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-package jcgp.backend.population;
-
-/**
- * {@code MutableElement} 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.
- * 
- * @author Eduardo Pedroni
- *
- */
-public interface MutableElement {
-	
-	/**
-	 * 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).
-	 * 
-	 * @param index the connection index to set.
-	 * @param newConnection the chromosome element to connect to.
-	 */
-	public void setConnection(int index, Connection newConnection);
-	
-	/**
-	 * 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>
-	 * @param element the mutable element to compare to.
-	 * @return true if {@code element} is a copy of this element.
-	 */
-	boolean copyOf(MutableElement element);
-	
-}