/**
* Factor method for creating a GA object, with the GA class specified by the problem-class
* parameter.
*/
public static GA GAWithParameters(HashMap<String, String> inParams) throws Exception {
Class<?> cls = Class.forName(inParams.get("problem-class"));
Object gaObject = cls.newInstance();
if (!(gaObject instanceof GA))
throw (new Exception("problem-class must inherit from class GA"));
GA ga = (GA) gaObject;
ga.SetParams(inParams);
ga.InitFromParameters();
return ga;
}
