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package org.encog.ml.ea.codec;
import org.encog.ml.MLMethod;
import org.encog.ml.ea.genome.Genome;
/**
* A CODEC defines how to transfer between a genome and phenome. Every CODEC
* should support genome to phenome. However, not every code can transform a
* phenome into a genome.
*/
public interface GeneticCODEC {
/**
* Decode the specified genome into a phenome. A phenome is an actual
* instance of a genome that you can query.
*
* @param genome
* The genome to decode.
* @return The phenome.
*/
MLMethod decode(Genome genome);
/**
* Attempt to build a genome from a phenome. Note: not all CODEC's support
* this. If it is unsupported, an exception will be thrown.
*
* @param phenotype
* The phenotype.
* @return The genome.
*/
Genome encode(MLMethod phenotype);
}