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package org.encog.ml.ea.score;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.encog.ml.CalculateScore;
import org.encog.ml.MLMethod;

/**
 * An empty score function.  Simply returns zero as the score, always.
 */
public class EmptyScoreFunction implements CalculateScore, Serializable {

	/**
	 * Serial ID.
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public double calculateScore(final MLMethod phenotype) {
		return 0;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean requireSingleThreaded() {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean shouldMinimize() {
		return true;
	}

}
