org.uncommons.watchmaker.swing
Class AbortControl

java.lang.Object
  org.uncommons.watchmaker.swing.AbortControl

All Implemented Interfaces:

EvolutionControl

public class AbortControl
extends Object
implements EvolutionControl

A GUI control that allows the user to abort an evolutionary program.

Author:

Daniel Dyer

Constructor Summary

AbortControl()

Method Summary

JButton	getControl()
TerminationCondition	getTerminationCondition()
void	reset() Enables the GUI control and resets the abort condition ready for use.
void	setDescription(String description) Provides a textual description of the purpose of the control.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbortControl

public AbortControl()

Method Detail

getControl

public JButton getControl()

Specified by:

getControl in interface EvolutionControl

Returns:

A button that, when pressed, will trigger the abort condition associated with this control.

reset

public void reset()

Enables the GUI control and resets the abort condition ready for use.

Specified by:

reset in interface EvolutionControl

getTerminationCondition

public TerminationCondition getTerminationCondition()

Returns:

A TerminationCondition that is tied to this control. It can be passed to an EvolutionEngine so that the evolution is aborted when this control is invoked.

setDescription

public final void setDescription(String description)

Provides a textual description of the purpose of the control. This may be displayed somewhere on the GUI component (typically as tooltip text).

Specified by:

setDescription in interface EvolutionControl

Parameters:

description - The description of the control.