com.softtechdesign.ga
Class ChromChars

java.lang.Object
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public class ChromChars

extends Chromosome

Chromosome class where genes are stored as an array of chars

Author:

Jeff Smith jeff@SoftTechDesign.com

Field Summary

protected char[]

genes array of genes that comprise this Chromosome

Fields inherited from class com.softtechdesign.ga.Chromosome

fitness, fitnessRank

Constructor Summary

ChromChars(int iGenesDim)
Constructor creates new array of genes given the iGenesDim

Method Summary

void	copyChromGenes(Chromosome chromosome) Copy the genes from the given chromosome over the existing genes
char	getGene(int iGene) return the gene indexed by iGene as a char
char[]	getGenes() Getter for the genes array
java.lang.String	getGenesAsStr() return the array of genes as a string
int	getNumGenesInCommon(Chromosome chromosome) Determines how many genes are in common betwen this Chromosome and the given Chromosome
void	setGenesFromStr(java.lang.String sChromosome) Set this chromosomes genes (array) to the given chromosome string
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the genes in this chromosome as a string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

genes

protected char[] genes

array of genes that comprise this Chromosome

Constructor Detail

ChromChars

public ChromChars(int iGenesDim)

Constructor creates new array of genes given the iGenesDim

Parameters:

iGenesDim -

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the genes in this chromosome as a string

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

String

getNumGenesInCommon

public int getNumGenesInCommon(Chromosome chromosome)

Determines how many genes are in common betwen this Chromosome and the given Chromosome

Overrides:

getNumGenesInCommon in class Chromosome

Parameters:

chromosome -

Returns:

int

getGenes

public char[] getGenes()

Getter for the genes array

Returns:

char[]

getGenesAsStr

public java.lang.String getGenesAsStr()

return the array of genes as a string

Overrides:

getGenesAsStr in class Chromosome

getGene

public char getGene(int iGene)

return the gene indexed by iGene as a char

Returns:

char gene

setGenesFromStr

public void setGenesFromStr(java.lang.String sChromosome)

Set this chromosomes genes (array) to the given chromosome string

Parameters:

String -

copyChromGenes

public void copyChromGenes(Chromosome chromosome)

Copy the genes from the given chromosome over the existing genes

Overrides:

copyChromGenes in class Chromosome

Parameters:

Chromosome -