de.viadee.discretizers4j

Class DiscretizationOrigin

java.lang.Object

de.viadee.discretizers4j.DiscretizationOrigin

Direct Known Subclasses:

CategoricalDiscretizationOrigin, NumericDiscretizationOrigin

public abstract class DiscretizationOrigin
extends Object

The left hand side of the origin

Represents the values pre-discretization

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	canDiscretize(Serializable originalValue) May be queried to find out whether a discretizer is applicable
DiscretizationType	getFeatureType()
abstract String	outputFormat() Prints the discretization (range) in a pretty format

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getFeatureType

public DiscretizationType getFeatureType()

Returns:

the DiscretizationType

canDiscretize

public abstract boolean canDiscretize(Serializable originalValue)

May be queried to find out whether a discretizer is applicable

Parameters:

originalValue - the value to be discretized

Returns:

true, if the origin matches the value

outputFormat

public abstract String outputFormat()

Prints the discretization (range) in a pretty format

Returns:

a human readable string