com.wcohen.ss.expt
Class MatchData

java.lang.Object
  com.wcohen.ss.expt.MatchData

public class MatchData
extends java.lang.Object

Holds data for evaluating a distance metric.

Nested Class Summary

static class	MatchData.InputFormatException Signals an incorrectly formatted MatchData file.
static class	MatchData.Instance A single item (aka record, string, etc) to match against others.
static class	MatchData.MatchIterator Iterates over all stored StringWrappers

Constructor Summary

MatchData()

MatchData(java.lang.String filename)
Read match data from a file.

Method Summary

void	addInstance(java.lang.String src, java.lang.String id, java.lang.String text) Add a single instance, with given src and id, to the datafile
java.lang.String	getFilename()
MatchData.Instance	getInstance(java.lang.String src, int j) Get the j-th record for the named source.
StringWrapperIterator	getIterator()
java.lang.String	getSource(int i) Get string identifier for i-th source
static void	main(java.lang.String[] argv)
int	numInstances(java.lang.String src) Number of records for source with given string id
int	numSources() Number of sources in data set
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MatchData

public MatchData(java.lang.String filename)
          throws MatchData.InputFormatException

Read match data from a file. Format should be: sourceRelation TAB instanceID TAB field1 TAB ... fieldn LF

Throws:

MatchData.InputFormatException

MatchData

public MatchData()

Method Detail

addInstance

public void addInstance(java.lang.String src,
                        java.lang.String id,
                        java.lang.String text)

Add a single instance, with given src and id, to the datafile

numSources

public int numSources()

Number of sources in data set

getSource

public java.lang.String getSource(int i)

Get string identifier for i-th source

numInstances

public int numInstances(java.lang.String src)

Number of records for source with given string id

getInstance

public MatchData.Instance getInstance(java.lang.String src,
                                      int j)

Get the j-th record for the named source.

getIterator

public StringWrapperIterator getIterator()

getFilename

public java.lang.String getFilename()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] argv)