JaCoP.search
Class SmallestDomain<T extends Var>

java.lang.Object
  JaCoP.search.SmallestDomain<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of variable being used in the search.

All Implemented Interfaces:

ComparatorVariable<T>

public class SmallestDomain<T extends Var>
extends java.lang.Object
implements ComparatorVariable<T>

Defines a Smallest Domain comparator for Variables. The variable with the smallest domain has the priority.

Version:

3.1

Author:

Krzysztof Kuchcinski and Radoslaw Szymanek

Constructor Summary

SmallestDomain()
It constructs a smallest domain variable comparator.

Method Summary

int	compare(float left, T var) It compares the baseline metric to the variable metric.
int	compare(T leftVar, T rightVar) It compares the metric of the left variable against the right one.
float	metric(T var) It returns the metric of the variable given according to the comparator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SmallestDomain

public SmallestDomain()

It constructs a smallest domain variable comparator.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(float left,
                   T var)

Description copied from interface: ComparatorVariable

It compares the baseline metric to the variable metric.

Specified by:

compare in interface ComparatorVariable<T extends Var>

Parameters:

left - the baseline for comparison.

var - variable which is compared to baseline.

Returns:

1 if metric is larger than variable, 0 if equal, -1 if baseline is smaller.

compare

public int compare(T leftVar,
                   T rightVar)

Description copied from interface: ComparatorVariable

It compares the metric of the left variable against the right one.

Specified by:

compare in interface ComparatorVariable<T extends Var>

Parameters:

leftVar - left variable

rightVar - right variable

Returns:

1 if metric for left variable is greater, 0 is they are equal, -1 if smaller.

metric

public float metric(T var)

Description copied from interface: ComparatorVariable

It returns the metric of the variable given according to the comparator.

Specified by:

metric in interface ComparatorVariable<T extends Var>

Parameters:

var - variable for which metric is computed.

Returns:

the metric of the variable according to the comparator.