org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.terminal
Class InputTerminal

java.lang.Object
  org.vizzini.util.tree.AbstractTreeNode
      org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.AbstractNode
          org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.terminal.AbstractTerminal
              org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.terminal.InputTerminal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, INode, ITerminal, ITreeNode, IVisitable

public class InputTerminal
extends AbstractTerminal

Provides a state variable terminal in genetic programming. An instance of this class obtains its evaluation from an input variable in the current fitness case.

Since:

v0.3

Version:

v0.3

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Constructor Summary

InputTerminal(String name, Class returnType)
Construct this object with the given parameter.

Method Summary

Object	evaluate(IContext context) Evaluate this function.
Class	getReturnType() Return the type of the return value.
protected void	setReturnType(Class returnType)

Methods inherited from class org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming.terminal.AbstractTerminal

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, add, breadthFirstIterator, children, clone, createTreeNodeCollection, 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

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

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

acceptBreadthFirst, acceptDepthFirst

Constructor Detail

InputTerminal

public InputTerminal(String name,
                     Class returnType)

Construct this object with the given parameter.

Parameters:

name - Name.

returnType - Return type.

Since:

v0.3

Method Detail

evaluate

public Object evaluate(IContext context)

Evaluate this function.

Parameters:

context - Context in which to evaluate.

Since:

v0.3

getReturnType

public Class getReturnType()

Description copied from interface: INode

Return the type of the return value.

Returns:

Return returnType.

Since:

v0.3

setReturnType

protected void setReturnType(Class returnType)

Parameters:

returnType - the returnType to set

Since:

v0.3