Operator
Class JoinOperator

java.lang.Object
  Operator.OperatorModule
      Operator.JoinOperator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Module, Operator, Stochastic

Direct Known Subclasses:

EliteReplacementOperator, MeritReplacementStrategy, SimpleReplacementStrategy

public abstract class JoinOperator
extends OperatorModule

Abstract class for joining two populations. The incomingPopulation is added to the population. Eg in ReplacementOperator

Field Summary

protected Population

incomingPopulation

Fields inherited from class Operator.OperatorModule

population, rng

Constructor Summary

JoinOperator()
Create new instance

JoinOperator(RandomNumberGenerator rng, Population incPop)
Constructor

Method Summary

Population	getIncomingPopulation() Get the population coming in
protected void	increaseAge(java.util.List<Individual> operands) Increase the age of the operands by 1
abstract void	perform() Performs the operation on the population
void	setIncomingPopulation(Population incomingPopulation) Set the incomming population
abstract void	setOperation(Operation op) Set operation that operator performs

Methods inherited from class Operator.OperatorModule

getRNG, setPopulation, setRNG

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface Operator.Operator

getOperation

Field Detail

incomingPopulation

protected Population incomingPopulation

Constructor Detail

JoinOperator

public JoinOperator(RandomNumberGenerator rng,
                    Population incPop)

Constructor

Parameters:

rng - random number generator

incPop - incomming population

JoinOperator

public JoinOperator()

Create new instance

Method Detail

perform

public abstract void perform()

Description copied from interface: Module

Performs the operation on the population

Specified by:

perform in interface Module

Specified by:

perform in class OperatorModule

setOperation

public abstract void setOperation(Operation op)

Description copied from interface: Operator

Set operation that operator performs

Parameters:

op - operation

getIncomingPopulation

public Population getIncomingPopulation()

Get the population coming in

Returns:

incomming population

setIncomingPopulation

public void setIncomingPopulation(Population incomingPopulation)

Set the incomming population

Parameters:

incomingPopulation - incomming population

increaseAge

protected void increaseAge(java.util.List<Individual> operands)

Increase the age of the operands by 1

Parameters:

operands - operands for the operation