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+//=============================================================================
+// Copyright 2006-2010 Daniel W. Dyer
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//=============================================================================
+package org.uncommons.watchmaker.examples.biomorphs;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+import org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.factories.AbstractCandidateFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Candidate factory for creating random biomorphs.
+ * @author Daniel Dyer
+ */
+public class BiomorphFactory extends AbstractCandidateFactory<Biomorph>
+{
+    /**
+     * Generates a random biomorph by providing a random value for each gene.
+     * @param rng The source of randomness used to generate the biomoprh. 
+     * @return A randomly-generated biomorph.
+     */
+    public Biomorph generateRandomCandidate(Random rng)
+    {
+        int[] genes = new int[Biomorph.GENE_COUNT];
+        for (int i = 0; i < Biomorph.GENE_COUNT - 1; i++)
+        {
+            // First 8 genes have values between -5 and 5.
+            genes[i] = rng.nextInt(11) - 5;
+        }
+        // Last genes ha a value between 1 and 7.
+        genes[Biomorph.LENGTH_GENE_INDEX] = rng.nextInt(Biomorph.LENGTH_GENE_MAX) + 1;
+        return new Biomorph(genes);
+    }
+}