jenes.chromosome
Interface AlleleSet<T>

Type Parameters:

T - class of elements held by AlleleSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

DoubleAlleleSet, GenericAlleleSet, IntegerAlleleSet

public interface AlleleSet<T>

An AlleleSet represents an alphabet of object gene allele values. Each ObjectChromosome.Gene of an ObjectChromosome has an allele set containing all the object values it can assume. A custom set of values can be determined by implementing this interface.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.2

Author:

Luigi Troiano, Pierpaolo Lombardi, Giuseppe Pascale, Thierry Bodhuin

See Also:

ObjectChromosome

Method Summary

T	getElementAt(int pos) Gets the allele value at the specified position
T	getRandomValue() Gets a random allele value within this alphabet.
int	size() Returns the alphabet size

Method Detail

getElementAt

T getElementAt(int pos)

Gets the allele value at the specified position

Parameters:

pos - the index of the desidered allele value

Returns:

the allele value at the specified position

getRandomValue

T getRandomValue()

Gets a random allele value within this alphabet. The allele value returned has to be a copy of the value in the allele set.

Returns:

the random value selected

size

int size()

Returns the alphabet size

Returns:

the alphabet size