Package weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute

Class MergeTwoValues

java.lang.Object
weka.filters.Filter
weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.MergeTwoValues
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, CapabilitiesHandler, CapabilitiesIgnorer, CommandlineRunnable, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler, WeightedAttributesHandler, WeightedInstancesHandler, StreamableFilter, UnsupervisedFilter
public class MergeTwoValues extends Filter implements UnsupervisedFilter, StreamableFilter, OptionHandler, WeightedAttributesHandler, WeightedInstancesHandler
Merges two values of a nominal attribute into one value.

Valid options are: 

 -C <col>
  Sets the attribute index (default last).
 
 -F <value index>
  Sets the first value's index (default first).
 
 -S <value index>
  Sets the second value's index (default last).
Version:
$Revision: 14508 $
Author:
Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • MergeTwoValues

      public MergeTwoValues()

  • Method Details

    • globalInfo

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

    • getCapabilities

      public Capabilities getCapabilities()
      Returns the Capabilities of this filter.
      Specified by:
      getCapabilities in interface CapabilitiesHandler
      Overrides:
      getCapabilities in class Filter
      Returns:
      the capabilities of this object
      See Also:

    • setInputFormat

      public boolean setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo) throws Exception
      Sets the format of the input instances.
      Overrides:
      setInputFormat in class Filter
      Parameters:
      instanceInfo - an Instances object containing the input instance structure (any instances contained in the object are ignored - only the structure is required).
      Returns:
      true if the outputFormat may be collected immediately
      Throws:
      Exception - if the input format can't be set successfully

    • input

      public boolean input(Instance instance)
      Input an instance for filtering. The instance is processed and made available for output immediately.
      Overrides:
      input in class Filter
      Parameters:
      instance - the input instance
      Returns:
      true if the filtered instance may now be collected with output().
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if no input format has been set.

    • listOptions

      public Enumeration<Option> listOptions()
      Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
      Specified by:
      listOptions in interface OptionHandler
      Overrides:
      listOptions in class Filter
      Returns:
      an enumeration of all the available options.

    • setOptions

      public void setOptions(String[] options) throws Exception
      Parses a given list of options.

      Valid options are: 

       -C <col>
  Sets the attribute index (default last).
 
       -F <value index>
  Sets the first value's index (default first).
 
       -S <value index>
  Sets the second value's index (default last).
      Specified by:
      setOptions in interface OptionHandler
      Overrides:
      setOptions in class Filter
      Parameters:
      options - the list of options as an array of strings
      Throws:
      Exception - if an option is not supported

    • getOptions

      public String[] getOptions()
      Gets the current settings of the filter.
      Specified by:
      getOptions in interface OptionHandler
      Overrides:
      getOptions in class Filter
      Returns:
      an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions

    • attributeIndexTipText

      public String attributeIndexTipText()
      Returns:
      tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

    • getAttributeIndex

      public String getAttributeIndex()
      Get the index of the attribute used.
      Returns:
      the index of the attribute

    • setAttributeIndex

      public void setAttributeIndex(String attIndex)
      Sets index of the attribute used.
      Parameters:
      attIndex - the index of the attribute

    • firstValueIndexTipText

      public String firstValueIndexTipText()
      Returns:
      tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

    • getFirstValueIndex

      public String getFirstValueIndex()
      Get the index of the first value used.
      Returns:
      the index of the first value

    • setFirstValueIndex

      public void setFirstValueIndex(String firstIndex)
      Sets index of the first value used.
      Parameters:
      firstIndex - the index of the first value

    • secondValueIndexTipText

      public String secondValueIndexTipText()
      Returns:
      tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

    • getSecondValueIndex

      public String getSecondValueIndex()
      Get the index of the second value used.
      Returns:
      the index of the second value

    • setSecondValueIndex

      public void setSecondValueIndex(String secondIndex)
      Sets index of the second value used.
      Parameters:
      secondIndex - the index of the second value

    • getRevision

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

    • main

      public static void main(String[] argv)
      Main method for testing this class.
      Parameters:
      argv - should contain arguments to the filter: use -h for help