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package org.apache.ignite.ml.genetic;

import org.apache.ignite.cache.query.annotations.QuerySqlField;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;

/**
 * Represents the discrete parts of a potential solution (ie: Chromosome)
 *
 * <p>
 *
 * Gene is a container for a POJO that developer will implement. <br/>
 *
 * For the Movie Fitness example, the Movie object is the POJO contained within Gene. <br/> NOTE: Gene resides in cache:
 * 'geneCache'. This cache is replicated.
 *
 *
 * </p>
 */
public class Gene {
    /** primary key of Gene */
    private static final AtomicLong ID_GEN = new AtomicLong();

    /** Id (indexed). */
    @QuerySqlField(index = true)
    private Long id;

    /** value used to model an individual Gene. */
    private Object val;

    /**
     * object Object parameter.
     *
     * @param obj Object parameter.
     */
    public Gene(Object obj) {
        id = ID_GEN.incrementAndGet();
        this.val = obj;
    }

    /**
     * @return Value for Gene
     */
    public Object getVal() {
        return val;
    }

    /**
     * Set the Gene value
     *
     * @param obj Value for Gene
     */
    public void setVal(Object obj) {
        this.val = obj;
    }

    /**
     * @return Primary key for Gene
     */
    public Long id() {
        return id;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override public String toString() {
        return "Gene [id=" + id + ", value=" + val + "]";
    }

}