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package org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.operators;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import org.uncommons.maths.binary.BitString;
import org.uncommons.maths.number.ConstantGenerator;
import org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.CandidateFactory;
import org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.EvolutionaryOperator;
import org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.FrameworkTestUtils;
import org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.factories.BitStringFactory;
/**
* Unit test for cross-over applied to bit strings.
* @author Daniel Dyer
*/
public class BitStringCrossoverTest
{
@Test
public void testCrossover()
{
EvolutionaryOperator<BitString> operator = new BitStringCrossover();
CandidateFactory<BitString> factory = new BitStringFactory(50);
List<BitString> population = factory.generateInitialPopulation(2, FrameworkTestUtils.getRNG());
// Test to make sure that cross-over correctly preserves all genetic material
// originally present in the population and does not introduce anything new.
int totalSetBits = population.get(0).countSetBits() + population.get(1).countSetBits();
for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) // Test several generations.
{
population = operator.apply(population, FrameworkTestUtils.getRNG());
int setBits = population.get(0).countSetBits() + population.get(1).countSetBits();
assert setBits == totalSetBits : "Total number of set bits in population changed during cross-over.";
}
}
/**
* The {@link BitStringCrossover} operator is only defined to work on populations
* containing Strings of equal lengths. Any attempt to apply the operation to
* populations that contain different length Strings should throw an exception.
* Not throwing an exception should be considered a bug since it could lead to
* hard to trace bugs elsewhere.
*/
@Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
public void testDifferentLengthParents()
{
EvolutionaryOperator<BitString> crossover = new BitStringCrossover(new ConstantGenerator<Integer>(1));
List<BitString> population = new ArrayList<BitString>(2);
population.add(new BitString(32, FrameworkTestUtils.getRNG()));
population.add(new BitString(33, FrameworkTestUtils.getRNG()));
// This should cause an exception since the parents are different lengths.
crossover.apply(population, FrameworkTestUtils.getRNG());
}
}