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<pre>public class <span class="typeNameLabel">Input</span>
extends java.lang.Object
implements <a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/Connection.html" title="interface in jcgp.backend.population">Connection</a></pre>
<div class="block">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.</div>
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/Input.html#Input-int-">Input</a></span>(int index)</code>
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<pre>public Input(int index)</pre>
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<pre>public java.lang.Object getValue()</pre>
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the case of inputs no computation is necessary, this
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case of nodes, the value is computed based on the
node's function and the value of its own connections.</div>
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