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

Class CategoricalAttributeType

java.lang.Object

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

ICategoricalAttributeType, IAttributeType<java.lang.String>, java.io.Serializable

public class CategoricalAttributeType
extends java.lang.Object
implements ICategoricalAttributeType

The categorical attribute type describes the domain a value of a respective categorical attribute value stems from.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CategoricalAttributeType(java.util.List<java.lang.String> domain) Constructor setting the domain of the categorical attribute values.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IAttributeValue<java.lang.String>	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<java.lang.String>	buildAttributeValue(java.lang.String stringDescription) Builds an attribute value object from a string description.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getDomain()
boolean	isValidValue(java.lang.String value) Validates whether a value conforms to this type.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CategoricalAttributeType

public CategoricalAttributeType(java.util.List<java.lang.String> domain)

Constructor setting the domain of the categorical attribute values.

Parameters:

domain - The domain categorical values may stem from.

Method Detail

getDomain

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> getDomain()

Specified by:

getDomain in interface ICategoricalAttributeType

Returns:

The domain of this categorical attribute.

isValidValue

public boolean isValidValue(java.lang.String value)

Description copied from interface: IAttributeType

Validates whether a value conforms to this type.

Specified by:

isValidValue in interface IAttributeType<java.lang.String>

Parameters:

value - The value to validated.

Returns:

Returns true if the given value conforms

buildAttributeValue

public IAttributeValue<java.lang.String> buildAttributeValue(java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from interface: IAttributeType

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

Specified by:

buildAttributeValue in interface IAttributeType<java.lang.String>

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

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

Description copied from interface: IAttributeType

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

Specified by:

buildAttributeValue in interface IAttributeType<java.lang.String>

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.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object