jcgp.backend.population

Interface Connection

All Known Implementing Classes:

Input, Node

public interface Connection

Connection declares the expected behaviour of any part of a chromosome that can be connected to, specifically nodes or inputs. Outputs are not connections since they mark the end of chromosome paths.

This interface provides a way to deal with connections generically without having to specify whether they are nodes or inputs. In this way a random connection can be picked and dealt with more easily, facilitating mutations.

Author:

Eduardo Pedroni

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	getValue() Compute and return the value of this connection.

Method Detail

getValue

java.lang.Object getValue()

Compute and return the value of this connection. In the case of inputs no computation is necessary, this simply returns the value the input is set to. In the case of nodes, the value is computed based on the node's function and the value of its own connections.

Returns:

the connection's value.