Package adams.data.instances

Class Compatibility

java.lang.Object

adams.data.instances.Compatibility

public class Compatibility
extends Object

Checks the compatibility of datasets.

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Compatibility()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	compareLenient(weka.core.Instances data1, weka.core.Instances data2)	Does not require the attribute names to match.
static String	compareStrict(weka.core.Instances data1, weka.core.Instances data2)	Does not require the attribute names to match.
static String	isCompatible(weka.core.Instances data1, weka.core.Instances data2, boolean strict)	Checks the compatibility of two datasets.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Compatibility

public Compatibility()

Method Detail

compareStrict

public static String compareStrict(weka.core.Instances data1,
                                   weka.core.Instances data2)

Does not require the attribute names to match.

Parameters:

data1 - the first dataset in the comparison

data2 - the second dataset in the comparison

Returns:

null if compatible, otherwise mismatch message

compareLenient

public static String compareLenient(weka.core.Instances data1,
                                    weka.core.Instances data2)

Does not require the attribute names to match.

Parameters:

data1 - the first dataset in the comparison

data2 - the second dataset in the comparison

Returns:

null if compatible, otherwise mismatch message

isCompatible

public static String isCompatible(weka.core.Instances data1,
                                  weka.core.Instances data2,
                                  boolean strict)

Checks the compatibility of two datasets.

Parameters:

data1 - the first dataset

data2 - the second dataset

strict - if enabled, attribute names must match as well

Returns:

null if compatible, other mismatch message