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package smile.data;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Nominal attribute. Nominal attributes are defined on a list of the unordered
* values.
*
* @author Haifeng Li
*/
public class NominalAttribute extends Attribute {
/**
* True if the string values of the nominal attribute is a open set.
* The new string values will be added into the attribute when calling
* the method valueOf(String).
*/
private boolean open = true;
/**
* The string values of the nominal attribute.
*/
private List values;
/**
* Map a string to an integer level.
*/
private HashMap map;
/**
* Constructor.
* @param name the name of attribute.
*/
public NominalAttribute(String name) {
this(name, 1.0);
}
/**
* Constructor.
* @param name the name of attribute.
*/
public NominalAttribute(String name, double weight) {
this(name, null, weight);
}
/**
* Constructor.
* @param name the name of attribute.
* @param description the detailed description of attribute.
*/
public NominalAttribute(String name, String description) {
this(name, description, 1.0);
}
/**
* Constructor.
* @param name the name of attribute.
* @param description the detailed description of attribute.
*/
public NominalAttribute(String name, String description, double weight) {
super(Type.NOMINAL, name, description, weight);
this.values = new ArrayList();
this.map = new HashMap();
this.open = true;
}
/**
* Constructor.
* @param name the name of attribute.
* @param values the valid string values of nominal attribute.
*/
public NominalAttribute(String name, String[] values) {
this(name, 1.0, values);
}
/**
* Constructor.
* @param name the name of attribute.
* @param values the valid string values of nominal attribute.
*/
public NominalAttribute(String name, double weight, String[] values) {
this(name, null, weight, values);
}
/**
* Constructor.
* @param name the name of attribute.
* @param description the detailed description of attribute.
* @param values the valid string values of nominal attribute.
*/
public NominalAttribute(String name, String description, String[] values) {
this(name, description, 1.0, values);
}
/**
* Constructor.
* @param name the name of attribute.
* @param description the detailed description of attribute.
* @param values the valid string values of nominal attribute.
*/
public NominalAttribute(String name, String description, double weight, String[] values) {
super(Type.NOMINAL, name, description, weight);
this.values = new ArrayList();
this.map = new HashMap();
this.open = false;
for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
this.values.add(values[i]);
this.map.put(values[i], i);
}
}
/**
* Returns the number of nominal values.
* @return the number of nominal values
*/
public int size() {
return values.size();
}
/**
* Returns true if the string values of the nominal attribute is a open set.
* The new string values will be added into the attribute when calling
* the method valueOf(String).
* @return true if the string values of the nominal attribute is a open set.
*/
public boolean isOpen() {
return open;
}
/**
* Sets if the string values of the nominal attribute is a open set.
* @param open true if the string values of the nominal attribute is a open set.
*/
public void setOpen(boolean open) {
this.open = open;
}
/**
* Returns the string values of nominal attribute.
*/
public String[] values() {
return values.toArray(new String[values.size()]);
}
/**
* Returns the ordinal value of a string value.
*/
@Override
public double valueOf(String s) throws ParseException {
Integer i = map.get(s);
if (i == null) {
if (open) {
i = values.size();
map.put(s, i);
values.add(s);
} else {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid string value: " + s);
}
}
return i;
}
@Override
public String toString(double x) {
if (Double.isNaN(x)) {
return null;
}
if (Math.floor(x) != x) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("The input nominal value is not an integer: " + x);
}
if (x < 0 || x >= values.size()) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid nominal value: " + x);
}
return values.get((int)x);
}
}
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