net.sourceforge.cilib.util.selection.weighing
Interface Weighing<E>

Type Parameters:

E - The selection type.

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

SolutionWeighing

All Known Implementing Classes:

AntiClusterWeighing, EntityWeighing, FixedWeighing, LinearWeighing

public interface Weighing<E>
extends Cloneable

Interface defining how weighing for selections are to operate.

Author:

Wiehann Matthysen

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

getClone

Weighing<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()

weigh

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

Perform a weighing on the provided list of entries.

Parameters:

elements - The entries to weigh.

Returns:

true if successful, false otherwise.