weka.core.converters
Class AbstractSaver

java.lang.Object
  weka.core.converters.AbstractSaver

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, CapabilitiesHandler, Saver, RevisionHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractFileSaver, DatabaseSaver

public abstract class AbstractSaver
extends Object
implements Saver, CapabilitiesHandler

Abstract class for Saver

Version:

$Revision: 8034 $

Author:

Richard Kirkby (rkirkby@cs.waikato.ac.nz), Stefan Mutter (mutter@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface weka.core.converters.Saver

BATCH, INCREMENTAL, NONE

Constructor Summary

AbstractSaver()

Method Summary

void	cancel() Cancels the incremental saving process if the write mode is CANCEL.
String	filePrefix() Default implementation throws an IOException.
Capabilities	getCapabilities() Returns the Capabilities of this saver.
String	getFileExtension() Default implementation throws an IOException.
Instances	getInstances() Gets instances that should be stored.
int	getWriteMode() Gets the write mode.
void	resetOptions() resets the options
void	resetStructure() Resets the structure (header information of the instances)
String	retrieveDir() Default implementation throws an IOException.
void	setDestination(File file) Default implementation throws an IOException.
void	setDestination(OutputStream output) Default implementation throws an IOException.
void	setDir(String dir) Default implementation throws an IOException.
void	setDirAndPrefix(String relationName, String add) Default implementation throws an IOException.
void	setFile(File file) Default implementation throws an IOException.
void	setFilePrefix(String prefix) Default implementation throws an IOException.
void	setInstances(Instances instances) Sets instances that should be stored.
void	setRetrieval(int mode) Sets the retrieval mode.
int	setStructure(Instances headerInfo) Sets the strcuture of the instances for the first step of incremental saving.
abstract void	writeBatch() Writes to a file in batch mode To be overridden.
void	writeIncremental(Instance i) Method for incremental saving.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface weka.core.RevisionHandler

getRevision

Constructor Detail

AbstractSaver

public AbstractSaver()

Method Detail

resetOptions

public void resetOptions()

resets the options

resetStructure

public void resetStructure()

Resets the structure (header information of the instances)

setRetrieval

public void setRetrieval(int mode)

Sets the retrieval mode.

Specified by:

setRetrieval in interface Saver

Parameters:

mode - the retrieval mode

getWriteMode

public int getWriteMode()

Gets the write mode.

Specified by:

getWriteMode in interface Saver

Returns:

the write mode

setInstances

public void setInstances(Instances instances)

Sets instances that should be stored.

Specified by:

setInstances in interface Saver

Parameters:

instances - the instances

getInstances

public Instances getInstances()

Gets instances that should be stored.

Returns:

the instances

setDestination

public void setDestination(File file)
                    throws IOException

Default implementation throws an IOException.

Specified by:

setDestination in interface Saver

Parameters:

file - the File

Throws:

IOException - always

setDestination

public void setDestination(OutputStream output)
                    throws IOException

Default implementation throws an IOException.

Specified by:

setDestination in interface Saver

Parameters:

output - the OutputStream

Throws:

IOException - always

getCapabilities

public Capabilities getCapabilities()

Returns the Capabilities of this saver. Derived savers have to override this method to enable capabilities.

Specified by:

getCapabilities in interface CapabilitiesHandler

Returns:

the capabilities of this object

See Also:

Capabilities

setStructure

public int setStructure(Instances headerInfo)

Sets the strcuture of the instances for the first step of incremental saving. The instances only need to have a header.

Parameters:

headerInfo - an instances object.

Returns:

the appropriate write mode

cancel

public void cancel()

Cancels the incremental saving process if the write mode is CANCEL.

writeIncremental

public void writeIncremental(Instance i)
                      throws IOException

Method for incremental saving. Standard behaviour: no incremental saving is possible, therefore throw an IOException. An incremental saving process is stopped by calling this method with null.

Specified by:

writeIncremental in interface Saver

Parameters:

i - the instance to be saved

Throws:

IOException - IOEXception if the instance acnnot be written to the specified destination

writeBatch

public abstract void writeBatch()
                         throws IOException

Writes to a file in batch mode To be overridden.

Specified by:

writeBatch in interface Saver

Throws:

IOException - exception if writting is not possible

getFileExtension

public String getFileExtension()
                        throws Exception

Default implementation throws an IOException.

Specified by:

getFileExtension in interface Saver

Returns:

a string conatining the file extension (including the '.')

Throws:

IOException - always

Exception - exception if a Saver not implementing FileSourcedConverter is used.

setFile

public void setFile(File file)
             throws IOException

Default implementation throws an IOException.

Specified by:

setFile in interface Saver

Parameters:

file - the File

Throws:

IOException - always

setFilePrefix

public void setFilePrefix(String prefix)
                   throws Exception

Default implementation throws an IOException.

Specified by:

setFilePrefix in interface Saver

Parameters:

prefix - the file prefix

Throws:

IOException - always

Exception - exception if a Saver not implementing FileSourcedConverter is used.

filePrefix

public String filePrefix()
                  throws Exception

Default implementation throws an IOException.

Specified by:

filePrefix in interface Saver

Returns:

the prefix of the file name

Throws:

IOException - always

Exception - exception if a Saver not implementing FileSourcedConverter is used.

setDir

public void setDir(String dir)
            throws IOException

Default implementation throws an IOException.

Specified by:

setDir in interface Saver

Parameters:

dir - the name of the directory to save in

Throws:

IOException - always

setDirAndPrefix

public void setDirAndPrefix(String relationName,
                            String add)
                     throws IOException

Default implementation throws an IOException.

Specified by:

setDirAndPrefix in interface Saver

Parameters:

relationName -

add -

Throws:

IOException - always

retrieveDir

public String retrieveDir()
                   throws IOException

Default implementation throws an IOException.

Specified by:

retrieveDir in interface Saver

Returns:

the directory as a string

Throws:

IOException - always