/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008-2015 by Holger Arndt
 *
 * This file is part of the Java Data Mining Package (JDMP).
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package org.jdmp.core.attribute;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.ujmp.core.interfaces.HasLabel;
import org.ujmp.core.util.StringUtil;

public class Attribute implements Serializable, Comparable, HasLabel {
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 4184577547748510833L;

	private Object label = null;

	private boolean discrete = false;

	private int valueCount = 0;

	public boolean isDiscrete() {
		return discrete;
	}

	public void setDiscrete(boolean discrete) {
		this.discrete = discrete;
	}

	public Attribute(boolean discrete, int valueCount) {
		this.valueCount = valueCount;
	}

	public Attribute(String label, boolean discrete, int valueCount) {
		this.label = label;
	}

	public String getLabel() {
		return StringUtil.getString(label);
	}

	public void setLabel(Object label) {
		this.label = label;
	}

	public String toString() {
		return String.valueOf(label);
	}

	public final Object getLabelObject() {
		return label;
	}

	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		return ("" + label).equals("" + label);
	}

	public int hashCode() {
		return ("" + label).hashCode();
	}

	public int compareTo(Attribute o) {
		return ("" + label).compareTo("" + o.label);
	}

	public int getValueCount() {
		return valueCount;
	}

}