package simpleprobs;

/**
 * A simple interface to easily include new optimization problems in Java into the
 * EvA framework.
 * 
 * @author mkron
 *
 */

public interface InterfaceSimpleProblem<T> {
		/**
	 * Evaluate a double vector representing a possible problem solution as
	 * part of an individual in the EvA framework. This makes up the
	 * target function to be evaluated.
	 * 
	 * @param x a double vector to be evaluated
	 * @return	the fitness vector assigned to x as to the target function
	 */
	public double[] eval(T x);
	
	/**
	 * Return the problem dimension.
	 * 
	 * @return the problem dimension
	 */
	public int getProblemDimension();
	
}