weka.classifiers
Class MultipleClassifiersCombiner

java.lang.Object
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  +--weka.classifiers.Classifier
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        +--weka.classifiers.MultipleClassifiersCombiner

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, OptionHandler, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

RandomizableMultipleClassifiersCombiner, Vote

public abstract class MultipleClassifiersCombiner

extends Classifier

Abstract utility class for handling settings common to meta classifiers that build an ensemble from multiple classifiers.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

MultipleClassifiersCombiner()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	classifiersTipText() Returns the tip text for this property
Classifier	getClassifier(int index) Gets a single classifier from the set of available classifiers.
Classifier[]	getClassifiers() Gets the list of possible classifers to choose from.
java.lang.String[]	getOptions() Gets the current settings of the Classifier.
java.util.Enumeration	listOptions() Returns an enumeration describing the available options
void	setClassifiers(Classifier[] classifiers) Sets the list of possible classifers to choose from.
void	setOptions(java.lang.String[] options) Parses a given list of options.

Methods inherited from class weka.classifiers.Classifier

buildClassifier, classifyInstance, debugTipText, distributionForInstance, forName, getDebug, makeCopies, setDebug

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MultipleClassifiersCombiner

public MultipleClassifiersCombiner()

Method Detail

listOptions

public java.util.Enumeration listOptions()

Returns an enumeration describing the available options

Specified by:

listOptions in interface OptionHandler

Overrides:

listOptions in class Classifier

Returns:

an enumeration of all the available options

setOptions

public void setOptions(java.lang.String[] options)
                throws java.lang.Exception

Parses a given list of options. Valid options are:

-B classifierstring
Classifierstring should contain the full class name of a scheme included for selection followed by options to the classifier (required, option should be used once for each classifier).

Specified by:

setOptions in interface OptionHandler

Overrides:

setOptions in class Classifier

Parameters:

options - the list of options as an array of strings

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if an option is not supported

getOptions

public java.lang.String[] getOptions()

Gets the current settings of the Classifier.

Specified by:

getOptions in interface OptionHandler

Overrides:

getOptions in class Classifier

Returns:

an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions

classifiersTipText

public java.lang.String classifiersTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property

Returns:

tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

setClassifiers

public void setClassifiers(Classifier[] classifiers)

Sets the list of possible classifers to choose from.

Parameters:

classifiers - an array of classifiers with all options set.

getClassifiers

public Classifier[] getClassifiers()

Gets the list of possible classifers to choose from.

Returns:

the array of Classifiers

getClassifier

public Classifier getClassifier(int index)

Gets a single classifier from the set of available classifiers.

Parameters:

index - the index of the classifier wanted

Returns:

the Classifier