cosc575.p1
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  cosc575.p1.Attribute

Direct Known Subclasses:

DiscreteAttribute, NominalAttribute, NumericAttribute

public class Attribute
extends java.lang.Object

Stores attribute information for data sets for machine learning. An attribute has a name.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String

name this attribute's name

Constructor Summary

Attribute()
Default constructor.

Attribute(java.util.Scanner s)
Explicit constructor.

Attribute(java.lang.String name)
Explicit constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name of this attribute.
int	getSize() Gets the size of this attribute's domain.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
private boolean	parse(java.util.Scanner scanner) Extracts an attribute from the specified scanner
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Sets the name of this attribute to the specified name.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this attribute.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected java.lang.String name

this attribute's name

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute()

Default constructor.

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String name)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Explicit constructor. name.

Parameters:

name - the name of this attribute

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

Attribute

public Attribute(java.util.Scanner s)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Explicit constructor. Creates an attribute from the specified scanner.

Parameters:

s - the scanner containing an attribute.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
                         throws java.lang.Exception

Gets the name of this attribute.

Returns:

a string storing the name

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getSize

public int getSize()
            throws java.lang.Exception

Gets the size of this attribute's domain.

Returns:

an int storing the size of the domain

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

parse

private boolean parse(java.util.Scanner scanner)
               throws java.lang.Exception

Extracts an attribute from the specified scanner

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Sets the name of this attribute to the specified name.

Parameters:

name - the name of this attribute

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this attribute.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string representation of this attribute

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)