Class RemoveType

    • Field Detail

      • 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 something goes wrong
      • 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 a given list of options.

        Valid options are:

         -T <nominal|numeric|string|date|relational>
          Attribute type to delete. Valid options are "nominal", 
          "numeric", "string", "date" and "relational".
          (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
      • 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