weka.filters.unsupervised.instance
Class Randomize

java.lang.Object
  weka.filters.Filter
      weka.filters.unsupervised.instance.Randomize

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, CapabilitiesHandler, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler, UnsupervisedFilter

public class Randomize
extends Filter
implements UnsupervisedFilter, OptionHandler

Randomly shuffles the order of instances passed through it. The random number generator is reset with the seed value whenever a new set of instances is passed in.

Valid options are:

 -S <num>
  Specify the random number seed (default 42)

Version:

$Revision: 8034 $

Author:

Len Trigg (trigg@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Randomize()

Method Summary

boolean	batchFinished() Signify that this batch of input to the filter is finished.
Capabilities	getCapabilities() Returns the Capabilities of this filter.
String[]	getOptions() Gets the current settings of the filter.
int	getRandomSeed() Get the random number generator seed value.
String	getRevision() Returns the revision string.
String	globalInfo() Returns a string describing this classifier
boolean	input(Instance instance) Input an instance for filtering.
Enumeration	listOptions() Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
static void	main(String[] argv) Main method for testing this class.
String	randomSeedTipText() Returns the tip text for this property
boolean	setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo) Sets the format of the input instances.
void	setOptions(String[] options) Parses a given list of options.
void	setRandomSeed(int newRandomSeed) Set the random number generator seed value.

Methods inherited from class weka.filters.Filter

batchFilterFile, filterFile, getCapabilities, getOutputFormat, isFirstBatchDone, isNewBatch, isOutputFormatDefined, makeCopies, makeCopy, mayRemoveInstanceAfterFirstBatchDone, numPendingOutput, output, outputPeek, runFilter, toString, useFilter, wekaStaticWrapper

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Randomize

public Randomize()

Method Detail

globalInfo

public String globalInfo()

Returns a string describing this classifier

Returns:

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

listOptions

public Enumeration listOptions()

Returns an enumeration describing the available options.

Specified by:

listOptions in interface OptionHandler

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:

 -S <num>
  Specify the random number seed (default 42)

Specified by:

setOptions in interface OptionHandler

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

Returns:

an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions

randomSeedTipText

public String randomSeedTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property

Returns:

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

getRandomSeed

public int getRandomSeed()

Get the random number generator seed value.

Returns:

random number generator seed value.

setRandomSeed

public void setRandomSeed(int newRandomSeed)

Set the random number generator seed value.

Parameters:

newRandomSeed - value to use as the random number generator seed.

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 format cannot be processed

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 structure has been defined

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. Any subsequent instances filtered should be filtered based on setting obtained from the first batch (unless the setInputFormat has been re-assigned or new options have been set). This implementation randomizes all the instances received in the batch.

Overrides:

batchFinished in class Filter

Returns:

true if there are instances pending output

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if no input format has been set.

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[] argv)

Main method for testing this class.

Parameters:

argv - should contain arguments to the filter: use -h for help