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*/
/*
* Split.java
* Copyright (C) 2013 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
*
*/
package weka.classifiers.trees.ht;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import weka.core.Instance;
/**
* Base class for different split types
*
* @author Richard Kirkby (rkirkby@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
* @author Mark Hall (mhall{[at]}pentaho{[dot]}com)
* @version $Revision: 9705 $
*/
public abstract class Split {
/** name(s) of attribute(s) involved in the split */
protected List<String> m_splitAttNames = new ArrayList<String>();
/**
* Returns the name of the branch that the supplied instance would go down
*
* @param inst the instance to find the branch for
* @return the name of the branch that the instance would go down
*/
public abstract String branchForInstance(Instance inst);
/**
* Returns the condition for the supplied branch name
*
* @param branch the name of the branch to get the condition for
* @return the condition (test) that corresponds to the named branch
*/
public abstract String conditionForBranch(String branch);
public List<String> splitAttributes() {
return m_splitAttNames;
}
}