keel.Algorithms.Associative_Classification.ClassifierCBA2

Class Item

java.lang.Object

keel.Algorithms.Associative_Classification.ClassifierCBA2.Item

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public class Item
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable

This class stores an item representation for classification by association algorithms.

Since:

JDK1.5

Version:

1.0

Author:

Jesus Alcalá (University of Granada) 09/02/2010

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Item() Default Constructor
Item(int variable, int value) Parameters Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Item	clone() Clone function.
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object a) Function to compare objects of the Item class.
int	getValue() It returns the value of the item
int	getVariable() It returns the variable of the item
boolean	isEqual(Item a) Function to check if an item is equal to another given
void	setValues(int variable, int value) It sets the pair of values to the item.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Item

public Item()

Default Constructor

Item

public Item(int variable,
            int value)

Parameters Constructor.

Parameters:

variable - Value which represents an input attribute of a rule

value - Value attached to the variable

Method Detail

setValues

public void setValues(int variable,
                      int value)

It sets the pair of values to the item.

Parameters:

variable - Value which represents an input attribute of a rule

value - Value attached to the variable

getVariable

public int getVariable()

It returns the variable of the item

Returns:

int Input attribute

getValue

public int getValue()

It returns the value of the item

Returns:

int Value of the item

clone

public Item clone()

Clone function.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A copy of the Item.

isEqual

public boolean isEqual(Item a)

Function to check if an item is equal to another given

Parameters:

a - Item to compare with ours

Returns:

boolean true = they are equal, false = they aren't.

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object a)

Function to compare objects of the Item class. Necessary to be able to use "sort" function. It sorts in an decreasing order of attribute. If equals, in an decreasing order of attribute's value.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Parameters:

a - Item object to compare with.

Returns:

-1 if a is bigger, 1 if smaller and 0 otherwise.