org.evosuite.ga

Class SecondaryObjective<T extends Chromosome>

java.lang.Object

org.evosuite.ga.SecondaryObjective<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

IBranchSecondaryObjective, MinimizeAverageLengthSecondaryObjective, MinimizeExceptionsSecondaryObjective, MinimizeExceptionsSecondaryObjective, MinimizeMaxLengthSecondaryObjective, MinimizeSizeSecondaryObjective, MinimizeTotalLengthSecondaryObjective

public abstract class SecondaryObjective<T extends Chromosome>
extends Object
implements Serializable

Abstract SecondaryObjective class.

Author:

Gordon Fraser

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static org.slf4j.Logger	logger Constant logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SecondaryObjective()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract int	compareChromosomes(T chromosome1, T chromosome2) Compare two chromosomes with each other with respect to this objective.
abstract int	compareGenerations(T parent1, T parent2, T child1, T child2) Compare two parents to decide whether the children can replace the parents.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

logger

protected static final org.slf4j.Logger logger

Constant logger

Constructor Detail

SecondaryObjective

public SecondaryObjective()

Method Detail

compareChromosomes

public abstract int compareChromosomes(T chromosome1,
                                       T chromosome2)

Compare two chromosomes with each other with respect to this objective. This comparison is mainly used during ranking.

Parameters:

chromosome1 - a Chromosome object.

chromosome2 - a Chromosome object.

Returns:

a int.

compareGenerations

public abstract int compareGenerations(T parent1,
                                       T parent2,
                                       T child1,
                                       T child2)

Compare two parents to decide whether the children can replace the parents.

Parameters:

parent1 - a Chromosome object.

parent2 - a Chromosome object.

child1 - a Chromosome object.

child2 - a Chromosome object.

Returns:

a int.