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package com.rapidminer.operator.performance;

import com.rapidminer.example.ExampleSet;
import com.rapidminer.operator.Operator;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorDescription;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorException;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.InputPort;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.OutputPort;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.metadata.GenerateNewMDRule;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.metadata.PassThroughRule;

/** 
 * Abstract superclass of operators accepting an ExampleSet and producing
 * a PerformanceVector.
 *   
 * @author Simon Fischer
 */
public abstract class AbstractExampleSetEvaluator extends Operator {

	private InputPort exampleSetInput = getInputPorts().createPort("example set", ExampleSet.class);	
	private OutputPort performanceOutput = getOutputPorts().createPort("performance");
	private OutputPort exampleSetOutput = getOutputPorts().createPort("example set");
	
	public AbstractExampleSetEvaluator(OperatorDescription description) {
		super(description);	
		getTransformer().addRule(new PassThroughRule(exampleSetInput, exampleSetOutput, false));
		getTransformer().addRule(new GenerateNewMDRule(performanceOutput, PerformanceVector.class));
	}

	/** Implements the evaluation. Called by {@link #apply()}. */
	public abstract PerformanceVector evaluate(ExampleSet exampleSet) throws OperatorException;
	
	@Override
	public void doWork() throws OperatorException {
		ExampleSet input = exampleSetInput.getData();
		performanceOutput.deliver(evaluate(input));
		exampleSetOutput.deliver(input);				
	}
	
	@Override
	public boolean shouldAutoConnect(OutputPort port) {
		if (port == exampleSetOutput) {
			return getParameterAsBoolean("keep_example_set");
		} else {
			return super.shouldAutoConnect(port);
		}
	}
}