weka.core.xml

Class PropertyHandler

java.lang.Object

weka.core.xml.PropertyHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

RevisionHandler

public class PropertyHandler
extends Object
implements RevisionHandler

This class stores information about properties to ignore or properties that are allowed for a certain class.

Version:

$Revision: 8034 $

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PropertyHandler() initializes the handling

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAllowed(Class c, String displayName) adds the given property (display name) to the list of allowed properties for the specified class.
void	addIgnored(Class c, String displayName) adds the given class with the display name of a property to the ignore list.
void	addIgnored(String displayName) adds the given display name of a property to the ignore list.
Enumeration	allowed() returns an enumeration of the classnames for which only certain properties (display names) are allowed
String	getRevision() Returns the revision string.
Enumeration	ignored() returns an enumeration of the stored display names and classes of properties to ignore. NOTE: String and Class Objects are mixed in this enumeration, depending whether it is a global property to ignore or just one for a certain class!
boolean	isAllowed(Class c, String displayName) returns whether the given property (display name) is allowed for the given class.
boolean	isAllowed(Object o, String displayName) returns whether the given property (display name) is allowed for the given object .
boolean	isIgnored(Class c, String displayName) checks whether the given display name of a certain class is an ignored property.
boolean	isIgnored(Object o, String displayName) checks whether the given display name of a given object is an ignored property.
boolean	isIgnored(String displayName) checks whether the given display name is an ignored property
boolean	removeAllowed(Class c, String displayName) removes the given property (display name) for the specified class from the list of allowed properties.
boolean	removeIgnored(Class c, String displayName) removes the given display name from the ignore list of the class.
boolean	removeIgnored(String displayName) removes the given display name from the ignore list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyHandler

public PropertyHandler()

initializes the handling

Method Detail

ignored

public Enumeration ignored()

returns an enumeration of the stored display names and classes of properties to ignore.
NOTE: String and Class Objects are mixed in this enumeration, depending whether it is a global property to ignore or just one for a certain class!

Returns:

the display names and classes

See Also:

m_Ignored

addIgnored

public void addIgnored(String displayName)

adds the given display name of a property to the ignore list. Can either be a complete path (e.g. __root__.options) or only a property name (e.g. options). In the latter case it matches all occurences of this display name.

Parameters:

displayName - the property to ignore

See Also:

m_Ignored

addIgnored

public void addIgnored(Class c,
              String displayName)

adds the given class with the display name of a property to the ignore list. I.e. this property is only ignored for this class.

Parameters:

c - the class for which a property is to be ignored

displayName - the property to ignore

See Also:

m_Ignored

removeIgnored

public boolean removeIgnored(String displayName)

removes the given display name from the ignore list. returns whether the removing was succesful, i.e. whether the display name was in the list.

Parameters:

displayName - the property to remove from the ignore list

Returns:

whether the ignore list contained the specified property

See Also:

m_Ignored

removeIgnored

public boolean removeIgnored(Class c,
                    String displayName)

removes the given display name from the ignore list of the class. returns whether the removing was succesful, i.e. whether the display name was in the list.

Parameters:

c - the class to remove the property from

displayName - the property to remove from the ignore list

Returns:

whether the ignore list contained the specified property

See Also:

m_Ignored

isIgnored

public boolean isIgnored(String displayName)

checks whether the given display name is an ignored property

Parameters:

displayName - the property to check whether it is on the ignore list

Returns:

whether the property is in the ignored list

See Also:

m_Ignored

isIgnored

public boolean isIgnored(Class c,
                String displayName)

checks whether the given display name of a certain class is an ignored property. It only checks for this certain class and no derivative classes. If you also want to check for derivative classes, use isIgnored(Object,String).

Parameters:

c - the class to check the property for

displayName - the property to check whether it is on the ignore list

Returns:

whether the property is in the ignored list

See Also:

m_Ignored, isIgnored(Object, String)

isIgnored

public boolean isIgnored(Object o,
                String displayName)

checks whether the given display name of a given object is an ignored property. The object is checked for each stored class whether it is an instanceof. If the class is not stored then it will default to false, since there are no restrictions for this class.

Parameters:

o - the object to check the property for

displayName - the property to check whether it is on the ignore list

Returns:

whether the property is in the ignored list

See Also:

m_Ignored

allowed

public Enumeration allowed()

returns an enumeration of the classnames for which only certain properties (display names) are allowed

Returns:

the classnames with restriction to properties

addAllowed

public void addAllowed(Class c,
              String displayName)

adds the given property (display name) to the list of allowed properties for the specified class.

Parameters:

c - the class to add a property for

displayName - the property to allow for the class

See Also:

m_Allowed

removeAllowed

public boolean removeAllowed(Class c,
                    String displayName)

removes the given property (display name) for the specified class from the list of allowed properties.

Parameters:

c - the class to remove the property for

displayName - the property to remove

Returns:

whether the property was found

See Also:

m_Allowed

isAllowed

public boolean isAllowed(Class c,
                String displayName)

returns whether the given property (display name) is allowed for the given class. It only checks for this certain class and no derivative classes. If you also want to check for derivative classes, use isAllowed(Object,String).

Parameters:

c - the class to check the property for

displayName - the property (display name) to check

Returns:

whether the property is allowed in that context

See Also:

m_Allowed, isAllowed(Object, String)

isAllowed

public boolean isAllowed(Object o,
                String displayName)

returns whether the given property (display name) is allowed for the given object . The object is checked for each stored class whether it is an instanceof. If the class is not stored then it will default to true, since there are no restrictions for this class.

Parameters:

o - the object to check the property for

displayName - the property (display name) to check

Returns:

whether the property is allowed in that context

getRevision

public String getRevision()

Returns the revision string.

Specified by:

getRevision in interface RevisionHandler

Returns:

the revision