weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute

Class AddID

java.lang.Object

weka.filters.Filter

weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.AddID

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, CapabilitiesHandler, CapabilitiesIgnorer, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler, UnsupervisedFilter

public class AddID
extends Filter
implements UnsupervisedFilter, OptionHandler

An instance filter that adds an ID attribute to the dataset. The new attribute contains a unique ID for each instance.
Note: The ID is not reset for the second batch of files (using -b and -r and -s).

Valid options are:

 -C <index>
  Specify where to insert the ID. First and last
  are valid indexes.(default first)
 

 -N <name>
  Name of the new attribute.
  (default = 'ID')
 

Version:

$Revision: 10215 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AddID()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	attributeNameTipText() Returns the tip text for this property
boolean	batchFinished() Signify that this batch of input to the filter is finished.
String	getAttributeName() Get the name of the attribute to be created
Capabilities	getCapabilities() Returns the Capabilities of this filter.
String	getIDIndex() Get the index of the attribute used.
String[]	getOptions() Gets the current settings of the filter.
String	getRevision() Returns the revision string.
String	globalInfo() Returns a string describing this filter
String	IDIndexTipText() Returns the tip text for this property
boolean	input(Instance instance) Input an instance for filtering.
Enumeration<Option>	listOptions() Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
static void	main(String[] args) Main method for testing this class.
void	setAttributeName(String value) Set the new attribute's name
void	setIDIndex(String value) Sets index of the attribute used.
boolean	setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo) Sets the format of the input instances.
void	setOptions(String[] options) Parses a given list of options.

Methods inherited from class weka.filters.Filter

batchFilterFile, debugTipText, doNotCheckCapabilitiesTipText, filterFile, getCapabilities, getDebug, getDoNotCheckCapabilities, getOutputFormat, isFirstBatchDone, isNewBatch, isOutputFormatDefined, makeCopies, makeCopy, mayRemoveInstanceAfterFirstBatchDone, numPendingOutput, output, outputPeek, runFilter, setDebug, setDoNotCheckCapabilities, toString, useFilter, wekaStaticWrapper

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AddID

public AddID()

Method Detail

globalInfo

public String globalInfo()

Returns a string describing this filter

Returns:

a description of the filter suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

listOptions

public Enumeration<Option> listOptions()

Returns an enumeration describing the available options.

Specified by:

listOptions in interface OptionHandler

Overrides:

listOptions in class Filter

Returns:

an enumeration of all the available options.

setOptions

public void setOptions(String[] options)
                throws Exception

Parses a given list of options.

Valid options are:

 -C <index>
  Specify where to insert the ID. First and last
  are valid indexes.(default first)
 

 -N <name>
  Name of the new attribute.
  (default = 'ID')
 

Specified by:

setOptions in interface OptionHandler

Overrides:

setOptions in class Filter

Parameters:

options - the list of options as an array of strings

Throws:

Exception - if an option is not supported

getOptions

public String[] getOptions()

Gets the current settings of the filter.

Specified by:

getOptions in interface OptionHandler

Overrides:

getOptions in class Filter

Returns:

an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions

attributeNameTipText

public String attributeNameTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property

Returns:

tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

getAttributeName

public String getAttributeName()

Get the name of the attribute to be created

Returns:

the current attribute name

setAttributeName

public void setAttributeName(String value)

Set the new attribute's name

Parameters:

value - the new name

IDIndexTipText

public String IDIndexTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property

Returns:

tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

getIDIndex

public String getIDIndex()

Get the index of the attribute used.

Returns:

the index of the attribute

setIDIndex

public void setIDIndex(String value)

Sets index of the attribute used.

Parameters:

value - the index of the attribute

getCapabilities

public Capabilities getCapabilities()

Returns the Capabilities of this filter.

Specified by:

getCapabilities in interface CapabilitiesHandler

Overrides:

getCapabilities in class Filter

Returns:

the capabilities of this object

See Also:

Capabilities

setInputFormat

public boolean setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo)
                       throws Exception

Sets the format of the input instances.

Overrides:

setInputFormat in class Filter

Parameters:

instanceInfo - an Instances object containing the input instance structure (any instances contained in the object are ignored - only the structure is required).

Returns:

true if the outputFormat may be collected immediately

Throws:

Exception - if the format couldn't be set successfully

input

public boolean input(Instance instance)

Input an instance for filtering. Filter requires all training instances be read before producing output.

Overrides:

input in class Filter

Parameters:

instance - the input instance

Returns:

true if the filtered instance may now be collected with output().

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if no input format has been set.

batchFinished

public boolean batchFinished()

Signify that this batch of input to the filter is finished. If the filter requires all instances prior to filtering, output() may now be called to retrieve the filtered instances.

Overrides:

batchFinished in class Filter

Returns:

true if there are instances pending output

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if no input structure has been defined

getRevision

public String getRevision()

Returns the revision string.

Specified by:

getRevision in interface RevisionHandler

Overrides:

getRevision in class 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