/*
 *  Open BEAGLE
 *  Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by Christian Gagne and Marc Parizeau
 *
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 */

/*!
 *  \file   beagle/FitnessSimpleMin.hpp
 *  \brief  Definition of the class FitnessSimpleMin.
 *  \author Christian Gagne
 *  \author Marc Parizeau
 *  $Revision: 1.2 $
 *  $Date: 2004/01/15 21:08:57 $
 */

#ifndef Beagle_FitnessSimpleMin_hpp
#define Beagle_FitnessSimpleMin_hpp

#include "beagle/config.hpp"
#include "beagle/macros.hpp"
#include "beagle/Object.hpp"
#include "beagle/AllocatorT.hpp"
#include "beagle/PointerT.hpp"
#include "beagle/ContainerT.hpp"
#include "beagle/Stats.hpp"
#include "beagle/Fitness.hpp"
#include "beagle/FitnessSimple.hpp"

namespace Beagle {

/*!
 *  \class FitnessSimpleMin beagle/FitnessSimpleMin.hpp "beagle/FitnessSimpleMin.hpp"
 *  \brief Simple fitness class for minimization problems.
 *  \ingroup ECF
 *  \ingroup FitStats
 */
class FitnessSimpleMin : public FitnessSimple {

public:

  //! FitnessSimpleMin allocator type.
  typedef AllocatorT<FitnessSimpleMin,FitnessSimple::Alloc>
          Alloc;
  //! FitnessSimpleMin handle type.
  typedef PointerT<FitnessSimpleMin,FitnessSimple::Handle>
          Handle;
  //! FitnessSimpleMin bag type.
  typedef ContainerT<FitnessSimpleMin,FitnessSimple::Bag>
          Bag;

           FitnessSimpleMin() { }
  explicit FitnessSimpleMin(float inFitness);
  virtual ~FitnessSimpleMin() { }

  virtual bool isLess(const Object& inRightObj) const;
  virtual void setValue(float inFitness);
  
};

}

#endif // Beagle_FitnessSimpleMin_hpp

