Constructor Detail

• AbstractListChromosome

  public AbstractListChromosome(List<T> representation)
                         throws InvalidRepresentationException

  Constructor, copying the input representation.

  Parameters:

  representation - inner representation of the chromosome

  Throws:

  InvalidRepresentationException - iff the representation can not represent a valid chromosome

• AbstractListChromosome

  public AbstractListChromosome(T[] representation)
                         throws InvalidRepresentationException

  Constructor, copying the input representation.

  Parameters:

  representation - inner representation of the chromosome

  Throws:

  InvalidRepresentationException - iff the representation can not represent a valid chromosome

• AbstractListChromosome

  public AbstractListChromosome(List<T> representation,
                        boolean copyList)

  Constructor.

  Parameters:

  representation - inner representation of the chromosome

  copyList - if true, the representation will be copied, otherwise it will be referenced.

  Since:

  3.3

Method Detail

• checkValidity

  protected abstract void checkValidity(List<T> chromosomeRepresentation)
                                 throws InvalidRepresentationException

  Asserts that representation can represent a valid chromosome.

  Parameters:

  chromosomeRepresentation - representation of the chromosome

  Throws:

  InvalidRepresentationException - iff the representation can not represent a valid chromosome

• getRepresentation

  protected List<T> getRepresentation()

  Returns the (immutable) inner representation of the chromosome.

  Returns:

  the representation of the chromosome

• getLength

  public int getLength()

  Returns the length of the chromosome.

  Returns:

  the length of the chromosome

• newFixedLengthChromosome

  public abstract AbstractListChromosome<T> newFixedLengthChromosome(List<T> chromosomeRepresentation)

  Creates a new instance of the same class as this is, with a given arrayRepresentation. This is needed in crossover and mutation operators, where we need a new instance of the same class, but with different array representation.

  Usually, this method just calls a constructor of the class.

  Parameters:

  chromosomeRepresentation - the inner array representation of the new chromosome.

  Returns:

  new instance extended from FixedLengthChromosome with the given arrayRepresentation

• toString

  public String toString()

  Overrides:

  toString in class Object