org.artoflife.gp.genome.bool
Class ComparisonGene

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.ComparisonGene

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

EqualsGene, GreaterThanGene, LessThanGene

public abstract class ComparisonGene

extends FunctionGene

Abstract base class for boolean operators like EqualsGene and GreaterThanGene that act on two float genes and return a boolean.

Author:

Steve Meyfroidt

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.artoflife.gp.genome.FunctionGene

parameterGenes

Constructor Summary

ComparisonGene()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	evaluate(Phenotype phenotype, java.util.List parameters)
protected abstract boolean	evaluateFor(float parameter1, float 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

ComparisonGene

public ComparisonGene()

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

See Also:

FunctionGene.evaluate(org.artoflife.gp.Phenotype, java.util.List)

evaluateFor

protected abstract boolean evaluateFor(float parameter1,
                                       float parameter2)

Override this to evaluate the function across the parameters passed in.