org.artoflife.gp.genome
Class VariableGene

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.artoflife.gp.genome.GpTreeNode
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        +--org.artoflife.gp.genome.VariableGene

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public final class VariableGene

extends GpTreeNode

Represents the value of a field from the Phenotype, retrieved as a JavaBeans property.

Author:

Steve Meyfroidt

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

VariableGene()

VariableGene(java.lang.String fieldName, java.lang.Class fieldClass)

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	evaluate(Phenotype phenotype) Evaluate this expression in the context of the passed Phenotype.
protected java.util.List	getParameterClasses()
GpTreeNode	getParameterGene(int index)
java.lang.Class	getReturnClass()
void	setParameterGene(int index, GpTreeNode gene)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.artoflife.gp.genome.GpTreeNode

clone, getMutators, getParameterClass, getParametersLength, getSize, mutate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

VariableGene

public VariableGene()

VariableGene

public VariableGene(java.lang.String fieldName,
                    java.lang.Class fieldClass)

Method Detail

getReturnClass

public java.lang.Class getReturnClass()

Specified by:

getReturnClass in class GpTreeNode

Returns:

the class this gene returns on evaluation

evaluate

public java.lang.Object evaluate(Phenotype phenotype)

Description copied from class: GpTreeNode

Evaluate this expression in the context of the passed Phenotype.

Specified by:

evaluate in class GpTreeNode

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getParameterClasses

protected java.util.List getParameterClasses()

Specified by:

getParameterClasses in class GpTreeNode

Returns:

List of the Classes that this gene expects to evaluate against

See Also:

GpTreeNode.getParameterClasses()

getParameterGene

public GpTreeNode getParameterGene(int index)

Specified by:

getParameterGene in class GpTreeNode

Returns:

the gene at the passed index, may be null

See Also:

GpTreeNode.getParameterGene(int)

setParameterGene

public void setParameterGene(int index,
                             GpTreeNode gene)

Specified by:

setParameterGene in class GpTreeNode

Parameters:

index - the index of the gene to replace

gene - the gene to replace with

See Also:

GpTreeNode.setParameterGene(int, GpTreeNode)