cbr.framework
Class TargetFeature

java.lang.Object
  cbr.framework.Feature
      cbr.framework.TargetFeature

public class TargetFeature
extends Feature

This class represents a target case feature. It differs from a normal feature in that a similarity metric and weight is specified to be used during the retrieval process. It can only be used with TargetCases.

Constructor Summary

TargetFeature(String name, Value value, SimilarityMetric sm, double weight)
Create a feature for a target case.

Method Summary

SimilarityMetric	getSimilarityMetric() Get the SimilarityMetric to be used for this feature.
double	getWeight() Get the feature's weighting.
void	setSimilarityMetric(SimilarityMetric similarityMetric) Set the SimilarityMetric to be used for this feature.
void	setWeight(double weight) Set the feature's weighting.

Methods inherited from class cbr.framework.Feature

getName, getValueAsString, isIndexed, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TargetFeature

public TargetFeature(String name,
                     Value value,
                     SimilarityMetric sm,
                     double weight)

Create a feature for a target case.

Parameters:

name - the name of the feature

value - the feature's value

sm - the similarity metric to use

weight - the feature's weight

Method Detail

getSimilarityMetric

public SimilarityMetric getSimilarityMetric()

Get the SimilarityMetric to be used for this feature.

Returns:

the SimilarityMetric

setSimilarityMetric

public void setSimilarityMetric(SimilarityMetric similarityMetric)

Set the SimilarityMetric to be used for this feature.

Parameters:

similarityMetric - the SimilarityMetric

getWeight

public double getWeight()

Get the feature's weighting.

Returns:

the weight value

setWeight

public void setWeight(double weight)

Set the feature's weighting.

Parameters:

weight - the weight value