org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming
Interface INode

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, ITreeNode, IVisitable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IFunction, ITerminal

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbsoluteValue, AbstractAntTerminal, AbstractArithmeticFunction, AbstractBooleanFunction, AbstractComparisonFunction, AbstractFunction, AbstractMathematicFunction, AbstractNode, AbstractSequenceFunction, AbstractTerminal, Add, And, ConstantDoubleTerminal, ConstantIntTerminal, DefaultTerminal, Divide, GreaterThan, GreaterThanDouble, GridBoardEvaluatorTerminal, If, IfFoodAheadFunction, InputTerminal, LeftTerminal, MoveTerminal, Multiply, Not, Or, RightTerminal, Sequence1Function, Sequence2Function, Sequence3Function, StateVariableTerminal, Subtract

public interface INode
extends ITreeNode

Defines methods required by a node in genetic programming.

Since:

v0.3

Version:

v0.3

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Method Summary

INode	createNewInstance() Create a new instance, using this as an exemplar.
Object	evaluate(IContext context) Evaluate this function.
String	getName()
Class	getReturnType() Return the type of the return value.
void	setName(String name)

Methods inherited from interface org.vizzini.util.tree.ITreeNode

add, breadthFirstIterator, children, clone, depthFirstIterator, getBreadthFirstList, getChildAt, getChildCount, getDepth, getDepthFirstList, getFirstChild, getFirstLeaf, getIndex, getLastChild, getLastLeaf, getLevel, getNextSibling, getNodeCount, getParent, getPath, getRoot, getUserObject, insert, isChildAllowed, isLeaf, isRoot, remove, remove, removeAllChildren, removeFromParent, setChildAllowed, setParent, setUserObject, toString

Methods inherited from interface org.vizzini.util.tree.IVisitable

acceptBreadthFirst, acceptDepthFirst

Method Detail

evaluate

Object evaluate(IContext context)

Evaluate this function.

Parameters:

context - Context in which to evaluate.

Since:

v0.3

createNewInstance

INode createNewInstance()

Create a new instance, using this as an exemplar.

Since:

v0.3

getName

String getName()

Returns:

Return name.

Since:

v0.3

getReturnType

Class getReturnType()

Return the type of the return value.

Since:

v0.3

setName

void setName(String name)

Parameters:

name - the name to set

Since:

v0.3