cbr.framework
Class Feature

java.lang.Object
  cbr.framework.Feature

Direct Known Subclasses:

TargetFeature

public class Feature
extends Object

A feature is an attribute value pair. Features can have a weight value and each must specify a similarity metric to be used to compare features.

Constructor Summary

Feature(String name, Value value, boolean indexed)
Creates a Feature by supplying a name and value and indicating whether the feature is indexed or not.

Method Summary

String	getName() Get the name of the feature
String	getValueAsString() Returns the value of this feature, represented as a String.
boolean	isIndexed() Returns whether the feature is indexed or not
String	toString() Describes the current state of this Feature

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Feature

public Feature(String name,
               Value value,
               boolean indexed)

Creates a Feature by supplying a name and value and indicating whether the feature is indexed or not.

Parameters:

name - the name of the feature

value - the value of the feature

indexed - true if the feature is indexed, otherwise false

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Get the name of the feature

Returns:

the name of the feature

getValueAsString

public String getValueAsString()

Returns the value of this feature, represented as a String.

Returns:

a String representing the value

isIndexed

public boolean isIndexed()

Returns whether the feature is indexed or not

Returns:

true if indexed, false if not indexed

toString

public String toString()

Describes the current state of this Feature

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a String describing this feature