weka.core.xml

Class SerialUIDChanger

java.lang.Object

weka.core.xml.SerialUIDChanger

All Implemented Interfaces:

RevisionHandler

public class SerialUIDChanger
extends Object
implements RevisionHandler

This class enables one to change the UID of a serialized object and therefore not losing the data stored in the binary format.

Version:

$Revision: 8034 $

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SerialUIDChanger()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	binaryToKOML(String binary, String koml) converts a binary file into a KOML XML file
static void	changeUID(long oldUID, long newUID, String fromFile, String toFile) changes the oldUID into newUID from the given file (binary/KOML) into the other one (binary/KOML).
String	getRevision() Returns the revision string.
static boolean	isKOML(String filename) checks whether the given filename ends with ".koml"
static void	komlToBinary(String koml, String binary) converts a KOML file into a binary one
static void	main(String[] args) exchanges an old UID for a new one.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SerialUIDChanger

public SerialUIDChanger()

Method Detail

isKOML

public static boolean isKOML(String filename)

checks whether the given filename ends with ".koml"

Parameters:

filename - the filename to check

Returns:

whether it is a KOML file or not

See Also:

KOML.FILE_EXTENSION

binaryToKOML

public static void binaryToKOML(String binary,
                String koml)
                         throws Exception

converts a binary file into a KOML XML file

Parameters:

binary - the binary file to convert

koml - where to store the XML output

Throws:

Exception - if conversion fails

komlToBinary

public static void komlToBinary(String koml,
                String binary)
                         throws Exception

converts a KOML file into a binary one

Parameters:

koml - the filename with the XML data

binary - the name of the

Throws:

Exception

changeUID

public static void changeUID(long oldUID,
             long newUID,
             String fromFile,
             String toFile)
                      throws Exception

changes the oldUID into newUID from the given file (binary/KOML) into the other one (binary/KOML). it basically does a replace in the XML, i.e. it looks for " uid='oldUID'" and replaces it with " uid='newUID'".

Parameters:

oldUID - the old UID to change

newUID - the new UID to use

fromFile - the original file with the old UID

toFile - the new file where to store the modified UID

Throws:

Exception - if conversion fails

getRevision

public String getRevision()

Returns the revision string.

Specified by:

getRevision in interface RevisionHandler

Returns:

the revision

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

exchanges an old UID for a new one. a file that doesn't end with ".koml" is considered being binary. takes four arguments: oldUID newUID oldFilename newFilename

Parameters:

args - the command line parameters

Throws:

Exception

See Also:

KOML.FILE_EXTENSION