/**
* Marshall a Chromosome instance to an XML Document representation, including its contained Gene
* instances.
*
* @param a_subject the chromosome to represent as an XML document
* @return a Document object representing the given Chromosome
* @author Neil Rotstan
* @since 1.0
* @deprecated use XMLDocumentBuilder instead
*/
public static Document representChromosomeAsDocument(final IChromosome a_subject) {
// DocumentBuilders do not have to be thread safe, so we have to
// protect creation of the Document with a synchronized block.
// -------------------------------------------------------------
Document chromosomeDocument;
synchronized (m_lock) {
chromosomeDocument = m_documentCreator.newDocument();
}
Element chromosomeElement = representChromosomeAsElement(a_subject, chromosomeDocument);
chromosomeDocument.appendChild(chromosomeElement);
return chromosomeDocument;
}
/**
* Marshall a Genotype to an XML Document representation, including its population of Chromosome
* instances.
*
* @param a_subject the genotype to represent as an XML document
* @return a Document object representing the given Genotype
* @author Neil Rotstan
* @since 1.0
* @deprecated use XMLDocumentBuilder instead
*/
public static Document representGenotypeAsDocument(final Genotype a_subject) {
// DocumentBuilders do not have to be thread safe, so we have to
// protect creation of the Document with a synchronized block.
// -------------------------------------------------------------
Document genotypeDocument;
synchronized (m_lock) {
genotypeDocument = m_documentCreator.newDocument();
}
Element genotypeElement = representGenotypeAsElement(a_subject, genotypeDocument);
genotypeDocument.appendChild(genotypeElement);
return genotypeDocument;
}