org.jgap
Interface IGeneConstraintChecker

public interface IGeneConstraintChecker

Interface for checking whether a given allele value is valid to be set for a given gene instance. The contained validate()-method will be called in the setAllele(Object) method of Gene implementations.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Klaus Meffert

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

CVS_REVISION String containing the CVS revision.

Method Summary

boolean

verify(Gene a_gene, java.lang.Object a_alleleValue) Check if a given allele value is valid for the given gene instance.

Field Detail

CVS_REVISION

public static final java.lang.String CVS_REVISION

String containing the CVS revision. Read out via reflection!

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

verify

public boolean verify(Gene a_gene,
                      java.lang.Object a_alleleValue)
               throws java.lang.RuntimeException

Check if a given allele value is valid for the given gene instance.

Parameters:

a_gene - the gene the given allele is to be validated for

a_alleleValue - the allele value to be validated

Returns:

true: allele may be set for gene; false: validity check failed

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if the checker cannot decide whether the given allele is valid or not

Since:

2.0