@Override
public List<KeyedChromosome<Object>> crossover(
KeyedChromosome<Object> parentA, KeyedChromosome<Object> parentB) {
List<KeyedChromosome<Object>> children = new ArrayList<KeyedChromosome<Object>>(1);
KeyedChromosome<Object> child = performCrossover(parentA, parentB);
// The Chromosome could be null if it's identical to one of its parents
if (child != null) {
children.add(child);
if (maxGenerations > 0) {
child.setAncestry(
new Ancestry(
parentA.getId(),
parentB.getId(),
parentA.getAncestry(),
parentB.getAncestry(),
maxGenerations));
}
parentA.increaseNumberOfChildren();
parentB.increaseNumberOfChildren();
}
return children;
}
