NominalAttribute Class Reference

#include <nominal.h>

Inheritance diagram for NominalAttribute:

Public Member Functions
	NominalAttribute ()
	NominalAttribute (string name)
void	addValue (string value) throw ( logic_error )
virtual int	getSize () const
string	getValue (int index) throw ( logic_error )
int	getIndex (string value) throw ( logic_error )
virtual void	print (ostream &out=cout) const
Public Member Functions inherited from Attribute
	Attribute ()
	Attribute (string name)
string	getName () const
void	setName (string name)

Private Attributes
vector< string >	domain

Friends
ostream &	operator<< (ostream &out, const NominalAttribute &na)

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Attributes inherited from Attribute
string	name

Detailed Description

Stores information for a nominal attribute. A nominal attribute has has a name and a domain.

Author

Mark Maloof

Version

1.0, 5/18/11

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

NominalAttribute::NominalAttribute

(

)

Default constructor.

NominalAttribute::NominalAttribute

(

string

name

)

Explicit constructor. Creates a nominal attribute with the specified name.

Parameters

name	the name of this data set

Member Function Documentation

void NominalAttribute::addValue	(	string	value	)
throw	(	logic_error
	)

Adds a new nominal value to the domain of this nominal attribute.

Parameters

value

the attribute's new domain value

Exceptions

logic_error

if the value can not be added

int NominalAttribute::getIndex	(	string	value	)
throw	(	logic_error
	)

Returns the index of the specified value index for this nominal attribute.

Parameters

value

the attribute's value

Exceptions

logic_error

if an exception occurs

int NominalAttribute::getSize ( ) const

virtual

Gets the size of this nominal attribute's domain.

Returns

an int storing the size of the domain

Reimplemented from Attribute.

string NominalAttribute::getValue	(	int	index	)
throw	(	logic_error
	)

Returns the value of this nominal attribute at the specified index.

Parameters

index

the attribute value's index

Exceptions

logic_error

if the index is out of bounds

void NominalAttribute::print ( ostream &  out = cout ) const

virtual

Prints this nominal attribute to the specified output stream.

Parameters

out	the output stream for printing

Reimplemented from Attribute.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

ostream& operator<< ( ostream &  out, const NominalAttribute &  na  )

friend

Writes the specified nominal attribute to the output stream and returns it.

Parameters

out	the output stream for writing
na	the specified nominal attribute for writing

Returns

the modified output stream

Member Data Documentation

vector<string> NominalAttribute::domain

private

a vector of strings for the domain of nominal attributes

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• nominal.h
• nominal.cc