physis.core.nursing
Class OldestNurse

java.lang.Object
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  +--physis.core.nursing.OldestNurse

All Implemented Interfaces:

Nurse

public class OldestNurse

extends java.lang.Object

implements Nurse

A Nurse which kills the oldest organism in the neighbourhood if there's no empty cell.

Constructor Summary

OldestNurse()

Method Summary

void	placeNewBorn(GeneticCodeTape newborn, DigitalOrganismIterator oldorgs, int inherited_length) A new organism should be placed somewhere in the parent's neighbourhood.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OldestNurse

public OldestNurse()

Method Detail

placeNewBorn

public void placeNewBorn(GeneticCodeTape newborn,
                         DigitalOrganismIterator oldorgs,
                         int inherited_length)

A new organism should be placed somewhere in the parent's neighbourhood. The oldest will be killed.

Specified by:

placeNewBorn in interface Nurse

Parameters:

newborn - The newly created organism.

oldorgs - The neighbourhood of the parent organism.