NominalAttributeFilter.java example

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package com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.filter.attributes;

import com.rapidminer.example.Attribute;
import com.rapidminer.operator.UserError;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.metadata.AttributeMetaData;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.metadata.MetaDataInfo;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.ParameterHandler;

/**
 * This class implements the condition if an attribute is nominal. All non-nominal attributes
 * will be removed.
 * 
 * @author Sebastian Land, Ingo Mierswa
 */
public class NominalAttributeFilter extends AbstractAttributeFilterCondition {

	@Override
	public MetaDataInfo isFilteredOutMetaData(AttributeMetaData attribute, ParameterHandler handler) {
		return attribute.isNominal() ? MetaDataInfo.NO : MetaDataInfo.YES;
	}

	public ScanResult beforeScanCheck(Attribute attribute) throws UserError {
		if (!attribute.isNominal())
			return ScanResult.REMOVE;
		else
			return ScanResult.KEEP;
	}
}