weka.attributeSelection
Interface StartSetHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

BestFirst, Ranker, ExhaustiveSearch, RandomSearch, ForwardSelection, GeneticSearch

public interface StartSetHandler

Interface for search methods capable of doing something sensible given a starting set of attributes.

Author:

Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getStartSet() Returns a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges) as a String
void	setStartSet(java.lang.String startSet) Sets a starting set of attributes for the search.

Method Detail

setStartSet

public void setStartSet(java.lang.String startSet)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Sets a starting set of attributes for the search. It is the search method's responsibility to report this start set (if any) in its toString() method.

Parameters:

startSet - a string containing a list of attributes (and or ranges), eg. 1,2,6,10-15.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if start set can't be set.

getStartSet

public java.lang.String getStartSet()

Returns a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges) as a String

Returns:

a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges)