NominalSplitCondition.java

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package com.rapidminer.operator.learner.tree;

import com.rapidminer.example.Attribute;
import com.rapidminer.example.Example;
import com.rapidminer.tools.Tools;

/**
 * A split condition for nominal values (equals).
 * 
 * @author Ingo Mierswa
 * @version $Id: NominalSplitCondition.java,v 1.7 2008/05/09 19:22:52 ingomierswa Exp $
 */
public class NominalSplitCondition extends AbstractSplitCondition {
    
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3883155435836330171L;
    
	private double value;
    
    private String valueString;
    
    public NominalSplitCondition(Attribute attribute, String valueString) {
        super(attribute.getName());
        this.value = attribute.getMapping().getIndex(valueString);
        this.valueString = valueString;
    }
    
    public boolean test(Example example) {
        double currentValue = example.getValue(example.getAttributes().get(getAttributeName()));
        return Tools.isEqual(currentValue, value);
    }

	public String getRelation() {
		return "=";
	}

	public String getValueString() {
		return this.valueString;
	}
}