/*
* File: NumberToVectorEncoder.java
* Authors: Justin Basilico
* Company: Sandia National Laboratories
* Project: Cognitive Foundry
*
* Copyright May 30, 2008, Sandia Corporation.
* Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000, there is a non-exclusive
* license for use of this work by or on behalf of the U.S. Government. Export
* of this program may require a license from the United States Government.
* See CopyrightHistory.txt for complete details.
*
*/
package gov.sandia.cognition.data.convert.vector;
import gov.sandia.cognition.math.matrix.Vector;
/**
* An encoder that encodes a number as an element of a {@code Vector}.
*
* @author Justin Basilico
* @since 3.0
*/
public class NumberToVectorEncoder
extends AbstractToVectorEncoder<Number>
{
/**
* Creates a new {@code NumberToVectorEncoder}.
*/
public NumberToVectorEncoder()
{
super();
}
/**
* Encodes the given number into the given vector at the given index.
*
* @param number
* The number to encode.
* @param vector
* The vector to encode into.
* @param index
* The index to encode at.
*/
public void encode(
final Number number,
final Vector vector,
final int index)
{
final double value = number == null ? 0.0 : number.doubleValue();
vector.setElement(index, value);
}
/**
* Gets the dimensionality of the converter, which is 1.
*
* @return The dimensionality of the converter.
*/
public int getOutputDimensionality()
{
return 1;
}
}