/**
* Sets the format of the input instances.
*
* @param instanceInfo an Instances object containing the input instance structure (any instances
* contained in the object are ignored - only the structure is required).
* @return true if the outputFormat may be collected immediately
* @throws Exception if the format couldn't be set successfully
*/
public boolean setInputFormat(Instances instanceInfo) throws Exception {
super.setInputFormat(instanceInfo);
m_Insert.setUpper(instanceInfo.numAttributes());
Instances outputFormat = new Instances(instanceInfo, 0);
Attribute newAttribute = null;
switch (m_AttributeType) {
case Attribute.NUMERIC:
newAttribute = new Attribute(m_Name);
break;
case Attribute.NOMINAL:
newAttribute = new Attribute(m_Name, m_Labels);
break;
case Attribute.STRING:
newAttribute = new Attribute(m_Name, (FastVector) null);
break;
case Attribute.DATE:
newAttribute = new Attribute(m_Name, m_DateFormat);
break;
default:
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown attribute type in Add");
}
if ((m_Insert.getIndex() < 0) || (m_Insert.getIndex() > getInputFormat().numAttributes())) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Index out of range");
}
outputFormat.insertAttributeAt(newAttribute, m_Insert.getIndex());
setOutputFormat(outputFormat);
// all attributes, except index of added attribute
// (otherwise the length of the input/output indices differ)
Range atts = new Range(m_Insert.getSingleIndex());
atts.setInvert(true);
atts.setUpper(outputFormat.numAttributes() - 1);
initOutputLocators(outputFormat, atts.getSelection());
return true;
}
