weka.associations

## Class SingleAssociatorEnhancer

- java.lang.Object
- - weka.associations.AbstractAssociator
  - - weka.associations.SingleAssociatorEnhancer

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, Associator, CapabilitiesHandler, CapabilitiesIgnorer, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    FilteredAssociator

      public abstract class SingleAssociatorEnhancer
      extends AbstractAssociator
      implements OptionHandler

  Abstract utility class for handling settings common to meta associators that use a single base associator.
  Version:
    $Revision: 10172 $
  Author:
    Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz), FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `SingleAssociatorEnhancer()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `java.lang.String` | `associatorTipText()` Returns the tip text for this property
    `Associator` | `getAssociator()` Get the associator used as the base associator.
    `Capabilities` | `getCapabilities()` Returns default capabilities of the base associator.
    `java.lang.String[]` | `getOptions()` Gets the current settings of the associator.
    `java.util.Enumeration<Option>` | `listOptions()` Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
    `void` | `setAssociator(Associator value)` Set the base associator.
    `void` | `setOptions(java.lang.String[] options)` Parses a given list of options.

    - ### Methods inherited from class weka.associations.AbstractAssociator

      `doNotCheckCapabilitiesTipText, forName, getDoNotCheckCapabilities, getRevision, makeCopies, makeCopy, runAssociator, setDoNotCheckCapabilities`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    - ### Methods inherited from interface weka.associations.Associator

      `buildAssociations`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### SingleAssociatorEnhancer

          public SingleAssociatorEnhancer()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### listOptions

          public java.util.Enumeration<Option> listOptions()

      Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
      Specified by:
        `listOptions` in interface `OptionHandler`
      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. Valid options are:

      -W classname
      Specify the full class name of the base associator.

      Options after -- are passed to the designated associator.

      Specified by:
        `setOptions` in interface `OptionHandler`
      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 associator.
      Specified by:
        `getOptions` in interface `OptionHandler`
      Returns:
        an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions

    - #### associatorTipText

          public java.lang.String associatorTipText()

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

    - #### setAssociator

          public void setAssociator(Associator value)

      Set the base associator.
      Parameters:
        `value` - the associator to use.

    - #### getAssociator

          public Associator getAssociator()

      Get the associator used as the base associator.
      Returns:
        the currently used associator

    - #### getCapabilities

          public Capabilities getCapabilities()

      Returns default capabilities of the base associator.
      Specified by:
        `getCapabilities` in interface `Associator`
      Specified by:
        `getCapabilities` in interface `CapabilitiesHandler`
      Overrides:
        `getCapabilities` in class `AbstractAssociator`
      Returns:
        the capabilities of the base associator
      See Also:
        `Capabilities`