/*
* 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.grid;
import java.io.*;
/**
* Interface for a strategy how to split a work request into parts. Each part
* will be sent to a worker as an individual work request.
*
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @since 3.2
*/
public interface IRequestSplitStrategy
extends Serializable {
/** String containing the CVS revision. Read out via reflection!*/
final static String CVS_REVISION = "$Revision: 1.2 $";
/**
* Creates single requests to be sent to workers. This is done by splitting
* a single request into several parts. Each parts is sort of a modified
* clone of the original (super) request
*
* @param a_request the request to split
* @return single requests to be computed by workers
* @throws Exception
*
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @since 3.2
*/
public JGAPRequest[] split(JGAPRequest a_request)
throws Exception;
}