net.sourceforge.cilib.util.selection.recipes
Interface SelectionRecipe<E>

Type Parameters:

E - The selection type.

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElitistSelection, RandomSelection, RankBasedSelection, RingBasedPopulationSelection, RouletteWheelSelection, TournamentSelection

public interface SelectionRecipe<E>
extends Cloneable

A recipe is a series of steps that need to be followed to achieve a selection.

Author:

Wiehann Matthysen

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

getClone

SelectionRecipe<E> 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()

select

E select(List<? extends E> elements)

Perform the selection process.

Parameters:

elements - The elements to perfrom the selection on.

Returns:

The selected element.