ec.util
Class Announcement

java.lang.Object
  ec.util.Announcement

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Announcement
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Announcements are messages which are stored by ec.util.Output in memory, in addition to being logged out to files. The purpose of this is that announcements saved in the checkpointing process. You can turn off the memory-storage of announcements with an argument passed to ec.Evolve when you start the run.

Announcements have text and an integer indicating the level of verbosity above which they will no longer print (higher verbosity numbers indicate less verbosity).

Version:

1.0

Author:

Sean Luke

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

java.lang.String	text The announcement's...anouncement.
int	verbosity The announcement's maximum verbosity value

Constructor Summary

Announcement(java.lang.String t, int v)
Creates a new announcement with text t and verbosity value v

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

text

public java.lang.String text

The announcement's...anouncement.

verbosity

public int verbosity

The announcement's maximum verbosity value

Constructor Detail

Announcement

public Announcement(java.lang.String t,
                    int v)

Creates a new announcement with text t and verbosity value v