/*
* 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.distr;
import org.jgap.*;
/**
* Interface for implementations allowing to merge two independent
* populations together into one combined population.
*
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface IPopulationMerger {
/** String containing the CVS revision. Read out via reflection!*/
final static String CVS_REVISION = "$Revision: 1.6 $";
/**
* Merges two populations into one that has the given size.
*
* @param a_population1 first population
* @param a_population2 second population
* @param a_new_population_size size of merged population
* @return the resulting population
*
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @since 2.0
*/
Population mergePopulations(Population a_population1,
Population a_population2,
int a_new_population_size);
}