source: branches/MetisMQI/src/main/java/weka/clusterers/RandomizableClusterer.java

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/*
 * RandomizableClusterer.java
 * Copyright (C) 2006 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package weka.clusterers;

import weka.core.Option;
import weka.core.OptionHandler;
import weka.core.Randomizable;
import weka.core.Utils;

import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Vector;

/**
 * Abstract utility class for handling settings common to randomizable
 * clusterers.
 *
 * @author FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
 */
public abstract class RandomizableClusterer
  extends AbstractClusterer
  implements OptionHandler, Randomizable {

  /** for serialization */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -4819590778152242745L;
  
  /** the default seed value */
  protected int m_SeedDefault = 1;
  
  /** The random number seed. */
  protected int m_Seed = m_SeedDefault;

  /**
   * Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
   *
   * @return            an enumeration of all the available options.
   */
  public Enumeration listOptions() {
    Vector result = new Vector();

    result.addElement(new Option(
        "\tRandom number seed.\n"
        + "\t(default " + m_SeedDefault + ")",
        "S", 1, "-S <num>"));

    return result.elements();
  }

  /**
   * Parses a given list of options. Valid options are:<p>
   *
   * @param options     the list of options as an array of strings
   * @throws Exception  if an option is not supported
   */
  public void setOptions(String[] options) throws Exception {
    String      tmpStr;
    
    tmpStr = Utils.getOption('S', options);
    if (tmpStr.length() != 0)
      setSeed(Integer.parseInt(tmpStr));
    else
      setSeed(m_SeedDefault);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the current settings of the classifier.
   *
   * @return an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions
   */
  public String[] getOptions() {
    Vector      result;
    
    result = new Vector();

    result.add("-S");
    result.add("" + getSeed());

    return (String[]) result.toArray(new String[result.size()]);
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the tip text for this property
   * 
   * @return            tip text for this property suitable for
   *                    displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String seedTipText() {
    return "The random number seed to be used.";
  }

  /**
   * Set the seed for random number generation.
   *
   * @param value       the seed to use
   */
  public void setSeed(int value) {
    m_Seed = value;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the seed for the random number generations
   *
   * @return            the seed for the random number generation
   */
  public int getSeed() {
    return m_Seed;
  }
}