/*
* This file is part of n-genes2.
*
* n-genes2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* n-genes2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with n-genes2. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Copyright 2010, Paradigmatic <paradigmatic@streum.org>
*
*/
package ngenes2.builder;
import ngenes2.evolver.Evolver;
import ngenes2.population.Population;
/**
* Builders allow to easily instanciate GA simulations components. Builders
* are convenient for trials and experimentation because they take care of all the
* tedious manual instanciate of components. However they ignore generic parameters
* and thus are not type-safe. For critical or production code, we strongly advise
* building all components manually.
*/
public interface Builder {
/**
* Builds a population which includes the initial generation.
* @return A population
*/
public Population<?,?> population();
/**
* Builds an evolver.
* @return Evolver
*/
public Evolver<?,?> evolver();
}