org.jgap.supergenes
Class Validator

java.lang.Object
  org.jgap.supergenes.Validator

All Implemented Interfaces:

SupergeneValidator

public abstract class Validator
extends java.lang.Object
implements SupergeneValidator

The abstract supergeneValidator, hiding the getPersisten() and setFromPersistent() methods that are not always required.

Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

Validator(Configuration a_conf)

Method Summary

Configuration	getConfiguration()
java.lang.String	getPersistent() The default implementation returns an empty string.
abstract boolean	isValid(Gene[] a_genes, Supergene a_for_supergene) Return true if this gene combination is valid for the given supergene
void	setFromPersistent(java.lang.String a_from) Set a persistend string representation (if needed) for this validator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Validator

public Validator(Configuration a_conf)

Method Detail

isValid

public abstract boolean isValid(Gene[] a_genes,
                                Supergene a_for_supergene)

Return true if this gene combination is valid for the given supergene

Specified by:

isValid in interface SupergeneValidator

getPersistent

public java.lang.String getPersistent()

The default implementation returns an empty string.

Specified by:

getPersistent in interface SupergeneValidator

Returns:

persistent string representation (if needed) of this validator. The method name is different allowing the same class to implement both Supergene and supergeneValidator.

setFromPersistent

public void setFromPersistent(java.lang.String a_from)

Set a persistend string representation (if needed) for this validator. The method name is different allowing the same class to implement both Supergene and supergeneValidator. The default implementation does nothing.

Specified by:

setFromPersistent in interface SupergeneValidator

getConfiguration

public Configuration getConfiguration()

Returns:

the configuration used

Since:

3.0