Mutable

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All Known Implementing Classes:
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Node, Output
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public interface Mutable
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Mutable 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. -

- 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.
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Author:
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Eduardo Pedroni
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Method Summary

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All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`boolean`	`copyOf(Mutable element)` - Asserts if the specified element is a copy of the elements - this is called on. - 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; - - - 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. - -
`void`	`setConnection(int index, - Connection newConnection)` - This method sets the indexed connection to the specified new connection. -

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  Method Detail
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    setConnection
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void setConnection(int index,
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    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).
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    index - the connection index to set.
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    newConnection - the chromosome element to connect to.
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boolean copyOf(Mutable element)
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    Asserts if the specified element is a copy of the elements - this is called on.
    - 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;
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    - 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.
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    Parameters:
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    element - the mutable element to compare to.
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    true if element is a copy of this element.
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Interface Mutable

Method Summary

Method Detail

setConnection

copyOf