nuroko.coders

Class ChoiceCoder<T>

java.lang.Object

nuroko.coders.AbstractCoder<T>

nuroko.coders.ChoiceCoder<T>

Type Parameters:

T -

All Implemented Interfaces:

ICoder<T>, IDecoder<T>, IEncoder<T>

public class ChoiceCoder<T>
extends AbstractCoder<T>

Coder for a categorical choice variable, with a small fixed set of values.

Author:

Mike

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ChoiceCoder(Collection<T> choices)
ChoiceCoder(T... values)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	codeLength() Returns the length of output vector produced by this encoder
mikera.vectorz.AVector	createOutputVector() Create a new vector with a length necessary to store the output of this encoder
T	decode(mikera.vectorz.AVector v, int offset) Decodes an object from the given vector
void	encode(T object, mikera.vectorz.AVector dest, int offset) Encodes an object into the given destination vector
List<?>	getChoiceList()

Methods inherited from class nuroko.coders.AbstractCoder

decode, encode, encode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ChoiceCoder

public ChoiceCoder(Collection<T> choices)

ChoiceCoder

public ChoiceCoder(T... values)

Method Detail

codeLength

public int codeLength()

Description copied from interface: IEncoder

Returns the length of output vector produced by this encoder

Specified by:

codeLength in interface IDecoder<T>

Specified by:

codeLength in interface IEncoder<T>

Specified by:

codeLength in class AbstractCoder<T>

Returns:

decode

public T decode(mikera.vectorz.AVector v,
                int offset)

Description copied from interface: IDecoder

Decodes an object from the given vector

Specified by:

decode in interface IDecoder<T>

Specified by:

decode in class AbstractCoder<T>

Parameters:

v - The vector containing the coded double values

Returns:

The object represented by the coded valeus

encode

public void encode(T object,
                   mikera.vectorz.AVector dest,
                   int offset)

Description copied from interface: IEncoder

Encodes an object into the given destination vector

Specified by:

encode in interface IEncoder<T>

Specified by:

encode in class AbstractCoder<T>

Parameters:

object - The object to encode

dest - The destination vector

getChoiceList

public List<?> getChoiceList()

createOutputVector

public mikera.vectorz.AVector createOutputVector()

Description copied from interface: IEncoder

Create a new vector with a length necessary to store the output of this encoder

Specified by:

createOutputVector in interface IEncoder<T>

Overrides:

createOutputVector in class AbstractCoder<T>

Returns: