gov.sandia.cognition.data.convert.vector
Class AbstractToVectorEncoder<InputType>

java.lang.Object
  gov.sandia.cognition.util.AbstractCloneableSerializable
      gov.sandia.cognition.data.convert.AbstractDataConverter<InputType,Vector>
          gov.sandia.cognition.data.convert.vector.AbstractToVectorEncoder<InputType>

Type Parameters:

InputType - The type of input data to be encoded into a Vector.

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataConverter<InputType,Vector>, DataToVectorEncoder<InputType>, Evaluator<InputType,Vector>, VectorOutputEvaluator<InputType,Vector>, CloneableSerializable, Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

NumberConverterToVectorAdapter, NumberToVectorEncoder, UniqueBooleanVectorEncoder

public abstract class AbstractToVectorEncoder<InputType>
extends AbstractDataConverter<InputType,Vector>
implements DataToVectorEncoder<InputType>

An abstract implementation of the DataToVectorEncoder interface. It chains together the typical calls to create a vector and allows a vector factory to be stored on the encoder.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Justin Basilico

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected VectorFactory<?>

vectorFactory The vector factory to use to create new vectors.

Constructor Summary

AbstractToVectorEncoder()
Creates a new AbstractToVectorEncoder.

AbstractToVectorEncoder(VectorFactory<?> vectorFactory)
Creates a new AbstractToVectorEncoder with the given vector factory.

Method Summary

void	encode(InputType object, Vector vector) Encodes the given object into the given Vector.
Vector	evaluate(InputType input) Converts the given object to a Vector.

Methods inherited from class gov.sandia.cognition.util.AbstractCloneableSerializable

clone

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface gov.sandia.cognition.data.convert.vector.DataToVectorEncoder

encode, getOutputDimensionality

Field Detail

vectorFactory

protected VectorFactory<?> vectorFactory

The vector factory to use to create new vectors.

Constructor Detail

AbstractToVectorEncoder

public AbstractToVectorEncoder()

Creates a new AbstractToVectorEncoder.

AbstractToVectorEncoder

public AbstractToVectorEncoder(VectorFactory<?> vectorFactory)

Creates a new AbstractToVectorEncoder with the given vector factory.

Parameters:

vectorFactory - The VectorFactory to use.

Method Detail

evaluate

public Vector evaluate(InputType input)

Converts the given object to a Vector.

Specified by:

evaluate in interface Evaluator<InputType,Vector>

Parameters:

input - The object to convert.

Returns:

The Vector representing the object.

encode

public void encode(InputType object,
                   Vector vector)

Description copied from interface: DataToVectorEncoder

Encodes the given object into the given Vector. It starts at index zero in the Vector.

Specified by:

encode in interface DataToVectorEncoder<InputType>

Parameters:

object - The object to encode.

vector - The vector to encode the object into.