com.mebigfatguy.polycasso
Class Improver

java.lang.Object
  com.mebigfatguy.polycasso.Improver

public class Improver
extends java.lang.Object

a class that applies various improvement attempts to a polygon, attempts to prioritize which algorithms to pick based on what has worked in the past, as well as priorities which polygons have had success being transformed.

Constructor Summary

Improver(Settings confSettings, GenerationHandler genHandler, java.awt.Dimension size)
create an improver using a specified image size

Method Summary

java.util.List<PolygonData>	getData() get the list of polygons usually after attempted to be improved
ImprovementType	improveRandomly() attempts to improve on one polygon randomly by adjusting it according to a randomly selected improvement type
void	typeWasSuccessful(ImprovementType type, boolean successful) updates the stats for types that successfully improved the image

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Improver

public Improver(Settings confSettings,
                GenerationHandler genHandler,
                java.awt.Dimension size)

create an improver using a specified image size

Parameters:

confSettings - the settings to be used

genHandler - the generation handler

size - the size of the image

Method Detail

getData

public java.util.List<PolygonData> getData()

get the list of polygons usually after attempted to be improved

Returns:

the list of polygons

typeWasSuccessful

public void typeWasSuccessful(ImprovementType type,
                              boolean successful)

updates the stats for types that successfully improved the image

Parameters:

type - the improvement type that was successful

successful - whether the improvement was successful

improveRandomly

public ImprovementType improveRandomly()

attempts to improve on one polygon randomly by adjusting it according to a randomly selected improvement type

Returns:

the improvement type used to alter the data