net.sourceforge.cilib.util.selection.weighing.entity
Class EntityWeighing<E extends Entity>

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.cilib.util.selection.weighing.entity.EntityWeighing<E>

Type Parameters:

E - The entity type.

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Weighing<E>

public class EntityWeighing<E extends Entity>
extends Object
implements Weighing<E>

Apply a weighing based on the Fitness of Entity instances.

Author:

Wiehann Matthysen

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

EntityWeighing()
Create a new instance.

EntityWeighing(EntityFitness<E> entityFitness)
Create a new instance with the provided EntityFitness strategy.

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

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EntityWeighing

public EntityWeighing()

Create a new instance.

EntityWeighing

public EntityWeighing(EntityFitness<E> entityFitness)

Create a new instance with the provided EntityFitness strategy.

Parameters:

entityFitness - The value to set.

EntityWeighing

public EntityWeighing(EntityWeighing copy)

Create a copy of the provided instance.

Parameters:

copy - The instance to copy.

Method Detail

getClone

public EntityWeighing 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 Weighing<E extends Entity>

Returns:

An exact clone of the current object instance.

See Also:

Object.clone()

weigh

public boolean weigh(List<Selection.Entry<E>> entities)

Perform a weighing on the provided list of entries.

Specified by:

weigh in interface Weighing<E extends Entity>

Parameters:

entities - The entities to weigh.

Returns:

true if successful, false otherwise.