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  eoScalarFitness.h

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#ifndef eoScalarFitness_h
#define eoScalarFitness_h

#include <functional>
#include <iostream>

/**
 * eoScalarFitness<ScalarType, Compare = less<ScalarType> >:
 * Wraps a scalar fitness values such as a double or int, with the option of
 * maximizing (using less<ScalarType>) or minimizing (using greater<ScalarType>)

 * It overrides operator<() to use the Compare template argument
 *
 * Suitable constructors and assignments and casts are defined to work
 * with this quantity as if it were a ScalarType.
*/
template <class ScalarType, class Compare >
class eoScalarFitness
{
    public :

    eoScalarFitness() : value() {}
    eoScalarFitness(const eoScalarFitness& other) : value(other.value) {}
    eoScalarFitness(const ScalarType& v) : value(v) {}

    eoScalarFitness& operator=(const eoScalarFitness& other)
    { value = other.value; return *this; }
    eoScalarFitness& operator=(const ScalarType& v)
    { value = v; return *this; }

    operator ScalarType(void) const { return value; }

    /// Comparison, using less by default
    bool operator<(const eoScalarFitness& other) const
    { return Compare()(value, other.value); }

    // implementation of the other operators
    bool operator>( const eoScalarFitness<ScalarType, Compare>& y ) const  { return y < *this; }
    // implementation of the other operators
    bool operator<=( const eoScalarFitness<ScalarType, Compare>& y ) const { return !(*this > y); }
    // implementation of the other operators
    bool operator>=(const eoScalarFitness<ScalarType, Compare>& y ) const { return !(*this < y); }


    private :
        ScalarType value;
};

/**
Typedefs for fitness comparison, Maximizing Fitness compares with less,
and minimizing fitness compares with greater. This because we want ordinary
fitness values (doubles) to be equivalent with Maximizing Fitness, and
comparing with less is the default behaviour.
*/
typedef eoScalarFitness<double, std::less<double> >    eoMaximizingFitness;
typedef eoScalarFitness<double, std::greater<double> > eoMinimizingFitness;

template <class F, class Cmp>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const eoScalarFitness<F, Cmp>& f)
{
    os << (F) f;
    return os;
}

template <class F, class Cmp>
std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& is, eoScalarFitness<F, Cmp>& f)
{
    F value;
    is >> value;
    f = value;
    return is;
}

#endif