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+// -*- mode: c++; c-indent-level: 4; c++-member-init-indent: 8; comment-column: 35; -*-
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// eoTopology.h
+// (c) OPAC 2007
+/*
+    
+
+    Contact: paradiseo-help@lists.gforge.inria.fr, http://paradiseo.gforge.inria.fr
+ */
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef EOTOPOLOGY_H_
+#define EOTOPOLOGY_H_
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#include <eoNeighborhood.h>
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+/**  
+ * Define the abstract class for a swarm optimization topology.
+ */
+template < class POT > class eoTopology:public eoPop < POT >
+{
+public:
+   
+    virtual void setup(const eoPop<POT> & _pop)=0;
+    virtual void update(POT & ,unsigned _indice)=0;
+    virtual POT & best (unsigned ) = 0;
+    virtual void printOn(){}
+};
+
+
+#endif /*EOTOPOLOGY_H_ */
+
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