BloatControlFunction.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Gordon Fraser, Andrea Arcuri and EvoSuite
 * contributors
 *
 * This file is part of EvoSuite.
 *
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 */
package org.evosuite.ga.bloatcontrol;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.evosuite.ga.Chromosome;

/**
 * The bloat control function is queried before adding an offspring to the next
 * generation. If it returns true, the parent survives.
 *
 * @author Gordon Fraser
 */
public interface BloatControlFunction extends Serializable {

	/**
	 * <p>isTooLong</p>
	 *
	 * @param chromosome a {@link org.evosuite.ga.Chromosome} object.
	 * @return a boolean.
	 */
	public boolean isTooLong(Chromosome chromosome);

}