source: trunk/CrossPare/src/de/ugoe/cs/cpdp/dataprocessing/AttributeRemoval.java

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package de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.dataprocessing;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.list.SetUniqueList;

import weka.core.Instances;

/**
 * Removes an attributes from all data sets using their name.
 * 
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 */
public class AttributeRemoval implements ISetWiseProcessingStrategy, IProcessesingStrategy {

    /**
     * names of the attributes to be removed (determined by {@link #setParameter(String)})
     */
    private String[] attributeNames = new String[] { };

    /**
     * Sets that attributes that will be removed. The string contains the blank-separated names of
     * the attributes to be removed. <br>
     * <br>
     * Note, that removal of attributes with blanks is currently not supported!
     * 
     * @param parameters
     *            string with the blank-separated attribute names
     */
    @Override
    public void setParameter(String parameters) {
        if (parameters != null) {
            attributeNames = parameters.split(" ");
        }
    }

    /**
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.dataprocessing.SetWiseProcessingStrategy#apply(weka.core.Instances,
     *      org.apache.commons.collections4.list.SetUniqueList)
     */
    @Override
    public void apply(Instances testdata, SetUniqueList<Instances> traindataSet) {
        for (String attributeName : attributeNames) {
            for (int i = 0; i < testdata.numAttributes(); i++) {
                if (attributeName.equals(testdata.attribute(i).name())) {
                    testdata.deleteAttributeAt(i);
                    for (Instances traindata : traindataSet) {
                        traindata.deleteAttributeAt(i);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.dataprocessing.ProcessesingStrategy#apply(weka.core.Instances,
     *      weka.core.Instances)
     */
    @Override
    public void apply(Instances testdata, Instances traindata) {
        for (String attributeName : attributeNames) {
            for (int i = 0; i < testdata.numAttributes(); i++) {
                if (attributeName.equals(testdata.attribute(i).name())) {
                    testdata.deleteAttributeAt(i);
                    traindata.deleteAttributeAt(i);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}