ec.rule

Class RuleConstraints

java.lang.Object

ec.rule.RuleConstraints

All Implemented Interfaces:

Clique, Setup, Serializable

public class RuleConstraints
extends Object
implements Clique

RuleConstraints is a class for constraints applicable to rules. You can subclass this to add additional constraints information for different kinds of rules.

Version:

1.0

Parameters

base.size int >= 1	(number of rule constraints)
base.n.name String	(name of rule constraint n)

Author:

Liviu Panait and Sean Luke

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
byte	constraintNumber The byte value of the constraints -- we can only have 256 of them
String	name The name of the RuleConstraints object
static String	P_NAME

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RuleConstraints()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static RuleConstraints	constraintsFor(String constraintsName, EvolutionState state) You must guarantee that after calling constraintsFor(...) one or several times, you call state.output.exitIfErrors() once.
void	setup(EvolutionState state, Parameter base) Sets up the object by reading it from the parameters stored in state, built off of the parameter base base.
String	toString() Converting the rule to a string ( the name )

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

P_NAME

public static final String P_NAME

See Also:

Constant Field Values

constraintNumber

public byte constraintNumber

The byte value of the constraints -- we can only have 256 of them

name

public String name

The name of the RuleConstraints object

Constructor Detail

RuleConstraints

public RuleConstraints()

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Converting the rule to a string ( the name )

Overrides:

toString in class Object

setup

public void setup(EvolutionState state,
         Parameter base)

Description copied from interface: Setup

Sets up the object by reading it from the parameters stored in state, built off of the parameter base base. If an ancestor implements this method, be sure to call super.setup(state,base); before you do anything else.

Specified by:

setup in interface Setup

constraintsFor

public static RuleConstraints constraintsFor(String constraintsName,
                             EvolutionState state)

You must guarantee that after calling constraintsFor(...) one or several times, you call state.output.exitIfErrors() once.