/*
The Evolving Distribution Objects framework (EDO) is a template-based,
ANSI-C++ evolutionary computation library which helps you to write your
own estimation of distribution algorithms.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

Copyright (C) 2010 Thales group
*/
/*
Authors:
    Johann Dréo <johann.dreo@thalesgroup.com>
    Pierre Savéant <pierre.saveant@thalesgroup.com>
*/

#ifndef _edoEstimatorAdaptive_h
#define _edoEstimatorAdaptive_h

#include <eoPop.h>
#include <eoFunctor.h>

#include "edoEstimator.h"

/** An interface that explicits the needs for a permanent distribution
 * that will be updated by operators.
 *
 * @ingroup Estimators
 * @ingroup Core
 */
template < typename D >
class edoEstimatorAdaptive : public edoEstimator<D>
{
public:
    typedef typename D::EOType EOType;

    edoEstimatorAdaptive<D>( D& distrib ) : _distrib(distrib) {}

    // virtual D operator() ( eoPop< EOT >& )=0 (provided by eoUF< A1, R >)

    D & distribution() const { return _distrib; }

protected:
    D & _distrib;
};

#endif // !_edoEstimatorAdaptive_h