Package weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute

Class RenameNominalValues

java.lang.Object

weka.filters.Filter

weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.RenameNominalValues

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, CapabilitiesHandler, CapabilitiesIgnorer, CommandlineRunnable, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler, WeightedAttributesHandler, WeightedInstancesHandler, StreamableFilter, UnsupervisedFilter

public class RenameNominalValues
extends Filter
implements UnsupervisedFilter, StreamableFilter, OptionHandler, WeightedInstancesHandler, WeightedAttributesHandler

Renames the values of nominal attributes.

Valid options are:

 -R
  Attributes to act on. Can be either a range
  string (e.g. 1,2,6-10) OR a comma-separated list of named attributes
  (default none)
 

 -V
  Invert matching sense (i.e. act on all attributes other than those specified)
 

 -N
  Nominal labels and their replacement values.
  E.g. red:blue, black:white, fred:bob
 

 -I
  Ignore case when matching nominal values
 

Version:

$Revision: 14865 $

Author:

Mark Hall (mhall{[at]}pentaho{[dot]}com)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RenameNominalValues()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Capabilities	getCapabilities()	Returns the Capabilities of this filter.
boolean	getIgnoreCase()
boolean	getInvertSelection()	Get whether the supplied columns are to be removed or kept
java.lang.String[]	getOptions()	Gets the current settings of the filter.
java.lang.String	getRevision()	Returns the revision string.
java.lang.String	getSelectedAttributes()
java.lang.String	getValueReplacements()
java.lang.String	globalInfo()	Global help info
java.lang.String	ignoreCaseTipText()	Returns the tip text for this property
boolean	input(Instance instance)	Input an instance for filtering.
java.lang.String	invertSelectionTipText()	Returns the tip text for this property
java.util.Enumeration<Option>	listOptions()	Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] argv)	Main method for testing this class.
java.lang.String	selectedAttributesTipText()	Returns the tip text for this property
void	setIgnoreCase(boolean ignore)
boolean	setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo)	Sets the format of the input instances.
void	setInvertSelection(boolean invert)	Set whether selected columns should be removed or kept.
void	setOptions(java.lang.String[] options)	Parses a given list of options.
void	setSelectedAttributes(java.lang.String atts)
void	setValueReplacements(java.lang.String v)
java.lang.String	valueReplacementsTipText()	Returns the tip text for this property

Methods inherited from class weka.filters.Filter

batchFilterFile, batchFinished, debugTipText, doNotCheckCapabilitiesTipText, filterFile, getCapabilities, getCopyOfInputFormat, getDebug, getDoNotCheckCapabilities, getOutputFormat, isFirstBatchDone, isNewBatch, isOutputFormatDefined, makeCopies, makeCopy, mayRemoveInstanceAfterFirstBatchDone, numPendingOutput, output, outputPeek, postExecution, preExecution, run, runFilter, setDebug, setDoNotCheckCapabilities, toString, useFilter, wekaStaticWrapper

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RenameNominalValues

public RenameNominalValues()

Method Detail

globalInfo

public java.lang.String globalInfo()

Global help info

Returns:

the help info for this filter

setInputFormat

public boolean setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo)
                       throws java.lang.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:

java.lang.Exception - if the format couldn't be set successfully

input

public boolean input(Instance instance)

Input an instance for filtering. Ordinarily the instance is processed and made available for output immediately. Some filters require all instances be read before producing output.

Overrides:

input in class Filter

Parameters:

instance - the input instance

Returns:

true if the filtered instance may now be collected with output().

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if no input structure has been defined.

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:

Capabilities

selectedAttributesTipText

public java.lang.String selectedAttributesTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property

Returns:

tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

setSelectedAttributes

public void setSelectedAttributes(java.lang.String atts)

getSelectedAttributes

public java.lang.String getSelectedAttributes()

valueReplacementsTipText

public java.lang.String valueReplacementsTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property

Returns:

tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

setValueReplacements

public void setValueReplacements(java.lang.String v)

getValueReplacements

public java.lang.String getValueReplacements()

invertSelectionTipText

public java.lang.String invertSelectionTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property

Returns:

tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

getInvertSelection

public boolean getInvertSelection()

Get whether the supplied columns are to be removed or kept

Returns:

true if the supplied columns will be kept

setInvertSelection

public void setInvertSelection(boolean invert)

Set whether selected columns should be removed or kept. If true the selected columns are kept and unselected columns are deleted. If false selected columns are deleted and unselected columns are kept.

Parameters:

invert - the new invert setting

ignoreCaseTipText

public java.lang.String ignoreCaseTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property

Returns:

tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

setIgnoreCase

public void setIgnoreCase(boolean ignore)

getIgnoreCase

public boolean getIgnoreCase()

listOptions

public java.util.Enumeration<Option> listOptions()

Description copied from class: Filter

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(java.lang.String[] options)
                throws java.lang.Exception

Parses a given list of options.

Valid options are:

 -R
  Attributes to act on. Can be either a range
  string (e.g. 1,2,6-10) OR a comma-separated list of named attributes
  (default none)
 

 -V
  Invert matching sense (i.e. act on all attributes other than those specified)
 

 -N
  Nominal labels and their replacement values.
  E.g. red:blue, black:white, fred:bob
 

 -I
  Ignore case when matching nominal values
 

Specified by:

setOptions in interface OptionHandler

Overrides:

setOptions in class Filter

Parameters:

options - the list of options as an array of strings

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if an option is not supported

getOptions

public java.lang.String[] getOptions()

Description copied from class: Filter

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

getRevision

public java.lang.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(java.lang.String[] argv)

Main method for testing this class.

Parameters:

argv - should contain arguments to the filter: use -h for help