org.opt4j.core
Interface Genotype

All Known Subinterfaces:

ListGenotype<E>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanGenotype, BooleanMapGenotype, CompositeGenotype, DoubleGenotype, DoubleMapGenotype, IntegerGenotype, IntegerMapGenotype, PermutationGenotype, SelectGenotype, SelectMapGenotype

public interface Genotype

The Genotype represents a marker interface. A Genotype represents the genetic encoding of a solution of the optimization problem. Thus, a Genotype can be decoded to a phenotype with an appropriate Decoder.

Method Summary

<G extends Genotype> G	newInstance() Constructs a new (empty) instance of this Genotype.
int	size() The number of atomic elements of the Genotype.

Method Detail

size

int size()

The number of atomic elements of the Genotype.

Returns:

number of atomic elements of the genotype

newInstance

<G extends Genotype> G newInstance()

Constructs a new (empty) instance of this Genotype.

Type Parameters:

G - the type of genotype for an implicit cast

Returns:

new instance of the genotype