reproducer.h

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//  Evocosm -- An Object-Oriented Framework for Evolutionary Algorithms
//
//  reproducer.h
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#if !defined(LIBEVOCOSM_REPRODUCER_H)
#define LIBEVOCOSM_REPRODUCER_H

// libevocosm
#include "organism.h"

namespace libevocosm
{

    template <class OrganismType>
    class reproducer : protected globals
    {
    public:

        virtual ~reproducer()
        {
            // nada
        }


        virtual vector<OrganismType> breed(const vector<OrganismType> & a_population, size_t a_limit) = 0;
    };
};

#endif