org.jgap

Interface IChromosomePool

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChromosomePool

public interface IChromosomePool

Interface for chromosome pools (e.g., see class ChromosomePool).

Since:

2.6

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	CVS_REVISION String containing the CVS revision.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IChromosome	acquireChromosome() Attempts to acquire an Chromosome instance from the chromosome pool.
void	releaseChromosome(IChromosome a_chromosome) Releases a Chromosome to the pool.

Field Detail

CVS_REVISION

static final java.lang.String CVS_REVISION

String containing the CVS revision. Read out via reflection!

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

acquireChromosome

IChromosome acquireChromosome()

Attempts to acquire an Chromosome instance from the chromosome pool.

Returns:

a Chromosome instance from the pool or null if no Chromosome instances are available in the pool

Since:

2.6 (since 1.0 in ChromosomePool)

releaseChromosome

void releaseChromosome(IChromosome a_chromosome)

Releases a Chromosome to the pool. It's not required that the Chromosome originated from the pool--any Chromosome can be released to it. This method should invoke the cleanup() method on each of the Chromosome's genes prior to adding it back to the pool.

Parameters:

a_chromosome - the Chromosome instance to be released into the pool

Since:

2.6 (since 1.0 in ChromosomePool)