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     17 package org.apache.commons.math.genetics;
     18 
     19 import java.util.ArrayList;
     20 import java.util.List;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * Mutation for {@link BinaryChromosome}s. Randomly changes one gene.
     24  *
     25  * @version $Revision: 811685 $ $Date: 2009-09-05 19:36:48 +0200 (sam. 05 sept. 2009) $
     26  * @since 2.0
     27  */
     28 public class BinaryMutation implements MutationPolicy {
     29 
     30     /**
     31      * Mutate the given chromosome. Randomly changes one gene.
     32      * @param original the original chromosome.
     33      * @return the mutated chromomsome.
     34      */
     35     public Chromosome mutate(Chromosome original) {
     36         if (!(original instanceof BinaryChromosome)) {
     37             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Binary mutation works on BinaryChromosome only.");
     38         }
     39 
     40         BinaryChromosome origChrom = (BinaryChromosome) original;
     41         List<Integer> newRepr = new ArrayList<Integer>(origChrom.getRepresentation());
     42 
     43         // randomly select a gene
     44         int geneIndex = GeneticAlgorithm.getRandomGenerator().nextInt(origChrom.getLength());
     45         // and change it
     46         newRepr.set(geneIndex, origChrom.getRepresentation().get(geneIndex) == 0 ? 1 : 0);
     47 
     48         Chromosome newChrom = origChrom.newFixedLengthChromosome(newRepr);
     49         return newChrom;
     50     }
     51 
     52 }
     53