weka.classifiers.meta.generators
Class RandomizableGenerator

java.lang.Object
  weka.classifiers.meta.generators.Generator
      weka.classifiers.meta.generators.RandomizableGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, OptionHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

DiscreteGenerator, DiscreteUniformGenerator, EMGenerator, NominalGenerator, RandomizableDistributionGenerator, RandomizableRangedGenerator

public abstract class RandomizableGenerator
extends Generator

An abstract superclass for generators that use a seeded internal random number generator.

Version:

$Revision: 5793 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

RandomizableGenerator()

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	getOptions() Gets the current settings of the generator.
long	getSeed() Gets the current random number generator seed.
java.util.Enumeration	listOptions() Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
java.lang.String	seedTipText() Returns the tip text for this property.
void	setOptions(java.lang.String[] options) Parses a given list of options.
void	setSeed(long value) Sets the seed to the random number generator.

Methods inherited from class weka.classifiers.meta.generators.Generator

copy, debugTipText, forName, generate, getDebug, getLogProbabilityOf, getProbabilityOf, globalInfo, setDebug

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RandomizableGenerator

public RandomizableGenerator()

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 Generator

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.

Specified by:

setOptions in interface OptionHandler

Overrides:

setOptions in class Generator

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 generator.

Specified by:

getOptions in interface OptionHandler

Overrides:

getOptions in class Generator

Returns:

An array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions.

setSeed

public void setSeed(long value)

Sets the seed to the random number generator.

Parameters:

value - The new seed for the random number generator.

getSeed

public long getSeed()

Gets the current random number generator seed.

Returns:

The current random number generator seed.

seedTipText

public java.lang.String seedTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property.

Returns:

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