com.groiss.ml.ds

Class Attribute<T>

java.lang.Object

com.groiss.ml.ds.Attribute<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

NominalAttribute, NumericAttribute

public abstract class Attribute<T>
extends Object

Objects of this class represent the columns in a DataSet.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Attribute(String name, Class<T> clazz) Creates a new attribute with the given name and class .

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
protected abstract String	getARFFValues() Returns the values supported by this attribute as ARFF string
Class<? extends T>	getClazz() Returns the class of the values represented by this attribute.
String	getName() Returns the name of the attribute represented by this instance
int	hashCode()
String	toARFFString() Returns the ARFF representation of this attribute.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(String name,
                 Class<T> clazz)

Creates a new attribute with the given name and class .

Parameters:

name - the name of this attribute

clazz - the class of the values represented by this attribute

Method Detail

toARFFString

public String toARFFString()

Returns the ARFF representation of this attribute.

Returns:

a string representing the data in ARFF.

getARFFValues

protected abstract String getARFFValues()

Returns the values supported by this attribute as ARFF string

Returns:

the supported values as ARFF string

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of the attribute represented by this instance

Returns:

the attribute's name

getClazz

public Class<? extends T> getClazz()

Returns the class of the values represented by this attribute.

Returns:

the attribute's value class

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object