Package weka.core.converters

Class SerializedInstancesLoader

java.lang.Object
weka.core.converters.AbstractLoader
weka.core.converters.AbstractFileLoader
weka.core.converters.SerializedInstancesLoader
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, BatchConverter, FileSourcedConverter, IncrementalConverter, Loader, EnvironmentHandler, RevisionHandler
public class SerializedInstancesLoader extends AbstractFileLoader implements BatchConverter, IncrementalConverter
Reads a source that contains serialized Instances.

Version:
$Revision: 8034 $
Author:
Len Trigg
See Also:

  • Field Details

    • FILE_EXTENSION

      public static String FILE_EXTENSION
      the file extension

  • Constructor Details

    • SerializedInstancesLoader

      public SerializedInstancesLoader()

  • Method Details

    • globalInfo

      public String globalInfo()
      Returns a string describing this object
      Returns:
      a description of the classifier suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

    • reset

      public void reset()
      Resets the Loader ready to read a new data set
      Specified by:
      reset in interface Loader
      Overrides:
      reset in class AbstractFileLoader

    • getFileExtension

      public String getFileExtension()
      Get the file extension used for arff files
      Specified by:
      getFileExtension in interface FileSourcedConverter
      Returns:
      the file extension

    • getFileExtensions

      public String[] getFileExtensions()
      Gets all the file extensions used for this type of file
      Specified by:
      getFileExtensions in interface FileSourcedConverter
      Returns:
      the file extensions

    • getFileDescription

      public String getFileDescription()
      Returns a description of the file type.
      Specified by:
      getFileDescription in interface FileSourcedConverter
      Returns:
      a short file description

    • setSource

      public void setSource(InputStream in) throws IOException
      Resets the Loader object and sets the source of the data set to be the supplied InputStream.
      Specified by:
      setSource in interface Loader
      Overrides:
      setSource in class AbstractLoader
      Parameters:
      in - the source InputStream.
      Throws:
      IOException - if there is a problem with IO

    • getStructure

      public Instances getStructure() throws IOException
      Determines and returns (if possible) the structure (internally the header) of the data set as an empty set of instances.
      Specified by:
      getStructure in interface Loader
      Specified by:
      getStructure in class AbstractLoader
      Returns:
      the structure of the data set as an empty set of Instances
      Throws:
      IOException - if an error occurs

    • getDataSet

      public Instances getDataSet() throws IOException
      Return the full data set. If the structure hasn't yet been determined by a call to getStructure then method should do so before processing the rest of the data set.
      Specified by:
      getDataSet in interface Loader
      Specified by:
      getDataSet in class AbstractLoader
      Returns:
      the structure of the data set as an empty set of Instances
      Throws:
      IOException - if there is no source or parsing fails

    • getNextInstance

      public Instance getNextInstance(Instances structure) throws IOException
      Read the data set incrementally---get the next instance in the data set or returns null if there are no more instances to get. If the structure hasn't yet been determined by a call to getStructure then method should do so before returning the next instance in the data set.
      Specified by:
      getNextInstance in interface Loader
      Specified by:
      getNextInstance in class AbstractLoader
      Parameters:
      structure - ignored
      Returns:
      the next instance in the data set as an Instance object or null if there are no more instances to be read
      Throws:
      IOException - if there is an error during parsing

    • getRevision

      public String getRevision()
      Returns the revision string.
      Specified by:
      getRevision in interface RevisionHandler
      Returns:
      the revision

    • main

      public static void main(String[] args)
      Main method.
      Parameters:
      args - should contain the name of an input file.