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-package jcgp.population;
-
-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
- * @param newConnection
- */
- public void setConnection(int index, Connection newConnection);
-
- /**
- * This method returns true if and only if:</br>
- * - the elements being compared are not the same instance;</br>
- * - the connections of the compared elements are not the same instance;</br>
- * - the elements have the same function (in the case of Node);</br>
- * - the grid position of the elements themselves are the same;</br>
- * - the grid position of all equivalent connections are the same;</br></br>
- *
- * The relationship computed by this method is:</br>
- * - symmetric: a.copyOf(b) == b.copyOf(a);</br>
- * - not reflexive: a.copyOf(a) returns false;</br>
- * - 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.</br>
- *
- * @param m
- * @return
- */
- boolean copyOf(MutableElement m);
-
-}