com.mebigfatguy.polycasso
Class GenerationHandler

java.lang.Object
  com.mebigfatguy.polycasso.GenerationHandler

public class GenerationHandler
extends java.lang.Object

class that maintains the set of polygon data for this generation of images

Nested Class Summary

static class

GenerationHandler.Member class that holds a sample set of polygons and it's score

Constructor Summary

GenerationHandler(Settings confSettings, java.awt.Dimension imageSize)
constructs a handler for managing successive generations of image samples

Method Summary

ImprovementResult	addPolygonData(long score, PolygonData[] polygonData) add a sample polygon set to this generation with a given score
GenerationHandler.Member	getBestMember() returns the best polygon set to draw the picture
PolygonData[]	getRandomPolygonData(boolean elite) pick a random polygon sample either from the general pool or elite pool skew the results towards the elite

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GenerationHandler

public GenerationHandler(Settings confSettings,
                         java.awt.Dimension imageSize)

constructs a handler for managing successive generations of image samples

Parameters:

confSettings - settings to use for generation and elite size

imageSize - the size of the target image

Method Detail

addPolygonData

public ImprovementResult addPolygonData(long score,
                                        PolygonData[] polygonData)

add a sample polygon set to this generation with a given score

Parameters:

score - the deviation from perfection this set calculates

polygonData - the polygons that draw the image

Returns:

whether this is the best polygon set so far

getRandomPolygonData

public PolygonData[] getRandomPolygonData(boolean elite)

pick a random polygon sample either from the general pool or elite pool skew the results towards the elite

Parameters:

elite - whether to pick from the elite pool or not

Returns:

a random polygon set

getBestMember

public GenerationHandler.Member getBestMember()

returns the best polygon set to draw the picture

Returns:

the best polygon set