org.hu.hom.core.object

Class Population<T extends AbstractMutant>

java.lang.Object

org.hu.hom.core.object.Population<T>

public class Population<T extends AbstractMutant>
extends java.lang.Object

This class holds a set of AbstractMutants

It is used to represent a set of chromosomes of the GeneticAlgorithm

Author:

Asendar

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Population()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addMutant(T mutant)
void	addMutants(java.util.List<T> mutants)
Population<T>	copy()
java.util.List<T>	getLiveMutants()
java.util.List<T>	getMutants()
java.util.List<T>	getSubtleMutants()
static <T extends AbstractMutant> Population<T>	newPopulation(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
void	removeMutant(T mutant)
void	removeMutants(java.util.List<T> mutants)
void	removeNonCompilableMutants() omits all non compilable mutants from the population
void	setMutants(java.util.List<T> mutants)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Population

public Population()

Method Detail

newPopulation

public static <T extends AbstractMutant> Population<T> newPopulation(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)

Type Parameters:

T - instance of AbstractMutant

Parameters:

clazz - type of the Population to be created [must extend AbstractMutant]

Returns:

an empty population of type clazz

copy

public Population<T> copy()

Returns:

identical copy of the current Population

getMutants

public java.util.List<T> getMutants()

Returns:

sorted list of the Population's AbstractMutants

addMutants

public void addMutants(java.util.List<T> mutants)

Parameters:

mutants - to be added to the Population

setMutants

public void setMutants(java.util.List<T> mutants)

Parameters:

mutants - to be set for the Population

addMutant

public void addMutant(T mutant)

Parameters:

mutant - to be added to the Population

removeMutant

public void removeMutant(T mutant)

Parameters:

mutant - to be removed from the Population

removeMutants

public void removeMutants(java.util.List<T> mutants)

Parameters:

mutants - to be removed from the Population

getSubtleMutants

public java.util.List<T> getSubtleMutants()

Returns:

filtered list of the Population's AbstractMutants, based on AbstractMutant.isSubtle()

See Also:

HigherOrderMutant.isSubtle()

getLiveMutants

public java.util.List<T> getLiveMutants()

Returns:

filtered list of the Population's AbstractMutants, based on AbstractMutant.isLive()

removeNonCompilableMutants

public void removeNonCompilableMutants()

omits all non compilable mutants from the population