org.uncommons.watchmaker.swing
Class ProbabilityParameterControl

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

EvolutionControl

public class ProbabilityParameterControl
extends Object
implements EvolutionControl

A GUI control that allows the user to set/update the value of a Probability parameter.

Author:

Daniel Dyer

Constructor Summary

ProbabilityParameterControl(Probability defaultValue)
Creates a control with a default range of 0..1 and a default granularity of 2 decimal places.

ProbabilityParameterControl(Probability minimum, Probability maximum, int decimalPlaces, Probability initialValue)

Method Summary

JComponent	getControl()
NumberGenerator<Probability>	getNumberGenerator() Returns a number generator that simply returns the current probability value represented by the position of the slider control.
void	reset() Resets the control to its initial configuration.
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

ProbabilityParameterControl

public ProbabilityParameterControl(Probability defaultValue)

Creates a control with a default range of 0..1 and a default granularity of 2 decimal places.

Parameters:

defaultValue - The default probability value.

ProbabilityParameterControl

public ProbabilityParameterControl(Probability minimum,
                                   Probability maximum,
                                   int decimalPlaces,
                                   Probability initialValue)

Parameters:

minimum - The minimum probability that this control will permit.

maximum - The maximum probability that this control will permit.

decimalPlaces - The granularity of the control.

initialValue - The default probability.

Method Detail

getControl

public JComponent getControl()

Specified by:

getControl in interface EvolutionControl

Returns:

The GUI component used by this control.

reset

public void reset()

Resets the control to its initial configuration.

Specified by:

reset in interface EvolutionControl

getNumberGenerator

public NumberGenerator<Probability> getNumberGenerator()

Returns a number generator that simply returns the current probability value represented by the position of the slider control.

Returns:

A number generator that can be used to control an evolutionary program.

setDescription

public 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.