edu.udo.cs.yale.tools.att
Class AttributeSet

java.lang.Object
  edu.udo.cs.yale.tools.att.AttributeSet

public class AttributeSet
extends java.lang.Object

Set of regular and special attributes that need not necessarily be associated with an ExampleSet.

Version:

$Id: AttributeSet.java,v 2.14 2006/08/03 14:39:36 ingomierswa Exp $

Author:

Ingo Mierswa, Simon Fischer

Field Summary

private java.io.File	defaultSource The default source file.
private java.util.List<Attribute>	regularAttributes List of regular attributes.
private java.util.Map<java.lang.String,Attribute>	specialAttributes Names, i.e.

Constructor Summary

AttributeSet()
Creates an empty attribute set.

AttributeSet(AttributeDataSources attributeDataSources)
Creates an attribute set from the given collection of AttributeDataSources.

AttributeSet(java.io.File attributeDescriptionFile, boolean sourceColRequired)
Reads an xml attribute description file and creates an attribute set.

AttributeSet(int initialCapacity)
Creates an empty attribute set.

AttributeSet(java.util.List<Attribute> regularAttributes, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,Attribute> specialAttributes)

Method Summary

void	addAttribute(Attribute attribute) Adds an attribute at the end of the list.
java.util.List<Attribute>	getAllAttributes() Returns a list of all, i.e. regular and special attributes.
Attribute	getAttribute(int index) Returns an attribute by index.
java.io.File	getDefaultSource() Returns the default file.
int	getNumberOfRegularAttributes() Returns the number of regular attributes.
java.util.List<Attribute>	getRegularAttributes() Returns a list of all regular attributes.
Attribute	getSpecialAttribute(java.lang.String name) Returns a special attribute by name.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,Attribute>	getSpecialAttributes() Returns a Map mapping names to special attributes.
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getSpecialNames() Returns a list of all names (Strings) of all special attributes.
void	setSpecialAttribute(java.lang.String name, Attribute attribute) Adds a named special attribute.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

regularAttributes

private java.util.List<Attribute> regularAttributes

List of regular attributes.

specialAttributes

private java.util.Map<java.lang.String,Attribute> specialAttributes

Names, i.e. Strings are mapped to special attributes.

defaultSource

private java.io.File defaultSource

The default source file.

Constructor Detail

AttributeSet

public AttributeSet()

Creates an empty attribute set.

AttributeSet

public AttributeSet(int initialCapacity)

Creates an empty attribute set.

AttributeSet

public AttributeSet(AttributeDataSources attributeDataSources)
             throws UserError

Creates an attribute set from the given collection of AttributeDataSources.

Throws:

UserError

AttributeSet

public AttributeSet(java.io.File attributeDescriptionFile,
                    boolean sourceColRequired)
             throws XMLException,
                    javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException,
                    org.xml.sax.SAXException,
                    java.io.IOException,
                    UserError

Reads an xml attribute description file and creates an attribute set.

Throws:

XMLException

javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException

org.xml.sax.SAXException

java.io.IOException

UserError

AttributeSet

public AttributeSet(java.util.List<Attribute> regularAttributes,
                    java.util.Map<java.lang.String,Attribute> specialAttributes)

Method Detail

getDefaultSource

public java.io.File getDefaultSource()

Returns the default file.

getAttribute

public Attribute getAttribute(int index)

Returns an attribute by index.

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(Attribute attribute)

Adds an attribute at the end of the list.

getSpecialAttribute

public Attribute getSpecialAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Returns a special attribute by name.

setSpecialAttribute

public void setSpecialAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                Attribute attribute)

Adds a named special attribute.

getSpecialNames

public java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getSpecialNames()

Returns a list of all names (Strings) of all special attributes.

getRegularAttributes

public java.util.List<Attribute> getRegularAttributes()

Returns a list of all regular attributes.

getNumberOfRegularAttributes

public int getNumberOfRegularAttributes()

Returns the number of regular attributes.

getSpecialAttributes

public java.util.Map<java.lang.String,Attribute> getSpecialAttributes()

Returns a Map mapping names to special attributes.

getAllAttributes

public java.util.List<Attribute> getAllAttributes()

Returns a list of all, i.e. regular and special attributes. This method creates a list. The first elements in the list will be the regular attributes, the last elements will be the special attributes.