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 */

/*
 *    AllFilter.java
 *    Copyright (C) 1999-2012 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */


package weka.filters;

import weka.core.Capabilities;
import weka.core.Capabilities.Capability;
import weka.core.Instance;
import weka.core.Instances;
import weka.core.RevisionUtils;

/** 
 * A simple instance filter that passes all instances directly
 * through. Basically just for testing purposes.
 *
 * @author Len Trigg ([email protected])
 * @version $Revision: 8034 $
 */
public class AllFilter
  extends Filter
  implements Sourcable {

  /** for serialization */
  static final long serialVersionUID = 5022109283147503266L;

  /**
   * Returns a string describing this filter
   *
   * @return a description of the filter suitable for
   * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String globalInfo() {
    return "An instance filter that passes all instances through unmodified."
      + " Primarily for testing purposes.";
  }

  /** 
   * Returns the Capabilities of this filter.
   *
   * @return            the capabilities of this object
   * @see               Capabilities
   */
  public Capabilities getCapabilities() {
    Capabilities result = super.getCapabilities();
    result.disableAll();

    // attributes
    result.enableAllAttributes();
    result.enable(Capability.MISSING_VALUES);
    
    // class
    result.enableAllClasses();
    result.enable(Capability.MISSING_CLASS_VALUES);
    result.enable(Capability.NO_CLASS);
    
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the format of the input instances.
   *
   * @param instanceInfo 	an Instances object containing the input 
   * 				instance structure (any instances contained 
   * 				in the object are ignored - only the structure 
   * 				is required).
   * @return true 		if the outputFormat may be collected immediately
   * @throws Exception 		if something goes wrong
   */
  public boolean setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo) throws Exception {

    super.setInputFormat(instanceInfo);
    setOutputFormat(instanceInfo);
    return true;
  }


  /**
   * Input an instance for filtering. Ordinarily the instance is processed
   * and made available for output immediately. Some filters require all
   * instances be read before producing output.
   *
   * @param instance the input instance
   * @return true if the filtered instance may now be
   * collected with output().
   * @throws IllegalStateException if no input format has been defined.
   */
  public boolean input(Instance instance) {

    if (getInputFormat() == null) {
      throw new IllegalStateException("No input instance format defined");
    }
    if (m_NewBatch) {
      resetQueue();
      m_NewBatch = false;
    }
    push((Instance)instance.copy());
    return true;
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns a string that describes the filter as source. The
   * filter will be contained in a class with the given name (there may
   * be auxiliary classes),
   * and will contain two methods with these signatures:
   * 
   * // converts one row
   * public static Object[] filter(Object[] i);
   * // converts a full dataset (first dimension is row index)
   * public static Object[][] filter(Object[][] i);
   * 
   * where the array i contains elements that are either
   * Double, String, with missing values represented as null. The generated
   * code is public domain and comes with no warranty.
   *
   * @param className   the name that should be given to the source class.
   * @param data	the dataset used for initializing the filter
   * @return            the object source described by a string
   * @throws Exception  if the source can't be computed
   */
  public String toSource(String className, Instances data) throws Exception {
    StringBuffer        result;
    
    result = new StringBuffer();
    
    result.append("class " + className + " {\n");
    result.append("\n");
    result.append("  /**\n");
    result.append("   * filters a single row\n");
    result.append("   * \n");
    result.append("   * @param i the row to process\n");
    result.append("   * @return the processed row\n");
    result.append("   */\n");
    result.append("  public static Object[] filter(Object[] i) {\n");
    result.append("    return i;\n");
    result.append("  }\n");
    result.append("\n");
    result.append("  /**\n");
    result.append("   * filters multiple rows\n");
    result.append("   * \n");
    result.append("   * @param i the rows to process\n");
    result.append("   * @return the processed rows\n");
    result.append("   */\n");
    result.append("  public static Object[][] filter(Object[][] i) {\n");
    result.append("    return i;\n");
    result.append("  }\n");
    result.append("}\n");
    
    return result.toString();
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the revision string.
   * 
   * @return		the revision
   */
  public String getRevision() {
    return RevisionUtils.extract("$Revision: 8034 $");
  }

  /**
   * Main method for testing this class.
   *
   * @param argv should contain arguments to the filter: use -h for help
   */
  public static void main(String [] argv) {
    runFilter(new AllFilter(), argv);
  }
}