org.jenetics.util

Interface Factory<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the object type this factory creates.

All Known Subinterfaces:

BoundedChromosome<A,G>, BoundedGene<A,G>, Chromosome<G>, Gene<A,G>, NumericChromosome<N,G>, NumericGene<N,G>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChromosome, AnyChromosome, AnyGene, BitChromosome, BitGene, CharacterChromosome, CharacterGene, DoubleChromosome, DoubleGene, EnumGene, Genotype, IntegerChromosome, IntegerGene, LongChromosome, LongGene, PermutationChromosome

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface Factory<T>

Since:

1.0

Version:

3.0

Author:

Franz Wilhelmstötter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default Stream<T>	instances() Return a new stream of object instances, created by this factory.
T	newInstance() Create a new instance of type T.

Method Detail

newInstance

T newInstance()

Create a new instance of type T.

Returns:

a new instance of type T

instances

default Stream<T> instances()

Return a new stream of object instances, created by this factory.

Returns:

a stream of objects, created by this factory

Since:

3.0