.clone()

select

public E select(List<? extends E> elements)

Perform the selection process.

Specified by:

select in interface SelectionRecipe<E>

Parameters:

elements - The elements to perfrom the selection on.

Returns:

The selected element.