Package adams.data

Class StringAnonymizer

java.lang.Object

adams.data.AbstractAnonymizer<String>

adams.data.StringAnonymizer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class StringAnonymizer
extends AbstractAnonymizer<String>

Anonymizes Integer objects.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class adams.data.AbstractAnonymizer

m_Buffer, m_BufferSize, m_ID, m_Mapping, m_Random, m_Seed

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StringAnonymizer()	Default constructor.
StringAnonymizer(String id, int bufferSize)	Initializes the anonymizer with a random seed value.
StringAnonymizer(String id, long seed, int bufferSize)	Initializes the anonymizer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected String	toAnonymized(Integer id)	Turns the anonymous integer ID into the appropriate data type.

Methods inherited from class adams.data.AbstractAnonymizer

anonymize, fillBuffer, getBufferSize, getID, getSeed, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringAnonymizer

public StringAnonymizer()

Default constructor. Uses a random ID and buffer size 100.

StringAnonymizer

public StringAnonymizer(String id,
                        int bufferSize)

Initializes the anonymizer with a random seed value.

Parameters:

id - the ID of the anonymizer

bufferSize - the size of the buffer for unused IDs

StringAnonymizer

public StringAnonymizer(String id,
                        long seed,
                        int bufferSize)

Initializes the anonymizer.

Parameters:

id - the ID of the anonymizer

seed - the seed value for the random number generator

bufferSize - the size of the buffer for unused IDs

Method Detail

toAnonymized

protected String toAnonymized(Integer id)

Turns the anonymous integer ID into the appropriate data type.

Specified by:

toAnonymized in class AbstractAnonymizer<String>

Parameters:

id - the ID to convert

Returns:

the final result