/*
* This file is part of JGAP.
*
* JGAP offers a dual license model containing the LGPL as well as the MPL.
*
* For licensing information please see the file license.txt included with JGAP
* or have a look at the top of class org.jgap.Chromosome which representatively
* includes the JGAP license policy applicable for any file delivered with JGAP.
*/
package org.jgap;
import java.util.*;
/**
* Interface for a constraint checker that determines whether a genetic
* operation should be executed for a given list of chromosomes. it is possible
* considering the caller. With that one could state that the two chromosome
* with classes ChromosomeClass1 and ChromosomeClass2 should not be considered
* for CrossoverOperator but for MutationOperator.
*
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @since 2.6
*/
public interface IGeneticOperatorConstraint {
/** String containing the CVS revision. Read out via reflection!*/
final static String CVS_REVISION = "$Revision: 1.2 $";
boolean isValid(Population a_pop, List a_chromosomes,
GeneticOperator a_caller);
}