FixGenerationSizeStrategy.h

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#ifndef FIXGENERATIONSIZESTRATEGY_H_
#define FIXGENERATIONSIZESTRATEGY_H_

//forward declaration
class Generation;

//ga_tools includes
#include "IGenerationSizeStrategy.h"

/**
 * This class implements the generation size strategy with a fix value which is over the constructor given
 */
class FixGenerationSizeStrategy: public IGenerationSizeStrategy {
public:
        /**
         * constructor
         * @param value (int) the fix value which is every time give back by calcGenerationSize.
         */
        FixGenerationSizeStrategy(int value);

        /**
         * default destructor
         */
        virtual ~FixGenerationSizeStrategy();

        /**
         * gives the fix value m_size as new generation size back.
         * @param oldGeneration (Generation*) the old Generation. dont needed
         * @return (int) m_size
         */
        virtual int calcGenerationSize(Generation* oldGeneration);

protected:
        /**
         * the fix generation size
         */
        int m_size;

private:
        /**
         * disable the default constructor
         */
        FixGenerationSizeStrategy();
};

#endif /* FIXGENERATIONSIZESTRATEGY_H_ */