Package weka.filters.unsupervised.instance

Class RemoveInstancesWithMissingValue

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, weka.core.CapabilitiesHandler, weka.core.CapabilitiesIgnorer, weka.core.CommandlineRunnable, weka.core.OptionHandler, weka.core.RevisionHandler, weka.filters.UnsupervisedFilter
    public class RemoveInstancesWithMissingValue
extends weka.filters.SimpleBatchFilter
implements weka.filters.UnsupervisedFilter
    Removes all instances that contain missing values.

    Valid options are: 

     -D
  Turns on output of debugging information.
     -ignore-class
  Whether to ignore the class attribute.
  (default: off)
    Version:
    $Revision$
    Author:
    fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
    See Also:
    Serialized Form

    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      protected boolean m_IgnoreClass
      whether to ignore the class attribute.

      • Fields inherited from class weka.filters.Filter

        m_Debug, m_DoNotCheckCapabilities, m_FirstBatchDone, m_InputRelAtts, m_InputStringAtts, m_NewBatch, m_OutputRelAtts, m_OutputStringAtts

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      protected weka.core.Instances determineOutputFormat​(weka.core.Instances inputFormat)
      Determines the output format based on the input format and returns this.
      weka.core.Capabilities getCapabilities()
      Returns the Capabilities of this filter.
      boolean getIgnoreClass()
      Gets whether to ignore the class.
      String[] getOptions()
      returns the options of the current setup.
      String getRevision()
      Returns the revision string.
      String globalInfo()
      Returns a string describing this classifier.
      String ignoreClassTipText()
      Returns the tip text for this property.
      Enumeration listOptions()
      Gets an enumeration describing the available options.
      static void main​(String[] args)
      Main method for testing this class.
      protected weka.core.Instances process​(weka.core.Instances instances)
      Processes the given data (may change the provided dataset) and returns the modified version.
      void setIgnoreClass​(boolean value)
      Sets whether to ignore the class.
      void setOptions​(String[] options)
      Parses the options for this object.

      • Methods inherited from class weka.filters.SimpleBatchFilter

        allowAccessToFullInputFormat, batchFinished, hasImmediateOutputFormat, input, input

      • Methods inherited from class weka.filters.SimpleFilter

        reset, setInputFormat

      • Methods inherited from class weka.filters.Filter

        batchFilterFile, bufferInput, copyValues, copyValues, debugTipText, doNotCheckCapabilitiesTipText, filterFile, flushInput, getCapabilities, getCopyOfInputFormat, getDebug, getDoNotCheckCapabilities, getInputFormat, getOutputFormat, initInputLocators, initOutputLocators, inputFormatPeek, isFirstBatchDone, isNewBatch, isOutputFormatDefined, makeCopies, makeCopy, mayRemoveInstanceAfterFirstBatchDone, numPendingOutput, output, outputFormatPeek, outputPeek, postExecution, preExecution, push, push, resetQueue, run, runFilter, setDebug, setDoNotCheckCapabilities, setOutputFormat, testInputFormat, toString, useFilter, wekaStaticWrapper

    • Field Detail

      • m_IgnoreClass

        protected boolean m_IgnoreClass
        whether to ignore the class attribute.

    • Constructor Detail

      • RemoveInstancesWithMissingValue

        public RemoveInstancesWithMissingValue()

    • Method Detail

      • globalInfo

        public String globalInfo()
        Returns a string describing this classifier.
        Specified by:
        globalInfo in class weka.filters.SimpleFilter
        Returns:
        a description of the classifier suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

      • listOptions

        public Enumeration listOptions()
        Gets an enumeration describing the available options.
        Specified by:
        listOptions in interface weka.core.OptionHandler
        Overrides:
        listOptions in class weka.filters.Filter
        Returns:
        an enumeration of all the available options.

      • getOptions

        public String[] getOptions()
        returns the options of the current setup.
        Specified by:
        getOptions in interface weka.core.OptionHandler
        Overrides:
        getOptions in class weka.filters.Filter
        Returns:
        the current options

      • setOptions

        public void setOptions​(String[] options)
                throws Exception
        Parses the options for this object.

        Valid options are: 

         -D
  Turns on output of debugging information.
         -ignore-class
  Whether to ignore the class attribute.
  (default: off)
        Specified by:
        setOptions in interface weka.core.OptionHandler
        Overrides:
        setOptions in class weka.filters.Filter
        Parameters:
        options - the options to use
        Throws:
        Exception - if the option setting fails

      • setIgnoreClass

        public void setIgnoreClass​(boolean value)
        Sets whether to ignore the class.
        Parameters:
        value - true if to ignore the class

      • getIgnoreClass

        public boolean getIgnoreClass()
        Gets whether to ignore the class.
        Returns:
        true if to ignore the class

      • ignoreClassTipText

        public String ignoreClassTipText()
        Returns the tip text for this property.
        Returns:
        tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

      • getCapabilities

        public weka.core.Capabilities getCapabilities()
        Returns the Capabilities of this filter.
        Specified by:
        getCapabilities in interface weka.core.CapabilitiesHandler
        Overrides:
        getCapabilities in class weka.filters.Filter
        Returns:
        the capabilities of this object
        See Also:
        Capabilities

      • determineOutputFormat

        protected weka.core.Instances determineOutputFormat​(weka.core.Instances inputFormat)
                                             throws Exception
        Determines the output format based on the input format and returns this.
        Specified by:
        determineOutputFormat in class weka.filters.SimpleFilter
        Parameters:
        inputFormat - the input format to base the output format on
        Returns:
        the output format
        Throws:
        Exception - in case the determination goes wrong

      • process

        protected weka.core.Instances process​(weka.core.Instances instances)
                               throws Exception
        Processes the given data (may change the provided dataset) and returns the modified version. This method is called in batchFinished().
        Specified by:
        process in class weka.filters.SimpleFilter
        Parameters:
        instances - the data to process
        Returns:
        the modified data
        Throws:
        Exception - in case the processing goes wrong

      • getRevision

        public String getRevision()
        Returns the revision string.
        Specified by:
        getRevision in interface weka.core.RevisionHandler
        Overrides:
        getRevision in class weka.filters.Filter
        Returns:
        the revision

      • main

        public static void main​(String[] args)
        Main method for testing this class.
        Parameters:
        args - should contain arguments to the filter: use -h for help