org.artoflife.gp.genome.bool
Class BinaryLogicalGene

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.artoflife.gp.genome.GpTreeNode
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        +--org.artoflife.gp.genome.FunctionGene
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              +--org.artoflife.gp.genome.bool.BinaryLogicalGene
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
AndGene, OrGene

public abstract class BinaryLogicalGene
extends FunctionGene

Abstract base class for boolean operators like AndGene and GreaterThanGene and others that take two boolean parameters and return a boolean. Missing parameters are evaluated as false.

Author:
Steve Meyfroidt
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.artoflife.gp.genome.FunctionGene
parameterGenes
 
Constructor Summary
BinaryLogicalGene()
           
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.Object evaluate(Phenotype phenotype, java.util.List parameters)
           
protected abstract  boolean evaluateFor(boolean parameter1, boolean parameter2)
          Override this to evaluate the function across the parameters passed in.
protected  java.util.List getParameterClasses()
           
 java.lang.Class getReturnClass()
           
 
Methods inherited from class org.artoflife.gp.genome.FunctionGene
clone, evaluate, getBooleanParameter, getDoubleParameter, getFloatParameter, getMutators, getParameterGene, initParameterGenes, setParameterGene, toString
 
Methods inherited from class org.artoflife.gp.genome.GpTreeNode
getParameterClass, getParametersLength, getSize, mutate
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

BinaryLogicalGene

public BinaryLogicalGene()
Method Detail

getParameterClasses

protected java.util.List getParameterClasses()
Specified by:
getParameterClasses in class FunctionGene
Returns:
List of the Classes that this gene expects to evaluate against, never null
See Also:
GpTreeNode.getParameterClasses()

getReturnClass

public java.lang.Class getReturnClass()
Specified by:
getReturnClass in class GpTreeNode
Returns:
the class this gene returns on evaluation
See Also:
GpTreeNode.getReturnClass()

evaluate

public java.lang.Object evaluate(Phenotype phenotype,
                                 java.util.List parameters)
Specified by:
evaluate in class FunctionGene
Parameters:
parameters - List of Boolean parameters

evaluateFor

protected abstract boolean evaluateFor(boolean parameter1,
                                       boolean parameter2)
Override this to evaluate the function across the parameters passed in.


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