adams.data.conversion
Class AbstractMatchWekaInstanceAgainstHeader

java.lang.Object
  adams.core.ConsoleObject
      adams.core.option.AbstractOptionHandler
          adams.data.conversion.AbstractConversion
              adams.data.conversion.AbstractMatchWekaInstanceAgainstHeader

All Implemented Interfaces:

CleanUpHandler, Debuggable, Destroyable, OptionHandler, ShallowCopySupporter<AbstractConversion>, SizeOfHandler, Conversion, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

MatchWekaInstanceAgainstFileHeader, MatchWekaInstanceAgainstStorageHeader

public abstract class AbstractMatchWekaInstanceAgainstHeader
extends AbstractConversion

Ancestor for classes that match Instance objects against Instances headers.

Version:

$Revision: 4584 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected weka.core.Instances

m_Dataset the header to match against.

Fields inherited from class adams.data.conversion.AbstractConversion

m_Input, m_Output, m_Owner

Fields inherited from class adams.core.option.AbstractOptionHandler

m_DebugLevel, m_OptionManager

Constructor Summary

AbstractMatchWekaInstanceAgainstHeader()

Method Summary

Class	accepts() Returns the class that is accepted as input.
protected Object	doConvert() Performs the actual conversion.
Class	generates() Returns the class that is generated as output.
protected abstract weka.core.Instances	getDatasetHeader() Acquires the dataset header.
protected String	isCompatible(weka.core.Instance input) Checks the instance against the header, whether they are compatible.
protected weka.core.Instance	match(weka.core.Instance input) Matches the input instance against the header.
protected void	reset() Resets the converter.

Methods inherited from class adams.data.conversion.AbstractConversion

checkData, cleanUp, convert, getInput, getOutput, getOwner, setInput, setOwner, shallowCopy, shallowCopy

Methods inherited from class adams.core.option.AbstractOptionHandler

cleanUpOptions, debug, debug, debugLevelTipText, defineOptions, destroy, finishInit, getDebugLevel, getOptionManager, globalInfo, initialize, isDebugOn, newOptionManager, setDebugLevel, toCommandLine, toString

Methods inherited from class adams.core.ConsoleObject

getDebugging, getSystemErr, getSystemOut, sizeOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

m_Dataset

protected weka.core.Instances m_Dataset

the header to match against.

Constructor Detail

AbstractMatchWekaInstanceAgainstHeader

public AbstractMatchWekaInstanceAgainstHeader()

Method Detail

reset

protected void reset()

Resets the converter.

Overrides:

reset in class AbstractConversion

accepts

public Class accepts()

Returns the class that is accepted as input.

Specified by:

accepts in interface Conversion

Specified by:

accepts in class AbstractConversion

Returns:

the class

generates

public Class generates()

Returns the class that is generated as output.

Specified by:

generates in interface Conversion

Specified by:

generates in class AbstractConversion

Returns:

the class

getDatasetHeader

protected abstract weka.core.Instances getDatasetHeader()

Acquires the dataset header.

Returns:

the dataset header to match against

isCompatible

protected String isCompatible(weka.core.Instance input)

Checks the instance against the header, whether they are compatible.

Parameters:

input - the input instance

Returns:

null if compatible, otherwise error message

match

protected weka.core.Instance match(weka.core.Instance input)

Matches the input instance against the header.

Parameters:

input - the Instance to align to the header

Returns:

the aligned Instance

doConvert

protected Object doConvert()
                    throws Exception

Performs the actual conversion.

Specified by:

doConvert in class AbstractConversion

Returns:

the converted data

Throws:

Exception - if something goes wrong with the conversion