# {py:mod}`evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer`

```{py:module} evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer
```

```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer
:parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
:allowtitles:
```

## Module Contents

### Classes

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
:align: left

* - {py:obj}`EvoOptimizer <evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.EvoOptimizer>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.EvoOptimizer
    :parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
    :summary:
    ```
````

### Data

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
:align: left

* - {py:obj}`ECState <evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.ECState>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.ECState
    :parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
    :summary:
    ```
````

### API

````{py:data} ECState
:canonical: evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.ECState
:value: >
   None

```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.ECState
:parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
```

````

`````{py:class} EvoOptimizer
:canonical: evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.EvoOptimizer

Bases: {py:obj}`evorl.types.PyTreeNode`

```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.EvoOptimizer
:parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
```

````{py:method} ask(state: evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.ECState) -> tuple[chex.ArrayTree, evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.ECState]
:canonical: evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.EvoOptimizer.ask
:abstractmethod:

```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.EvoOptimizer.ask
:parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
```

````

````{py:method} init(*args, **kwargs) -> evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.ECState
:canonical: evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.EvoOptimizer.init
:abstractmethod:

```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.EvoOptimizer.init
:parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
```

````

````{py:method} tell(state: evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.ECState, fitnesses: chex.ArrayTree) -> tuple[evorl.types.PyTreeDict, evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.ECState]
:canonical: evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.EvoOptimizer.tell
:abstractmethod:

```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.ec.optimizers.ec_optimizer.EvoOptimizer.tell
:parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
```

````

`````