org.drools.planner.api.domain.entity
Interface PlanningEntityDifficultyWeightFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

PlanningEntity.NullDifficultyWeightFactory

public interface PlanningEntityDifficultyWeightFactory

Creates a difficultyWeight for a PlanningEntity. A difficultyWeight estimates how hard is to plan a certain PlanningEntity. Some algorithms benefit from planning on more difficult planning entities first or from focusing on them.

Method Summary

Comparable

createDifficultyWeight(Solution solution, Object planningEntity)

Method Detail

createDifficultyWeight

Comparable createDifficultyWeight(Solution solution,
                                  Object planningEntity)

Parameters:

solution - never null, the Solution to which the planningEntity belongs

planningEntity - never null, the planningEntity to create the difficultyWeight for

Returns:

never null