/**
* Verifies the state of the chromosome. Especially takes care of the given constraint checker.
*
* @param a_constraintChecker the constraint checker to verify
* @throws InvalidConfigurationException
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @since 2.5
*/
protected void verify(IGeneConstraintChecker a_constraintChecker)
throws InvalidConfigurationException {
if (a_constraintChecker != null && getGenes() != null) {
int len = getGenes().length;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
Gene gene = getGene(i);
if (!a_constraintChecker.verify(gene, null, this, i)) {
throw new InvalidConfigurationException(
"The gene type "
+ gene.getClass().getName()
+ " is not allowed to be used in the chromosome due to the"
+ " constraint checker used.");
}
}
}
}
/**
* @param a_gene Gene
* @param a_xmlDocument Document
* @return Element
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @since 2.0
*/
private static Element representAlleleAsElement(final Gene a_gene, final Document a_xmlDocument) {
Element alleleElement = a_xmlDocument.createElement(ALLELE_TAG);
alleleElement.setAttribute("class", a_gene.getClass().getName());
alleleElement.setAttribute("value", a_gene.getPersistentRepresentation());
return alleleElement;
}
