ai.libs.jaicore.ml.core.dataset.attribute

Interface IAttributeType<D>

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ICategoricalAttributeType, IMultiValueAttributeType, IPrimitiveAttributeType<D>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanAttributeType, CategoricalAttributeType, MultiValueAttributeType, NumericAttributeType

public interface IAttributeType<D>
extends java.io.Serializable

Wrapper interface for attribute types.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IAttributeValue<D>	buildAttributeValue(java.lang.Object value) Casts the value to the respective type and returns an attribute value with the creating attribute type as the referenced type.
IAttributeValue<D>	buildAttributeValue(java.lang.String stringDescription) Builds an attribute value object from a string description.
boolean	isValidValue(D value) Validates whether a value conforms to this type.

Method Detail

isValidValue

boolean isValidValue(D value)

Validates whether a value conforms to this type.

Parameters:

value - The value to validated.

Returns:

Returns true if the given value conforms

buildAttributeValue

IAttributeValue<D> buildAttributeValue(java.lang.Object value)

Casts the value to the respective type and returns an attribute value with the creating attribute type as the referenced type.

Parameters:

value - The value of the attribute.

Returns:

An attribute value object holding the value of the attribute and referring to this attribute type.

buildAttributeValue

IAttributeValue<D> buildAttributeValue(java.lang.String stringDescription)

Builds an attribute value object from a string description. The attribute value references this attribute type.

Parameters:

stringDescription - A String-format description of the attribute's value.

Returns:

The attribute value object holding an attribute value interpreting the string description and referring to this attribute type.