org.artoflife.gp.genome
Class GeneFactory

java.lang.Object
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public class GeneFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Responsible for the creation of typed genes, choosing from GeneSelections of allowed gene types (usually one selection per Chromosome ID). The gene selections are programmatically initialised via #setGeneSelection.

Author:

Steve Meyfroidt

Method Summary

GpTreeNode	getGeneTree(java.lang.String id, java.lang.Class returnClass) Note that this recurses indefinitely if there are no leaf genes in the valid set.
protected GpTreeNode	getGeneTree(java.lang.String id, java.lang.Class returnClass, int depth)
static GeneFactory	getInstance()
void	setGenes(java.lang.String id, GpTreeNode[] genes)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static GeneFactory getInstance()

Returns:

the singleton

setGenes

public void setGenes(java.lang.String id,
                     GpTreeNode[] genes)

getGeneTree

public GpTreeNode getGeneTree(java.lang.String id,
                              java.lang.Class returnClass)

Note that this recurses indefinitely if there are no leaf genes in the valid set.

Parameters:

id - of the set of allowed genes to use

Returns:

GpTreeNode root of a random tree that is not restricted to minimum depth.

getGeneTree

protected GpTreeNode getGeneTree(java.lang.String id,
                                 java.lang.Class returnClass,
                                 int depth)