shared
Class NominalAttrValue

java.lang.Object
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public class NominalAttrValue

extends AttrValue

NominalAttrValue is a class which stores the vlaues of nominal attributes. The values can only be accessed through AttrInfo functions.

Fields inherited from class shared.AttrValue

boundedReal, internalDisjunction, intVal, linearNominal, nominal, real, realVal, treeStructured, type, unknown, userInternalDisjunction, userLinearNominal, userNominal, userReal, userTreeStructured

Constructor Summary

NominalAttrValue()
Constructor.

NominalAttrValue(AttrValue src)
Copy constructor.

NominalAttrValue(NominalAttrValue src)
Copy constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Creates a deep copy clone of this object.
boolean	equals(AttrValue a) Checks if this NominalAttrValue is equivalent to the given AttrValue.
boolean	equals(NominalAttrValue source) Checks if this NominalAttrValue is equivalent to the given NominalAttrValue.
void	gets(AttrValue src) Assigns a AttrValue to this NominalAttrValue.
void	gets(RealAttrValue r) Assigns a RealAttrValue to this NominalAttrValue.

Methods inherited from class shared.AttrValue

attr_type_to_string, copy, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NominalAttrValue

public NominalAttrValue()

Constructor. The value will be set to unknown.

NominalAttrValue

public NominalAttrValue(AttrValue src)

Copy constructor. The AttrValue passed in is checked for compatibility with this NominalAttrValue.

Parameters:

src - The AttrValue to be copied.

NominalAttrValue

public NominalAttrValue(NominalAttrValue src)

Copy constructor.

Parameters:

src - The NominalAttrValue to be copied.

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Creates a deep copy clone of this object.

Overrides:

clone in class AttrValue

Returns:

A deep copy of this NominalAttrValue.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - if the AttrValue cloning process encounters an Exception.

gets

public void gets(RealAttrValue r)

Assigns a RealAttrValue to this NominalAttrValue. Displays an error message and does nothing.

Parameters:

r - The RealAttrValue to be assigned to this NominalAttrValue.

gets

public void gets(AttrValue src)

Assigns a AttrValue to this NominalAttrValue. If the AttrValue is not compatible with this NominalAttrValue then an error message is displayed and nothing else is done.

Overrides:

gets in class AttrValue

Parameters:

src - The AttrValue to be assigned to this NominalAttrValue.

equals

public boolean equals(NominalAttrValue source)

Checks if this NominalAttrValue is equivalent to the given NominalAttrValue.

Parameters:

source - The NominalAttrValue this NominalAttrValue is compared to.

Returns:

TRUE if the values are the same, FALSE otherwise.

equals

public boolean equals(AttrValue a)

Checks if this NominalAttrValue is equivalent to the given AttrValue.

Overrides:

equals in class AttrValue

Parameters:

a - The AttrValue this NominalAttrValue is compared to.

Returns:

TRUE if the values are the same, FALSE otherwise.