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package org.encog.solve.genetic.genome;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.encog.persist.annotations.EGReferenceable;
import org.encog.solve.genetic.genes.Gene;
/**
* Implements a chromosome to genetic algorithm. This is an abstract class.
* Other classes are provided in this book that use this base class to train
* neural networks or provide an answer to the traveling salesman problem.
* Chromosomes are made up of genes.
*
* Genomes in this genetic algorithm consist of one or more chromosomes.
*
*/
@EGReferenceable
public class Chromosome {
/**
* The individual elements of this chromosome.
*/
private final List<Gene> genes = new ArrayList<Gene>();
/**
* Add a gene.
* @param gene The gene to add.
*/
public void add(final Gene gene) {
genes.add(gene);
}
/**
* Get an individual gene.
* @param i The index of the gene.
* @return The gene.
*/
public Gene get(final int i) {
return genes.get(i);
}
/**
* Get the specified gene.
*
* @param gene
* The specified gene.
* @return The gene specified.
*/
public Gene getGene(final int gene) {
return genes.get(gene);
}
/**
* Used the get the entire gene list.
*
* @return the genes
*/
public List<Gene> getGenes() {
return genes;
}
/**
* @return The number of genes in this chromosome.
*/
public int size() {
return genes.size();
}
}