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package org.apache.commons.math.genetics;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;


/**
 * Chromosome represented by a vector of 0s and 1s.
 * 
 * @version $Revision:$ $Date:$
 * @since 2.0
 */
public abstract class BinaryChromosome extends AbstractListChromosome<Integer> {
    
    /**
     * Constructor.
     * @param representation list of {0,1} values representing the chromosome
     */
    public BinaryChromosome(List<Integer> representation) {
        super(representation);
    }
    
    /**
     * Constructor.
     * @param representation array of {0,1} values representing the chromosome
     */
    public BinaryChromosome(Integer[] representation) {
        super(representation);
    }
     
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    protected void checkValidity(List<Integer> representation) throws InvalidRepresentationException {
        for (int i : representation) {
            if (i < 0 || i >1)
                throw new InvalidRepresentationException("Elements can be only 0 or 1.");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns a representation of a random binary array of length <code>length</code>.
     * @param length length of the array
     * @return a random binary array of length <code>length</code>
     */
    public static List<Integer> randomBinaryRepresentation(int length) {
        // random binary list
        List<Integer> rList= new ArrayList<Integer> (length);
        for (int j=0; j<length; j++) {
            rList.add(GeneticAlgorithm.getRandomGenerator().nextInt(2));
        }
        return rList;
    }
    
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    protected boolean isSame(Chromosome another) {
        // type check
        if (! (another instanceof BinaryChromosome))
            return false;
        BinaryChromosome anotherBc = (BinaryChromosome) another;
        // size check
        if (getLength() != anotherBc.getLength())
            return false;
        
        for (int i=0; i< getRepresentation().size(); i++) {
            if (!(getRepresentation().get(i).equals(anotherBc.getRepresentation().get(i))))
                return false;
        }
        // all is ok
        return true;
    }
}
