TechnicalInformation

java.lang.Object
- keel.Algorithms.SVM.SMO.core.TechnicalInformation

```
public class TechnicalInformation
extends java.lang.Object
```
Used for paper references in the Javadoc and for BibTex generation. Based on documentation found here:
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~jacobsd/bib/formats/bibtex.html
BibTex examples can be found here:
http://bib2web.djvuzone.org/bibtex.html

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

TechnicalInformationHandler

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class and Description
`static class`	`TechnicalInformation.Field` the possible fields
`static class`	`TechnicalInformation.Type` the different types of information

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`protected java.util.Vector`	`m_Additional` additional technical informations
`protected java.lang.String`	`m_ID` the unique identifier of this information, will be generated automatically if left empty
`protected TechnicalInformation.Type`	`m_Type` the type of this technical information
`protected java.util.Hashtable`	`m_Values` stores all the values associated with the fields (FIELD - String)
`protected static java.lang.String`	`MISSING_ID` will be returned if no ID can be generated

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`TechnicalInformation(TechnicalInformation.Type type)` Initializes the information with the given type
`TechnicalInformation(TechnicalInformation.Type type, java.lang.String id)` Initializes the information with the given type

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`TechnicalInformation`	`add(TechnicalInformation.Type type)` Adds an empty technical information with the given type to the list of additional informations and returns the instance.
`void`	`add(TechnicalInformation value)` adds the given information to the list of additional technical informations
`java.util.Enumeration`	`additional()` returns an enumeration of all the additional technical informations (if there are any)
`boolean`	`exists(TechnicalInformation.Field field)` returns TRUE if the field is stored and has a value different from the empty string.
`java.util.Enumeration`	`fields()` returns an enumeration over all the stored fields
`protected java.lang.String`	`generateID()` Generates an ID based on the current settings and returns it.
`protected java.lang.String[]`	`getAuthors()` splits the authors on the " and " and returns a vector with the names
`java.lang.String`	`getID()` returns the unique ID (either the one used in creating this instance or the automatically generated one)
`TechnicalInformation.Type`	`getType()` returns the type of this technical information
`java.lang.String`	`getValue(TechnicalInformation.Field field)` returns the value associated with the given field, or empty if field is not currently stored.
`boolean`	`hasAdditional()` returns true if there are further technical informations stored in this
`static void`	`main(java.lang.String[] args)` Prints some examples of technical informations if there are no commandline options given.
`void`	`setValue(TechnicalInformation.Field field, java.lang.String value)` sets the value for the given field, overwrites any previously existing one.
`java.lang.String`	`toBibTex()` Returns a BibTex string representing this technical information.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()` Returns a plain-text string representing this technical information.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - MISSING_ID
```
protected static final java.lang.String MISSING_ID
```
    will be returned if no ID can be generated
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - m_Type
```
protected TechnicalInformation.Type m_Type
```
    the type of this technical information
  - m_ID
```
protected java.lang.String m_ID
```
    the unique identifier of this information, will be generated automatically if left empty
  - m_Values
```
protected java.util.Hashtable m_Values
```
    stores all the values associated with the fields (FIELD - String)
  - m_Additional
```
protected java.util.Vector m_Additional
```
    additional technical informations
- Constructor Detail
  - TechnicalInformation
```
public TechnicalInformation(TechnicalInformation.Type type)
```
    Initializes the information with the given type
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the type of this information
    
    See Also:
    
    TechnicalInformation.Type
  - TechnicalInformation
```
public TechnicalInformation(TechnicalInformation.Type type,
                            java.lang.String id)
```
    Initializes the information with the given type
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the type of this information
    
    id - the unique ID (for BibTex), can be empty
    
    See Also:
    
    TechnicalInformation.Type
- Method Detail
  - getType
```
public TechnicalInformation.Type getType()
```
    returns the type of this technical information
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of this information
  - getAuthors
```
protected java.lang.String[] getAuthors()
```
    splits the authors on the " and " and returns a vector with the names
    
    Returns:
    
    the authors in an array
  - generateID
```
protected java.lang.String generateID()
```
    Generates an ID based on the current settings and returns it. If nothing can be generated the MISSING_ID string will be returned
    
    Returns:
    
    the ID
    
    See Also:
    
    MISSING_ID
  - getID
```
public java.lang.String getID()
```
    returns the unique ID (either the one used in creating this instance or the automatically generated one)
    
    Returns:
    
    the ID for this information
  - setValue
```
public void setValue(TechnicalInformation.Field field,
                     java.lang.String value)
```
    sets the value for the given field, overwrites any previously existing one.
    
    Parameters:
    
    field - the field to set the value for
    
    value - the value of the field
  - getValue
```
public java.lang.String getValue(TechnicalInformation.Field field)
```
    returns the value associated with the given field, or empty if field is not currently stored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    field - the field to retrieve the value for
    
    Returns:
    
    the value associated with this field, empty if not existing
  - exists
```
public boolean exists(TechnicalInformation.Field field)
```
    returns TRUE if the field is stored and has a value different from the empty string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    field - the field to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if a value is stored for the field and non-empty
  - fields
```
public java.util.Enumeration fields()
```
    returns an enumeration over all the stored fields
    
    Returns:
    
    all currently stored fields
  - hasAdditional
```
public boolean hasAdditional()
```
    returns true if there are further technical informations stored in this
    
    Returns:
    
    true if there are further technical informations available
  - additional
```
public java.util.Enumeration additional()
```
    returns an enumeration of all the additional technical informations (if there are any)
    
    Returns:
    
    an enumeration over all additional technical informations
  - add
```
public void add(TechnicalInformation value)
```
    adds the given information to the list of additional technical informations
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the information to add
  - add
```
public TechnicalInformation add(TechnicalInformation.Type type)
```
    Adds an empty technical information with the given type to the list of additional informations and returns the instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the type of the new information to add
    
    Returns:
    
    the generated information
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Returns a plain-text string representing this technical information. Note: it only returns a string based on some fields. At least AUTHOR, YEAR and TITLE are necessary.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a string representation of this information
  - toBibTex
```
public java.lang.String toBibTex()
```
    Returns a BibTex string representing this technical information. Note: this is just a very raw implementation, special characters need to be escaped manually for LaTeX.
    
    Returns:
    
    the BibTeX representation of this information
  - main
```
public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Prints some examples of technical informations if there are no commandline options given. Otherwise the information of a given TechnicalInformationHandler can be printed.
    Valid options are:
    -W classname
    The classname of the TechnicalInformationHandler to print the information for
    -bibtex
    Print the information in BibTeX format
    -plaintext
    Print the information in plain text format
    
    Parameters:
    
    args - the commandline options
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception - if the option parsing fails

Class TechnicalInformation

Nested Class Summary

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

MISSING_ID

m_Type

m_ID

m_Values

m_Additional

Constructor Detail

TechnicalInformation

TechnicalInformation

Method Detail

getType

getAuthors

generateID

getID

setValue

getValue

exists

fields

hasAdditional

additional

add

add

toString

toBibTex

main