/**
* Adds a SearchObject to the container.
*
* <p>Attention: As you do this, it has to be checked, if the distance between the associated
* SearchObject and the object added to the container is equal to the distance of the objects
* already in the container.
*
* <p>To achieve this, the method checks if the distance delivered as a sanity check parameter is
* equal to the distance of the container; if yes, the object is added, else not. A boolean state
* on the success is returned.
*
* <p>if the container is empty, e.g. the first object is added, no checks are necessary and hence
* the distance check against the initial zero value is not performed thus not preventing the
* addition of the object.
*
* <p>It is recommended to e.g. add an object <i>so</i> to the list of the objects of a container
* associated to an object <i>soA</i> with the following process:
*
* <p>KdistanceContainer.addObject(so, soA.getDistance(so));
*/
public boolean addObject(SearchObject so, double dist) {
// first, check if the container is empty, in this case the object can be added
// without additional checks:
if (this.listOfObjects.size() == 0) {
this.listOfObjects.add(so);
this.setDistance(dist);
this.setNumberOfObjects(this.listOfObjects.size());
return true;
} else { // in the other case (container is not empty)
if (Tools.isEqual(
this.getDistance(),
dist)) { // check if distance of container is equal to dist of added object
this.listOfObjects.add(so); // if yes, then add it
this.setDistance(dist);
this.setNumberOfObjects(this.listOfObjects.size());
return true;
} else { // if the distances are not equal, do not add the object and return false
return false;
}
}
}
@Override
public ExampleSet apply(ExampleSet exampleSet) throws OperatorException {
// init
char decimalPointCharacter = getParameterAsString(PARAMETER_DECIMAL_POINT_CHARACTER).charAt(0);
Character groupingCharacter = null;
if (isParameterSet(PARAMETER_NUMBER_GROUPING_CHARACTER)) {
groupingCharacter = getParameterAsString(PARAMETER_NUMBER_GROUPING_CHARACTER).charAt(0);
}
Set<Attribute> attributeSet = attributeSelector.getAttributeSubset(exampleSet, false);
int size = attributeSet.size();
int[] valueTypes = new int[size];
int index = 0;
for (Attribute attribute : attributeSet) {
valueTypes[index++] = attribute.getValueType();
}
// guessing
int[] guessedValueTypes = new int[valueTypes.length];
int checkedCounter = 0;
for (Example example : exampleSet) {
index = 0;
for (Attribute attribute : attributeSet) {
if (!attribute.isNominal() && !attribute.isNumerical()) {
continue;
}
double originalValue = example.getValue(attribute);
if (!Double.isNaN(originalValue)) {
if (guessedValueTypes[index] != Ontology.NOMINAL) {
try {
String valueString = example.getValueAsString(attribute);
if (!Attribute.MISSING_NOMINAL_VALUE.equals(valueString)) {
if (groupingCharacter != null) {
valueString = valueString.replace(groupingCharacter.toString(), "");
}
valueString = valueString.replace(decimalPointCharacter, '.');
double value = Double.parseDouble(valueString);
if (guessedValueTypes[index] != Ontology.REAL) {
if (Tools.isEqual(Math.round(value), value)) {
guessedValueTypes[index] = Ontology.INTEGER;
} else {
guessedValueTypes[index] = Ontology.REAL;
}
}
}
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
guessedValueTypes[index] = Ontology.NOMINAL;
checkedCounter++;
}
}
}
index++;
}
if (checkedCounter >= guessedValueTypes.length) {
break;
}
}
// the example set contains at least one example and the guessing was performed
if (exampleSet.size() > 0) {
valueTypes = guessedValueTypes;
// new attributes
List<AttributeRole> newAttributes = new LinkedList<AttributeRole>();
index = 0;
for (Attribute attribute : attributeSet) {
if (!attribute.isNominal() && !attribute.isNumerical()) {
continue;
}
AttributeRole role = exampleSet.getAttributes().getRole(attribute);
Attribute newAttribute = AttributeFactory.createAttribute(valueTypes[index]);
exampleSet.getExampleTable().addAttribute(newAttribute);
AttributeRole newRole = new AttributeRole(newAttribute);
newRole.setSpecial(role.getSpecialName());
newAttributes.add(newRole);
// copy data
for (Example e : exampleSet) {
double oldValue = e.getValue(attribute);
if (Ontology.ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_TYPE.isA(valueTypes[index], Ontology.NUMERICAL)) {
if (!Double.isNaN(oldValue)) {
String valueString = e.getValueAsString(attribute);
if (Attribute.MISSING_NOMINAL_VALUE.equals(valueString)) {
e.setValue(newAttribute, Double.NaN);
} else {
if (groupingCharacter != null) {
valueString = valueString.replace(groupingCharacter.toString(), "");
}
valueString = valueString.replace(decimalPointCharacter, '.');
e.setValue(newAttribute, Double.parseDouble(valueString));
}
} else {
e.setValue(newAttribute, Double.NaN);
}
} else {
if (!Double.isNaN(oldValue)) {
String value = e.getValueAsString(attribute);
e.setValue(newAttribute, newAttribute.getMapping().mapString(value));
} else {
e.setValue(newAttribute, Double.NaN);
}
}
}
// delete attribute and rename the new attribute (due to deletion and data scans: no
// more memory used :-)
exampleSet.getExampleTable().removeAttribute(attribute);
exampleSet.getAttributes().remove(role);
newAttribute.setName(attribute.getName());
index++;
}
for (AttributeRole role : newAttributes) {
if (role.isSpecial()) {
exampleSet
.getAttributes()
.setSpecialAttribute(role.getAttribute(), role.getSpecialName());
} else {
exampleSet.getAttributes().addRegular(role.getAttribute());
}
}
}
return exampleSet;
}