jcgp.backend.population

Class Input

java.lang.Object

jcgp.backend.population.Input

All Implemented Interfaces:

Connection

public class Input
extends java.lang.Object
implements Connection

This is a chromosome input. Inputs are a special type of connection which simply return a set value. They do not have connections and instead provide a starting point for the chromosome's active paths.

Author:

Eduardo Pedroni

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Input(int index) Initialises a new input with the current index.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getIndex()
java.lang.Object	getValue() Compute and return the value of this connection.
void	setValue(java.lang.Object newValue) Sets this input's value.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Input

public Input(int index)

Initialises a new input with the current index.

Parameters:

index - the index of the new input.

Method Detail

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.Object newValue)

Sets this input's value. The new value will now be returned by this input's getValue() method.

Parameters:

newValue - the value to set.

getIndex

public int getIndex()

Returns:

the input's index.

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Description copied from interface: Connection

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.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Connection

Returns:

the connection's value.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object