ca.pfv.spmf.tools.resultConverter

Class ResultConverter

java.lang.Object

ca.pfv.spmf.tools.resultConverter.ResultConverter

public class ResultConverter
extends java.lang.Object

This class is for converting the result from an item (integer) representation back to a string representation by using the metadata provided in the original database. See the class MainTestConvertTransactionDatabaseARFFtoSPMF in the same package for a detailed explanation of the correspondance between string and integer formats.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ResultConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	convert(java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,java.lang.String> mapItemIDtoStringValue, java.lang.String outputFile, java.lang.String outputFileConverted) This method converts a result file by converting item IDs to strings according to a provided mapping.
void	convert(java.lang.String inputDB, java.lang.String outputFile, java.lang.String outputFileConverted) This method converts a result file by converting item IDs to strings according to a provided mapping.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ResultConverter

public ResultConverter()

Method Detail

convert

public void convert(java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,java.lang.String> mapItemIDtoStringValue,
                    java.lang.String outputFile,
                    java.lang.String outputFileConverted)
             throws java.io.IOException

This method converts a result file by converting item IDs to strings according to a provided mapping.

Parameters:

mapItemIDtoStringValue - a mapping between item ID (key) and attribute value (value).

outputFile - the path of an output file to be converted

outputFileConverted - the path of the result file to be written to disk

Throws:

java.io.IOException - an exception is thrown if there is an error reading/writing files

convert

public void convert(java.lang.String inputDB,
                    java.lang.String outputFile,
                    java.lang.String outputFileConverted)
             throws java.io.IOException

This method converts a result file by converting item IDs to strings according to a provided mapping.

Parameters:

inputDB - an input file providing the mapping between item ID (key) and attribute value (value) as metadata.

outputFile - the path of an output file to be converted

outputFileConverted - the path of the result file to be written to disk

Throws:

java.io.IOException - an exception is thrown if there is an error reading/writing files