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/*
 *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */

/*
 *    RemoveType.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2002-2012 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package weka.filters.unsupervised.attribute;

import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Vector;

import weka.core.Attribute;
import weka.core.Capabilities;
import weka.core.Capabilities.Capability;
import weka.core.Instance;
import weka.core.Instances;
import weka.core.Option;
import weka.core.OptionHandler;
import weka.core.RevisionUtils;
import weka.core.SelectedTag;
import weka.core.Tag;
import weka.core.Utils;
import weka.filters.Filter;
import weka.filters.StreamableFilter;
import weka.filters.UnsupervisedFilter;

/**
 *  Removes attributes of a given type.
 * 

 * 
 * 
 *  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)
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * @author Richard Kirkby ([email protected])
 * @version $Revision: 10215 $
 */
public class RemoveType extends Filter implements UnsupervisedFilter,
  StreamableFilter, OptionHandler {

  /** for serialization */
  static final long serialVersionUID = -3563999462782486279L;

  /** The attribute filter used to do the filtering */
  protected Remove m_attributeFilter = new Remove();

  /** The type of attribute to delete */
  protected int m_attTypeToDelete = Attribute.STRING;

  /** Whether to invert selection */
  protected boolean m_invert = false;

  /** Tag allowing selection of attribute type to delete */
  public static final Tag[] TAGS_ATTRIBUTETYPE = {
    new Tag(Attribute.NOMINAL, "Delete nominal attributes"),
    new Tag(Attribute.NUMERIC, "Delete numeric attributes"),
    new Tag(Attribute.STRING, "Delete string attributes"),
    new Tag(Attribute.DATE, "Delete date attributes"),
    new Tag(Attribute.RELATIONAL, "Delete relational attributes") };

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

    // attributes
    result.enable(Capability.NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES);
    result.enable(Capability.NUMERIC_ATTRIBUTES);
    result.enable(Capability.DATE_ATTRIBUTES);
    result.enable(Capability.STRING_ATTRIBUTES);
    result.enable(Capability.RELATIONAL_ATTRIBUTES);
    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 the inputFormat can't be set successfully
   */
  @Override
  public boolean setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo) throws Exception {

    super.setInputFormat(instanceInfo);

    int[] attsToDelete = new int[instanceInfo.numAttributes()];
    int numToDelete = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < instanceInfo.numAttributes(); i++) {
      if (i == instanceInfo.classIndex()) {
        if (!m_invert) {
          continue; // skip class
        } else {
          attsToDelete[numToDelete++] = i; // Need to keep the class even if
                                           // selection is inverted
        }
      }
      if (instanceInfo.attribute(i).type() == m_attTypeToDelete) {
        attsToDelete[numToDelete++] = i;
      }
    }

    int[] finalAttsToDelete = new int[numToDelete];
    System.arraycopy(attsToDelete, 0, finalAttsToDelete, 0, numToDelete);

    m_attributeFilter.setAttributeIndicesArray(finalAttsToDelete);
    m_attributeFilter.setInvertSelection(m_invert);

    boolean result = m_attributeFilter.setInputFormat(instanceInfo);
    Instances afOutputFormat = m_attributeFilter.getOutputFormat();

    // restore old relation name to hide attribute filter stamp
    afOutputFormat.setRelationName(instanceInfo.relationName());

    setOutputFormat(afOutputFormat);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Input an instance for filtering.
   * 
   * @param instance the input instance
   * @return true if the filtered instance may now be collected with output().
   */
  @Override
  public boolean input(Instance instance) {

    return m_attributeFilter.input(instance);
  }

  /**
   * Signify that this batch of input to the filter is finished.
   * 
   * @return true if there are instances pending output
   * @throws Exception if something goes wrong
   */
  @Override
  public boolean batchFinished() throws Exception {

    return m_attributeFilter.batchFinished();
  }

  /**
   * Output an instance after filtering and remove from the output queue.
   * 
   * @return the instance that has most recently been filtered (or null if the
   *         queue is empty).
   */
  @Override
  public Instance output() {

    return m_attributeFilter.output();
  }

  /**
   * Output an instance after filtering but do not remove from the output queue.
   * 
   * @return the instance that has most recently been filtered (or null if the
   *         queue is empty).
   */
  @Override
  public Instance outputPeek() {

    return m_attributeFilter.outputPeek();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the number of instances pending output
   * 
   * @return the number of instances pending output
   */
  @Override
  public int numPendingOutput() {

    return m_attributeFilter.numPendingOutput();
  }

  /**
   * Returns whether the output format is ready to be collected
   * 
   * @return true if the output format is set
   */
  @Override
  public boolean isOutputFormatDefined() {

    return m_attributeFilter.isOutputFormatDefined();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
   * 
   * @return an enumeration of all the available options.
   */
  @Override
  public Enumeration listOptions() {

    Vector newVector = new Vector(2);

    newVector.addElement(new Option(
      "\tAttribute type to delete. Valid options are \"nominal\", \n"
        + "\t\"numeric\", \"string\", \"date\" and \"relational\".\n"
        + "\t(default \"string\")", "T", 1,
      "-T "));

    newVector.addElement(new Option(
      "\tInvert matching sense (i.e. only keep specified columns)", "V", 0,
      "-V"));

    return newVector.elements();
  }

  /**
   * 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)
   * 
   * 
   * 
   * 
   * @param options the list of options as an array of strings
   * @throws Exception if an option is not supported
   */
  @Override
  public void setOptions(String[] options) throws Exception {

    String tString = Utils.getOption('T', options);
    if (tString.length() != 0) {
      setAttributeTypeString(tString);
    }
    setInvertSelection(Utils.getFlag('V', options));

    if (getInputFormat() != null) {
      setInputFormat(getInputFormat());
    }

    Utils.checkForRemainingOptions(options);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the current settings of the filter.
   * 
   * @return an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions
   */
  @Override
  public String[] getOptions() {

    Vector options = new Vector();

    if (getInvertSelection()) {
      options.add("-V");
    }
    options.add("-T");
    options.add(getAttributeTypeString());

    return options.toArray(new String[0]);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string describing this filter
   * 
   * @return a description of the filter suitable for displaying in the
   *         explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String globalInfo() {

    return "Removes attributes of a given type.";
  }

  /**
   * Returns the tip text for this property
   * 
   * @return tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the
   *         explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String attributeTypeTipText() {

    return "The type of attribute to remove.";
  }

  /**
   * Sets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter.
   * 
   * @param type a TAGS_ATTRIBUTETYPE of the new type the filter should delete
   */
  public void setAttributeType(SelectedTag type) {

    if (type.getTags() == TAGS_ATTRIBUTETYPE) {
      m_attTypeToDelete = type.getSelectedTag().getID();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Gets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter.
   * 
   * @return the attribute type as a selected tag TAGS_ATTRIBUTETYPE
   */
  public SelectedTag getAttributeType() {

    return new SelectedTag(m_attTypeToDelete, TAGS_ATTRIBUTETYPE);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the tip text for this property
   * 
   * @return tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the
   *         explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String invertSelectionTipText() {

    return "Determines whether action is to select or delete."
      + " If set to true, only the specified attributes will be kept;"
      + " If set to false, specified attributes will be deleted.";
  }

  /**
   * Get whether the supplied columns are to be removed or kept
   * 
   * @return true if the supplied columns will be kept
   */
  public boolean getInvertSelection() {

    return m_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.
   * 
   * @param invert the new invert setting
   */
  public void setInvertSelection(boolean invert) {

    m_invert = invert;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter as a string.
   * 
   * @return the attribute type as a String
   */
  protected String getAttributeTypeString() {

    if (m_attTypeToDelete == Attribute.NOMINAL) {
      return "nominal";
    } else if (m_attTypeToDelete == Attribute.NUMERIC) {
      return "numeric";
    } else if (m_attTypeToDelete == Attribute.STRING) {
      return "string";
    } else if (m_attTypeToDelete == Attribute.DATE) {
      return "date";
    } else if (m_attTypeToDelete == Attribute.RELATIONAL) {
      return "relational";
    } else {
      return "unknown";
    }
  }

  /**
   * Sets the attribute type to be deleted by the filter.
   * 
   * @param typeString a String representing the new type the filter should
   *          delete
   */
  protected void setAttributeTypeString(String typeString) {

    typeString = typeString.toLowerCase();
    if (typeString.equals("nominal")) {
      m_attTypeToDelete = Attribute.NOMINAL;
    } else if (typeString.equals("numeric")) {
      m_attTypeToDelete = Attribute.NUMERIC;
    } else if (typeString.equals("string")) {
      m_attTypeToDelete = Attribute.STRING;
    } else if (typeString.equals("date")) {
      m_attTypeToDelete = Attribute.DATE;
    } else if (typeString.equals("relational")) {
      m_attTypeToDelete = Attribute.RELATIONAL;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the revision string.
   * 
   * @return the revision
   */
  @Override
  public String getRevision() {
    return RevisionUtils.extract("$Revision: 10215 $");
  }

  /**
   * 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 RemoveType(), argv);
  }
}