Re: [Cilib-users] getType () in Vector

[Gary P. <gpa...@gm...>]

Indeed it does.

Well, with the 0.7.1 release of CIlib we will be removing the getType() 
method and will be adding a simple get(index) method on the Vector 
class. Vectors will be defined to work only on Numeric types (Nuemric is 
the super class of Real, Bit and Int). We are still chatting about the 
API on the developers list but the current notion of a Vector of types 
will most probably become a TypeList type class (where TypeList is a 
general list object that can take any Type instances). Bottom line is 
that the code will be simplified and easier to use.

You're calls to check if the returned type is a Real or a Bit should 
still work and your PositionUpdateStrategy class shouldn't require any 
additional changes.

Would this solve your current problem?

Regards,
Gary

lab...@gm... wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Yes, getType() was protected all along. My question is why? I need to 
> access it. I subclass PositionUpdateStrategy so that I can have mixed 
> types in a solution vector. So, I need to check for the type of each 
> element in the solution vector to see if it's a bit or a number and call 
> the appropriate position udate functions. Does that make sense?
> 
> On May 12, 2009 7:30am, Gary Pampara <gpa...@gm...> wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Hmm.... that's strange. Wasn't the method protected all along? It was 
> intended to be an internal accessor if I remember correctly. We are 
> changing the Vector at the moment. We want the Vector to be specialized 
> with Numeric types. This greatly reduces the API complexity and we allow 
> you to directly vector.get(i) the elements of the vector.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > For now, please keep with your current work around. Sorry for any 
> issues it has caused. 0.7.1 of CIlib will be released relatively soon 
> and this will hopefully be corrected in that release through altering 
> the Vector class.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Kind regards,
>  >
>  > Gary
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > lab...@gm... wrote:
>  >
>  > > Hi!
>  >
>  > >
>  >
>  > > I'm now trying to integrate 0.7 with my code.
>  >
>  > >
>  >
>  > > I have a solution vector composed of bits and reals, so I need a
>  >
>  > > positionupdate method that takes care of this mix of data types.
>  >
>  > > I have a PositionUpdateStrategyMixin class that takes care of that but
>  >
>  > > it relies on getType(index) to get the type of the element in the
>  >
>  > > solution vector. However, this method is protected in the Vector
>  >
>  > > container class. Why is it protected? I did recompile cilib to change
>  >
>  > > that but maybe you have another suggestion?
>  >
>  > >
>  >
>  > > TIA,
>  >
>  > >
>  >
>  > > myriam
>  >
>  > >
>  >
>  > >
>  >
>  > > 
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