examples.supergene
Class NickelsPenniesSupergene

java.lang.Object
  org.jgap.BaseGene
      org.jgap.supergenes.AbstractSupergene
          examples.supergene.NickelsPenniesSupergene

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable, Gene, IBusinessKey, ICompositeGene, IPersistentRepresentation, IUniqueKey, Supergene, SupergeneValidator

public class NickelsPenniesSupergene
extends AbstractSupergene

Supergene to hold pennies and nickels. Valid if the number of nickels and pennies is either both odd or both even.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jgap.supergenes.AbstractSupergene

GENE_DELIMITER, GENE_DELIMITER_CLOSING, GENE_DELIMITER_HEADING, m_validator, MAX_IMMUTABLE_GENES, MAX_RETRIES

Fields inherited from class org.jgap.BaseGene

DELTA, S_APPLICATION_DATA

Fields inherited from interface org.jgap.Gene

PERSISTENT_FIELD_DELIMITER

Constructor Summary

NickelsPenniesSupergene()
Default constructor for dynamic instantiation

NickelsPenniesSupergene(Configuration a_conf)

NickelsPenniesSupergene(Configuration a_conf, Gene[] a_genes)

Method Summary

boolean

isValid(Gene[] a_genes, Supergene a_supergene) Test the given gene list for validity.

Methods inherited from class org.jgap.supergenes.AbstractSupergene

addGene, applyMutation, cleanup, compareTo, createGene, createValidator, equals, geneAt, getAllele, getGenes, getInternalValue, getPersistent, getPersistentRepresentation, getValidator, hashCode, isValid, newGeneInternal, reset, setAllele, setFromPersistent, setToRandomValue, setValidator, setValueFromPersistentRepresentation, size, split, toString

Methods inherited from class org.jgap.BaseGene

compareApplicationData, decode, encode, getApplicationData, getBusinessKey, getConfiguration, getConstraintChecker, getEnergy, getUniqueID, getUniqueIDTemplate, isCompareApplicationData, newGene, setApplicationData, setCompareApplicationData, setConstraintChecker, setEnergy, setUniqueIDTemplate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.jgap.Gene

getApplicationData, getConfiguration, getEnergy, isCompareApplicationData, newGene, setApplicationData, setCompareApplicationData, setConstraintChecker, setEnergy

Methods inherited from interface org.jgap.IUniqueKey

getUniqueID, getUniqueIDTemplate, setUniqueIDTemplate

Constructor Detail

NickelsPenniesSupergene

public NickelsPenniesSupergene()
                        throws InvalidConfigurationException

Default constructor for dynamic instantiation

Throws:

InvalidConfigurationException

Since:

3.0

NickelsPenniesSupergene

public NickelsPenniesSupergene(Configuration a_conf)
                        throws InvalidConfigurationException

Throws:

InvalidConfigurationException

NickelsPenniesSupergene

public NickelsPenniesSupergene(Configuration a_conf,
                               Gene[] a_genes)
                        throws InvalidConfigurationException

Throws:

InvalidConfigurationException

Method Detail

isValid

public boolean isValid(Gene[] a_genes,
                       Supergene a_supergene)

Description copied from class: AbstractSupergene

Test the given gene list for validity. The genes must exactly the same as inside this supergene. At least about 5 % of the randomly generated Supergene suparallele values should be valid. If the valid combinations represents too small part of all possible combinations, it can take too long to find the suitable mutation that does not brake a supergene. If you face this problem, try to split the supergene into several sub-supergenes. This method is only called if you have not set any alternative validator (including null).

Specified by:

isValid in interface SupergeneValidator

Overrides:

isValid in class AbstractSupergene

Parameters:

a_genes - ignored here

a_supergene - ignored here

Returns:

true only if the supergene allele combination is valid