org.vizzini.ai.geneticalgorithm
Class AbstractContext

java.lang.Object
  org.vizzini.ai.geneticalgorithm.AbstractContext

All Implemented Interfaces:

IContext

Direct Known Subclasses:

AntContext, DefaultContext

public abstract class AbstractContext
extends Object
implements IContext

Provides base functionality for a context in a genetic algorithm.

Since:

v0.3

Version:

v0.3

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Constructor Summary

AbstractContext()

Method Summary

void	add(IFitnessCase fitnessCase) Add the given fitness case.
IFitnessCase	getCurrentFitnessCase() Return the current fitness case.
int	getCurrentFitnessCaseIndex() Return the index of the current fitness case.
int	getFitnessCaseCount() Return the fitness case count.
Object	getStateVariable(String name) Return the state variable with the given name.
void	incrementCurrentFitnessCase() Move to the next fitness case.
void	reset() Reset to the initial settings.
void	setStateVariable(String name, Object value) Set the state variable with the given name to the given value.
String	toString() Return a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractContext

public AbstractContext()

Method Detail

add

public void add(IFitnessCase fitnessCase)

Add the given fitness case.

Specified by:

add in interface IContext

Parameters:

fitnessCase - Fitness case.

Since:

v0.3

getCurrentFitnessCase

public IFitnessCase getCurrentFitnessCase()

Return the current fitness case.

Specified by:

getCurrentFitnessCase in interface IContext

Since:

v0.3

getCurrentFitnessCaseIndex

public int getCurrentFitnessCaseIndex()

Return the index of the current fitness case.

Specified by:

getCurrentFitnessCaseIndex in interface IContext

Since:

v0.3

getFitnessCaseCount

public int getFitnessCaseCount()

Return the fitness case count.

Specified by:

getFitnessCaseCount in interface IContext

Since:

v0.3

getStateVariable

public Object getStateVariable(String name)

Return the state variable with the given name.

Specified by:

getStateVariable in interface IContext

Parameters:

name - State variable name.

Since:

v0.3

incrementCurrentFitnessCase

public void incrementCurrentFitnessCase()

Move to the next fitness case. If the current case index is equal to the number of cases, reset to zero.

Specified by:

incrementCurrentFitnessCase in interface IContext

Since:

v0.3

reset

public void reset()

Reset to the initial settings.

Specified by:

reset in interface IContext

Since:

v0.3

setStateVariable

public void setStateVariable(String name,
                             Object value)

Set the state variable with the given name to the given value.

Specified by:

setStateVariable in interface IContext

Parameters:

name - State variable name.

value - State variable value.

Since:

v0.3

toString

public String toString()

Return a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Since:

v0.3