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+<h2 title="Interface MutableElement" class="title">Interface MutableElement</h2>
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+<pre>public interface <span class="typeNameLabel">MutableElement</span></pre>
+<div class="block"><code>MutableElement</code> declares the expected behaviour of any
+ part of a chromosome that is mutable, more specifically
+ nodes or outputs. Inputs are not mutable since they don't have
+ connections or functions.
+ <br><br>
+ This interface provides a way to deal with mutable elements
+ generically without having to specify whether they are nodes
+ or outputs. In this way a random mutable element can be picked and
+ dealt with more easily, facilitating mutations.</div>
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+<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Author:</span></dt>
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+<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/MutableElement.html#copyOf-jcgp.backend.population.MutableElement-">copyOf</a></span>(<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/MutableElement.html" title="interface in jcgp.backend.population">MutableElement</a>&nbsp;element)</code>
+<div class="block">Asserts if the specified element is a copy of the elements
+ this is called on.<br>
+ This method returns true if and only if:
+
+ the elements being compared are not the same instance;
+ the connections of the compared elements are not the same instance;
+ the elements have the same function (in the case of Node);
+ the grid position of the elements themselves are the same;
+ the grid position of all equivalent connections are the same;
+
+ <br><br>
+ The relationship computed by this method is:
+
+ symmetric: a.copyOf(b) == b.copyOf(a);
+ not reflexive: a.copyOf(a) returns false;
+ not transitive: if a.copyOf(b) is true and b.copyOf(c) is true, a.copyOf(c) is
+ not necessarily true since it is possible that a == c.
+ </div>
+</td>
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+<tr id="i1" class="rowColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/MutableElement.html#setConnection-int-jcgp.backend.population.Connection-">setConnection</a></span>(int&nbsp;index,
+ <a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/Connection.html" title="interface in jcgp.backend.population">Connection</a>&nbsp;newConnection)</code>
+<div class="block">This method sets the indexed connection to the specified new connection.</div>
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+<h4>setConnection</h4>
+<pre>void&nbsp;setConnection(int&nbsp;index,
+ <a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/Connection.html" title="interface in jcgp.backend.population">Connection</a>&nbsp;newConnection)</pre>
+<div class="block">This method sets the indexed connection to the specified new connection.
+ Implementing classes may choose to ignore the given index (such as in the
+ case of outputs, which only have one connection).</div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>index</code> - the connection index to set.</dd>
+<dd><code>newConnection</code> - the chromosome element to connect to.</dd>
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+<h4>copyOf</h4>
+<pre>boolean&nbsp;copyOf(<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/MutableElement.html" title="interface in jcgp.backend.population">MutableElement</a>&nbsp;element)</pre>
+<div class="block">Asserts if the specified element is a copy of the elements
+ this is called on.<br>
+ This method returns true if and only if:
+ <ul>
+ <li>the elements being compared are not the same instance;</li>
+ <li>the connections of the compared elements are not the same instance;</li>
+ <li>the elements have the same function (in the case of Node);</li>
+ <li>the grid position of the elements themselves are the same;</li>
+ <li>the grid position of all equivalent connections are the same;</li>
+ </ul>
+ <br><br>
+ The relationship computed by this method is:
+ <ul>
+ <li>symmetric: a.copyOf(b) == b.copyOf(a);</li>
+ <li>not reflexive: a.copyOf(a) returns false;</li>
+ <li>not transitive: if a.copyOf(b) is true and b.copyOf(c) is true, a.copyOf(c) is
+ not necessarily true since it is possible that a == c.</li>
+ </ul></div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>element</code> - the mutable element to compare to.</dd>
+<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
+<dd>true if <code>element</code> is a copy of this element.</dd>
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