gate.creole.ml
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  gate.creole.ml.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Attribute
extends Object
implements Serializable

Describes an attribute associated to a ML instance.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int	BOOLEAN
static int	NOMINAL
static int	NUMERIC

Constructor Summary

Attribute()

Attribute(org.jdom.Element jdomElement)

Method Summary

String	getFeature()
String	getName()
int	getPosition()
String	getType()
List	getValues()
double	getWeighting()
boolean	isClass()
static List	parseSeries(org.jdom.Element jdomElement) This method is a clone of gate.creole.mi.Attribute.parseSerie method with minor changes to make it compatible with ML API.
int	semanticType() This method reports whether the attribute is nominal, numeric or boolean.
void	setClass(boolean isClass)
void	setFeature(String feature)
void	setName(String name)
void	setPosition(int position)
void	setType(String type)
void	setValues(List values)
void	setWeighting(double weighting)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NOMINAL

public static final int NOMINAL

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Constant Field Values

NUMERIC

public static final int NUMERIC

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Constant Field Values

BOOLEAN

public static final int BOOLEAN

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(org.jdom.Element jdomElement)
          throws GateException

Throws:

GateException

Attribute

public Attribute()

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

parseSeries

public static List parseSeries(org.jdom.Element jdomElement)
                        throws GateException

This method is a clone of gate.creole.mi.Attribute.parseSerie method with minor changes to make it compatible with ML API. It basically given an attribute element first locates all required variable and creates multiple attributes for the given RANGE.

Throws:

GateException

isClass

public boolean isClass()

setName

public void setName(String name)

getName

public String getName()

setType

public void setType(String type)

getType

public String getType()

setFeature

public void setFeature(String feature)

getFeature

public String getFeature()

setWeighting

public void setWeighting(double weighting)

getWeighting

public double getWeighting()

getValues

public List getValues()

getPosition

public int getPosition()

setClass

public void setClass(boolean isClass)

setValues

public void setValues(List values)

setPosition

public void setPosition(int position)

semanticType

public int semanticType()

This method reports whether the attribute is nominal, numeric or boolean.

Returns:

Attribute.NOMINAL, Attribute.NUMERIC or Attribute.BOOLEAN