UniformOperatorParser.java

package dr.inferencexml.operators;

import dr.inference.model.Parameter;
import dr.inference.operators.MCMCOperator;
import dr.inference.operators.UniformOperator;
import dr.xml.*;

/**
 */
public class UniformOperatorParser extends AbstractXMLObjectParser {
    public final static String UNIFORM_OPERATOR = "uniformOperator";
    public static final String LOWER = "lower";
    public static final String UPPER = "upper";

    public String getParserName() {
        return UNIFORM_OPERATOR;
    }

    public Object parseXMLObject(XMLObject xo) throws XMLParseException {

        double weight = xo.getDoubleAttribute(MCMCOperator.WEIGHT);
        Parameter parameter = (Parameter) xo.getChild(Parameter.class);

        if( parameter.getDimension() == 0 ) {
             throw new XMLParseException("parameter with 0 dimension.");
        }

        Double lower = null;
        Double upper = null;

        if (xo.hasAttribute(LOWER)) {
            lower = xo.getDoubleAttribute(LOWER);
        }

        if (xo.hasAttribute(UPPER)) {
            upper = xo.getDoubleAttribute(UPPER);
        }       

        return new UniformOperator(parameter, weight, lower, upper);
    }

    //************************************************************************
    // AbstractXMLObjectParser implementation
    //************************************************************************

    public String getParserDescription() {
        return "An operator that picks new parameter values uniformly at random.";
    }

    public Class getReturnType() {
        return UniformOperator.class;
    }


    public XMLSyntaxRule[] getSyntaxRules() {
        return rules;
    }

    private final XMLSyntaxRule[] rules = {
            AttributeRule.newDoubleRule(MCMCOperator.WEIGHT),
            AttributeRule.newDoubleRule(LOWER, true),
            AttributeRule.newDoubleRule(UPPER, true),
            new ElementRule(Parameter.class)
    };
}