Gene.h

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#ifndef GENETIK_GP_GENE
#define GENETIK_GP_GENE


#include <string>

#include "../util/Variant.h"
using namespace std;


namespace genetiK
{
namespace gp
{
class IndividualFactory;


class Gene
{
private:
        unsigned int                                            cardinality; 
        unsigned char                                           height; 
        unsigned char                                           branchDepth;
        unsigned int                                            label; 

        unsigned char                                           arity;
        Gene**                                                  argument;

public:

        Gene(unsigned char arity);
        virtual ~Gene();
        
        
        virtual util::Variant                                   evaluate()=0;


        virtual std::string                                     toString()const;
        
        unsigned char                                           getArity() const
        {
                return arity;
        }
        Gene*                                                   getArgument(unsigned char i);
        void                                                    setArgument(unsigned char i, Gene* newArgument);

        unsigned int                                            getCardinality() const
        {
                return cardinality;
        }
        unsigned int                                            getLabel() const
        {
                return label;
        }
        
        unsigned char                                           getHeight() const
        {
                return height;
        }
        void                                                    setHeight(unsigned char height)
        {
                this->height = height;
        }
        unsigned char                                           getBranchDepth() const
        {
                return branchDepth;
        }

        Gene*                                                   extract( unsigned int label);
        Gene*                                                   substituteBranch( unsigned int label, Gene* newSubTree);

        unsigned int                                            setLabels(unsigned int label);

        virtual Gene*                                           copyBranch() const;

        virtual Gene*                                           copy() const=0;

};

}
}

#endif

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