org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.function
Class AbstractSequenceFunction

java.lang.Object
  org.vizzini.util.tree.AbstractTreeNode
      org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.AbstractNode
          org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.function.AbstractFunction
              org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.function.AbstractSequenceFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, IFunction, INode, ITreeNode, IVisitable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Sequence1Function, Sequence2Function, Sequence3Function

public abstract class AbstractSequenceFunction
extends AbstractFunction

Provides base functionality for a sequence function in genetic programming.

Since:

v0.3

Version:

v0.3

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Constructor Summary

AbstractSequenceFunction(int argCount, Class argType, Class returnType)
Construct this object.

Method Summary

Object	evaluate(IContext context) Evaluate this function.
int	getArgCount() Return the number of arguments used by this function.
Class	getArgType()
Class	getArgType(int index) Return the type of the argument at the given index.
Class	getReturnType() Return the type of the return value.
void	setArgCount(int argCount)
void	setArgType(Class argType)
void	setReturnType(Class returnType)

Methods inherited from class org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.function.AbstractFunction

add, checkState, createTreeNodeCollection, isCheckingState, setCheckingState, toString

Methods inherited from class org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.AbstractNode

createNewInstance, dotLabel, dotLinkDesc, equals, getName, hashCode, setName

Methods inherited from class org.vizzini.util.tree.AbstractTreeNode

acceptBreadthFirst, acceptDepthFirst, breadthFirstIterator, children, clone, depthFirstIterator, dotDesc, fillCollectionBreadthFirst, fillCollectionChildren, fillCollectionDepthFirst, getBreadthFirstList, getChildAt, getChildCount, getChildren, getDepth, getDepthFirstList, getFirstChild, getFirstLeaf, getIndex, getLastChild, getLastLeaf, getLevel, getNextSibling, getNodeCount, getParent, getPath, getRoot, getTreeNodeCollectionClass, getUserObject, insert, isChildAllowed, isLeaf, isRoot, remove, remove, removeAllChildren, removeFromParent, setChildAllowed, setChildren, setParent, setTreeNodeCollectionClass, setUserObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.INode

createNewInstance, getName, setName

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

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

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

acceptBreadthFirst, acceptDepthFirst

Constructor Detail

AbstractSequenceFunction

public AbstractSequenceFunction(int argCount,
                                Class argType,
                                Class returnType)

Construct this object.

Since:

v0.3

Method Detail

evaluate

public Object evaluate(IContext context)

Evaluate this function.

Parameters:

context - Context in which to evaluate.

Since:

v0.3

getArgCount

public int getArgCount()

Return the number of arguments used by this function.

Since:

v0.3

getArgType

public Class getArgType()

Returns:

Return argType.

Since:

v0.3

getArgType

public Class getArgType(int index)

Return the type of the argument at the given index.

Parameters:

index - Argument index.

Since:

v0.3

getReturnType

public Class getReturnType()

Return the type of the return value.

Since:

v0.3

setArgCount

public void setArgCount(int argCount)

Parameters:

argCount - the argCount to set

Since:

v0.3

setArgType

public void setArgType(Class argType)

Parameters:

argType - the argType to set

Since:

v0.3

setReturnType

public void setReturnType(Class returnType)

Parameters:

returnType - the returnType to set

Since:

v0.3