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package com.rapidminer.operator.learner.meta;

import com.rapidminer.operator.Operator;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorCreationException;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorDescription;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorException;
import com.rapidminer.operator.learner.lazy.AttributeBasedVotingLearner;
import com.rapidminer.tools.OperatorService;


/**  
 * This class uses n+1 inner learners and generates n different models
 * by using the last n learners. The predictions of these n models are
 * taken to create n new features for the example set, which is finally
 * used to serve as an input of the first inner learner.  
 * 
 * @author Ingo Mierswa, Helge Homburg
 * @version $Id: Vote.java,v 1.4 2008/05/09 19:22:48 ingomierswa Exp $
 */
public class Vote extends AbstractStacking {
    
	public Vote(OperatorDescription description) {
		super(description);
	}		

	public String getModelName() {
		return "Vote Model";
	}
	
	public int getFirstBaseModelLearnerIndex() {
		return 0;
	}

	public int getLastBaseModelLearnerIndex() {
		return getNumberOfOperators() - 1;
	}

	public Operator getStackingLearner() throws OperatorException {
		try {
			return OperatorService.createOperator(AttributeBasedVotingLearner.class);
		} catch (OperatorCreationException e) {
			throw new OperatorException(getName() + ": Not possible to create vote operator.");
		}
	}

	public boolean keepOldAttributes() {
		return false;
	}
}