DataContainer (adams-pom 24.5.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

CleanUpHandler, Comparable<DataContainer>, UndoHandler, UndoHandlerWithQuickAccess

All Known Subinterfaces:

MonitoringDataContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDataContainer, DatabaseContainer, DataGeneratorContainer, FileContainer, MemoryContainer, SpreadSheetContainer, TextDirectoryLoaderContainer
```
public interface DataContainer
extends Comparable<DataContainer>, UndoHandlerWithQuickAccess, CleanUpHandler
```
Interface for data containers.

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`canReload()`	Whether it is possible to reload this item.
`weka.core.Instances`	`getData()`	Returns the actual underlying data.
`int`	`getID()`	Returns the container ID.
`String`	`getSource()`	Returns the source of the data item.
`boolean`	`isModified()`	Checks whether the data has been modified.
`Date`	`lastUpdated()`	Returns the timestamp the data was last updated.
`String`	`reload()`	Reloads the data.
`void`	`setData(weka.core.Instances value)`	Sets the data.
`void`	`setModified(boolean value)`	Sets whether the data has been modified.

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.CleanUpHandler
cleanUp

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

Methods inherited from interface adams.gui.core.UndoHandler
getUndo, isUndoSupported, setUndo

Methods inherited from interface adams.gui.core.UndoHandlerWithQuickAccess
addUndoPoint, redo, undo

- Method Detail
  - getID
```
int getID()
```
    Returns the container ID.
    
    Returns:
    
    the ID
  - getSource
```
String getSource()
```
    Returns the source of the data item.
    
    Returns:
    
    the source
  - canReload
```
boolean canReload()
```
    Whether it is possible to reload this item.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if reloadable
  - reload
```
String reload()
```
    Reloads the data.
    
    Returns:
    
    null if successfully reloaded, otherwise error message
  - isModified
```
boolean isModified()
```
    Checks whether the data has been modified.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if modified
  - setModified
```
void setModified(boolean value)
```
    Sets whether the data has been modified.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - true if modified
  - setData
```
void setData(weka.core.Instances value)
```
    Sets the data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the data to use
  - getData
```
weka.core.Instances getData()
```
    Returns the actual underlying data.
    
    Returns:
    
    the data
  - lastUpdated
```
Date lastUpdated()
```
    Returns the timestamp the data was last updated.
    
    Returns:
    
    the timestamp