magpie.attributes.expanders

Class BaseAttributeExpander

java.lang.Object

magpie.attributes.expanders.BaseAttributeExpander

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Options

Direct Known Subclasses:

CrossExpander, FunctionExpander, PowerExpander

public abstract class BaseAttributeExpander
extends java.lang.Object
implements Options, java.io.Serializable

This class is a template for operations that expand the number of available attributes based on what is already in the dataset. Implementations of this class need to overload the expand(magpie.data.Dataset) method. This operation must calculate the new values of the attributes, name those attributes, and store both name and values in the supplied Dataset object.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BaseAttributeExpander()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	expand(Dataset Data) Generate new attributes based on the attributes already in Dataset

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface magpie.utility.interfaces.Options

printUsage, setOptions

Constructor Detail

BaseAttributeExpander

public BaseAttributeExpander()

Method Detail

expand

public abstract void expand(Dataset Data)

Generate new attributes based on the attributes already in Dataset

Parameters:

Data - Dataset to be expanded