[29] | 1 | /* |
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| 2 | * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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| 3 | * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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| 4 | * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
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| 5 | * (at your option) any later version. |
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| 6 | * |
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| 7 | * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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| 8 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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| 9 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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| 10 | * GNU General Public License for more details. |
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| 11 | * |
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| 12 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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| 13 | * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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| 14 | * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. |
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| 15 | */ |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | /* |
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| 18 | * StartSetHandler.java |
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| 19 | * Copyright (C) 1999 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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| 20 | * |
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| 21 | */ |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | package weka.attributeSelection; |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | /** |
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| 27 | * Interface for search methods capable of doing something sensible |
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| 28 | * given a starting set of attributes. |
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| 29 | * |
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| 30 | * @author Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz) |
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| 31 | * @version $Revision: 1.8 $ |
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| 32 | */ |
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| 33 | public interface StartSetHandler { |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | /** |
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| 36 | * Sets a starting set of attributes for the search. It is the |
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| 37 | * search method's responsibility to report this start set (if any) |
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| 38 | * in its toString() method. |
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| 39 | * @param startSet a string containing a list of attributes (and or ranges), |
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| 40 | * eg. 1,2,6,10-15. |
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| 41 | * @exception Exception if start set can't be set. |
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| 42 | */ |
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| 43 | void setStartSet (String startSet) throws Exception; |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | /** |
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| 46 | * Returns a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges) as a String |
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| 47 | * @return a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges) |
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| 48 | */ |
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| 49 | String getStartSet (); |
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| 50 | } |
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