Package ec.util

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
RandomChoiceChooser	Used by RandomChoice to pick objects by probability from a distribution.
RandomChoiceChooserD	Used by RandomChoice to pick objects by probability from a distribution.
SortComparator	The interface for passing objects to ec.util.QuickSort
SortComparatorL	The interface for passing objects to ec.util.QuickSort
ThreadPool.Worker	A Worker is a special kind of object which represents an underlying Worker thread usable in the ThreadPool.

Class Summary

Class	Description
Checkpoint	Checkpoints ec.EvolutionState objects out to checkpoint files, or restores the same from checkpoint files.
Code	Code provides some simple wrapper functions for encoding and decoding basic data types for storage in a pseudo-Java source code strings format.
DataPipe
DecodeReturn	DecodeReturn is used by Code to provide varied information returned when decoding.
Lexer	A simple line-by-line String tokenizer.
LocalHost	Modified from apache mail-archives.
Log	Defines a log to which Output outputs.
LogRestarter	A LogRestarter is an abstract superclass of objects which are capable of restarting logs after a computer failure.
MersenneTwister	MersenneTwister and MersenneTwisterFast
MersenneTwisterFast	MersenneTwister and MersenneTwisterFast
Output	Outputs and logs system messages, errors, and other various items printed as a result of a run.
Output.Announcement
Parameter	A Parameter is an object which the ParameterDatabase class uses as a key to associate with strings, forming a key-value pair.
ParameterDatabase	This extension of the Properties class allows you to set, get, and delete Parameters in a hierarchical tree-like database.
ParameterDatabaseEvent
ParameterDatabaseTreeModel
ParameterDatabaseTreeNode
QuickSort	Implementations of various center-pivot QuickSort routines in Java, and (if you really want 'em) Insertion Sort routines as well.
RandomChoice	RandomChoice organizes arrays of floats into distributions which can be used to pick randomly from.
ReflectedObject
ThreadPool	ThreadPool.java A simple, lightweight thread pool, for those who cannot or will not use Java's baroque java.util.concurrent package.
Version	Version is a static class which stores version information for this evolutionary computation system.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
BadParameterException	Thrown when you attempt to create a Parameter from bad path items.
Output.OutputExitException
OutputException	Thrown whenever a problem occurs when attempting to output to a Log.
ParamClassLoadException	This exception is thrown by the Parameter Database when it fails to locate and load a class specified by a given parameter as requested.