jbnc.dataset
Class NamesReader

java.lang.Object
  jbnc.dataset.NamesReader

public class NamesReader

extends java.lang.Object

Read C4.5's '.names' files describing the class and each of the attributes.

C4.5 saves data sets in two types of files. The first type contains description of description of the class and each of the attributes. The second type contains the actual data in a comma delimited format. File names have the same stem, different extensions:

.names - file containing description of data (first type)
.test - file containing test cases (second type) .data - file containing training cases (second type)
.all - file containing all available cases (second type)

Since:

June 1, 1999

Author:

Jarek Sacha

Constructor Summary

NamesReader()

Method Summary

static AttributeSpecs[]

open(java.lang.String filename) Reads '.names' file containing description of a class and variables.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NamesReader

public NamesReader()

Method Detail

open

public static AttributeSpecs[] open(java.lang.String filename)
                             throws java.lang.Exception

Reads '.names' file containing description of a class and variables.

Parameters:

filename - Description of Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Returned Value

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Description of Exception