diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/genetics/CrossoverPolicy.java')
-rw-r--r-- | src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/genetics/CrossoverPolicy.java | 40 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/genetics/CrossoverPolicy.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/genetics/CrossoverPolicy.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d959044 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/genetics/CrossoverPolicy.java @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with + * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. + * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 + * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with + * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ +package org.apache.commons.math3.genetics; + +import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException; + +/** + * Policy used to create a pair of new chromosomes by performing a crossover operation on a source + * pair of chromosomes. + * + * @since 2.0 + */ +public interface CrossoverPolicy { + + /** + * Perform a crossover operation on the given chromosomes. + * + * @param first the first chromosome. + * @param second the second chromosome. + * @return the pair of new chromosomes that resulted from the crossover. + * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the given chromosomes are not compatible with this + * {@link CrossoverPolicy} + */ + ChromosomePair crossover(Chromosome first, Chromosome second) + throws MathIllegalArgumentException; +} |