public Object clone() {
CharVectorIndividual myobj = (CharVectorIndividual) (super.clone());
// must clone the genome
myobj.genome = (char[]) (genome.clone());
return myobj;
}
public double distanceTo(Individual otherInd) {
if (!(otherInd instanceof CharVectorIndividual))
return super.distanceTo(otherInd); // will return infinity!
CharVectorIndividual other = (CharVectorIndividual) otherInd;
char[] otherGenome = other.genome;
double sumDistance = 0.0;
for (int i = 0; i < other.genomeLength(); i++) {
double dist = this.genome[i] - (double) otherGenome[i];
sumDistance += Math.abs(dist);
}
return sumDistance;
}