weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute
Class RemoveType

java.lang.Object
  extended byweka.filters.Filter
      extended byweka.filters.unsupervised.attribute.RemoveType
All Implemented Interfaces:
OptionHandler, java.io.Serializable, StreamableFilter, UnsupervisedFilter

public class RemoveType
extends Filter
implements UnsupervisedFilter, StreamableFilter, OptionHandler

A filter that removes attributes of a given type.

Valid filter-specific options are:

-T type
Attribute type to delete. Options are "nominal", "numeric", "string" and "date". (default "string")

-V
Invert matching sense (i.e. only keep specified columns)

Version:
$Revision: 1.4 $
Author:
Richard Kirkby (rkirkby@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
protected  Remove m_attributeFilter
          The attribute filter used to do the filtering
protected  int m_attTypeToDelete
          The type of attribute to delete
protected  boolean m_invert
          Whether to invert selection
static Tag[] TAGS_ATTRIBUTETYPE
          Tag allowing selection of attribute type to delete
 
Fields inherited from class weka.filters.Filter
m_NewBatch
 
Constructor Summary
RemoveType()
           
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String attributeTypeTipText()
          Returns the tip text for this property
 boolean batchFinished()
          Signify that this batch of input to the filter is finished.
 SelectedTag getAttributeType()
          Gets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter.
protected  java.lang.String getAttributeTypeString()
          Gets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter as a string.
 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 globalInfo()
          Returns a string describing this filter
 boolean input(Instance instance)
          Input an instance for filtering.
 java.lang.String invertSelectionTipText()
          Returns the tip text for this property
 boolean isOutputFormatDefined()
          Returns whether the output format is ready to be collected
 java.util.Enumeration listOptions()
          Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
static void main(java.lang.String[] argv)
          Main method for testing this class.
 int numPendingOutput()
          Returns the number of instances pending output
 Instance output()
          Output an instance after filtering and remove from the output queue.
 Instance outputPeek()
          Output an instance after filtering but do not remove from the output queue.
 void setAttributeType(SelectedTag type)
          Sets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter.
protected  void setAttributeTypeString(java.lang.String typeString)
          Sets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter.
 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 the options for this object.
 
Methods inherited from class weka.filters.Filter
batchFilterFile, bufferInput, copyStringValues, copyStringValues, filterFile, flushInput, getInputFormat, getInputStringIndex, getOutputFormat, getOutputStringIndex, getStringIndices, inputFormat, inputFormatPeek, outputFormat, outputFormatPeek, push, resetQueue, setOutputFormat, useFilter
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

m_attributeFilter

protected Remove m_attributeFilter
The attribute filter used to do the filtering


m_attTypeToDelete

protected int m_attTypeToDelete
The type of attribute to delete


m_invert

protected boolean m_invert
Whether to invert selection


TAGS_ATTRIBUTETYPE

public static final Tag[] TAGS_ATTRIBUTETYPE
Tag allowing selection of attribute type to delete

Constructor Detail

RemoveType

public RemoveType()
Method Detail

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 inputFormat can't be set successfully

input

public boolean input(Instance instance)
Input an instance for filtering.

Overrides:
input in class Filter
Parameters:
instance - the input instance
Returns:
true if the filtered instance may now be collected with output().

batchFinished

public boolean batchFinished()
                      throws java.lang.Exception
Signify that this batch of input to the filter is finished.

Overrides:
batchFinished in class Filter
Returns:
true if there are instances pending output
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - if there was a problem finishing the batch.

output

public Instance output()
Output an instance after filtering and remove from the output queue.

Overrides:
output in class Filter
Returns:
the instance that has most recently been filtered (or null if the queue is empty).

outputPeek

public Instance outputPeek()
Output an instance after filtering but do not remove from the output queue.

Overrides:
outputPeek in class Filter
Returns:
the instance that has most recently been filtered (or null if the queue is empty).

numPendingOutput

public int numPendingOutput()
Returns the number of instances pending output

Overrides:
numPendingOutput in class Filter
Returns:
the number of instances pending output

isOutputFormatDefined

public boolean isOutputFormatDefined()
Returns whether the output format is ready to be collected

Overrides:
isOutputFormatDefined in class Filter
Returns:
true if the output format is set

listOptions

public java.util.Enumeration listOptions()
Returns an enumeration describing the available options.

Specified by:
listOptions in interface OptionHandler
Returns:
an enumeration of all the available options.

setOptions

public void setOptions(java.lang.String[] options)
                throws java.lang.Exception
Parses the options for this object. Valid options are:

-T type
Attribute type to delete. Options are "nominal", "numeric", "string" and "date". (default "string")

-V
Invert matching sense (i.e. only keep specified columns)

Specified by:
setOptions in interface OptionHandler
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()
Gets the current settings of the filter.

Specified by:
getOptions in interface OptionHandler
Returns:
an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions

globalInfo

public java.lang.String globalInfo()
Returns a string describing this filter

Returns:
a description of the filter suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

attributeTypeTipText

public java.lang.String attributeTypeTipText()
Returns the tip text for this property

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

setAttributeType

public void setAttributeType(SelectedTag type)
Sets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter.

Parameters:
type - a TAGS_ATTRIBUTETYPE of the new type the filter should delete

getAttributeType

public SelectedTag getAttributeType()
Gets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter.

Returns:
the attribute type as a selected tag TAGS_ATTRIBUTETYPE

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

getAttributeTypeString

protected java.lang.String getAttributeTypeString()
Gets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter as a string.

Returns:
the attribute type as a String

setAttributeTypeString

protected void setAttributeTypeString(java.lang.String typeString)
Sets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter.


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