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017    package org.apache.commons.math.genetics;
018    
019    import java.util.ArrayList;
020    import java.util.Arrays;
021    import java.util.Collections;
022    import java.util.List;
023    
024    /**
025     * Chromosome represented by an immutable list of a fixed length.
026     *
027     * @param <T> type of the representation list
028     * @version $Id: AbstractListChromosome.java 1135025 2011-06-13 05:09:35Z psteitz $
029     * @since 2.0
030     */
031    public abstract class AbstractListChromosome<T> extends Chromosome {
032    
033        /** List representing the chromosome */
034        private final List<T> representation;
035    
036        /**
037         * Constructor.
038         * @param representation inner representation of the chromosome
039         */
040        public AbstractListChromosome(final List<T> representation) {
041            checkValidity(representation);
042            this.representation = Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<T> (representation));
043        }
044    
045        /**
046         * Constructor.
047         * @param representation inner representation of the chromosome
048         */
049        public AbstractListChromosome(final T[] representation) {
050            this(Arrays.asList(representation));
051        }
052    
053        /**
054         *
055         * Asserts that <code>representation</code> can represent a valid chromosome.
056         * @param chromosomeRepresentation representation of the chromosome
057         * @throws InvalidRepresentationException iff the <code>representation</code> can not represent
058         *         a valid chromosome
059         */
060        protected abstract void checkValidity(List<T> chromosomeRepresentation) throws InvalidRepresentationException;
061    
062        /**
063         * Returns the (immutable) inner representation of the chromosome.
064         * @return the representation of the chromosome
065         */
066        protected List<T> getRepresentation() {
067            return representation;
068        }
069    
070        /**
071         * Returns the length of the chromosome.
072         * @return the length of the chromosome
073         */
074        public int getLength() {
075            return getRepresentation().size();
076        }
077    
078        /**
079         * Creates a new instance of the same class as <code>this</code> is, with a
080         * given <code>arrayRepresentation</code>. This is needed in crossover and
081         * mutation operators, where we need a new instance of the same class, but
082         * with different array representation.
083         *
084         * Usually, this method just calls a constructor of the class.
085         *
086         * @param chromosomeRepresentation
087         *            the inner array representation of the new chromosome.
088         * @return new instance extended from FixedLengthChromosome with the given
089         *         arrayRepresentation
090         */
091        public abstract AbstractListChromosome<T> newFixedLengthChromosome(final List<T> chromosomeRepresentation);
092    
093        /**
094         * {@inheritDoc}
095         */
096        @Override
097        public String toString() {
098            return String.format("(f=%s %s)", getFitness(), getRepresentation());
099        }
100    }