IMutationFactorStrategy.h

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 *   This is a interface for a strategy which is part of the mutation      *
 *   strategy. It calculate the factor for the mutation. To this time it is*
 *   only used by ValueMutationStrategy.                                *
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#ifndef IMUTATIONFACTORSTRATEGY_H_
#define IMUTATIONFACTORSTRATEGY_H_

//includes
#include <vector>

//forward declarations
class Gen;
class IValue;

/**
 * This is a interface for a strategy, which is used by ValueMutationStrategy
 */
class IMutationFactorStrategy {
public:
        /**
         * default constructor
         */
        IMutationFactorStrategy();

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

        /**
         * this abstract function should later calculate the new mutation factor.
         * It use for this a set gens. Most the gens which for one prototyp in one generation are.
         * @param gene (vector<Gen*>) this set of gens
         * @return (IValue*) the mutation factor
         */
        virtual IValue* calcMutationFactor(const std::vector<Gen*>& gene) = 0;
};

#endif /* IMUTATIONFACTORSTRATEGY_H_ */

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