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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.framework;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for implementing conditions used to terminate evolutionary algorithms.
+ * @author Daniel Dyer
+ */
+public interface TerminationCondition
+{
+    /**
+     * The condition is queried via this method to determine whether or not evolution
+     * should finish at the current point.
+     * @param populationData Information about the current state of evolution.  This may
+     * be used to determine whether evolution should continue or not.
+     * @return true if evolution should be terminated, false otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean shouldTerminate(PopulationData<?> populationData);
+}