com.rapidminer.operator
Class IORetrievalOperator

java.lang.Object
  com.rapidminer.operator.Operator
      com.rapidminer.operator.IORetrievalOperator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConfigurationListener, PreviewListener, ParameterHandler, LoggingHandler

public class IORetrievalOperator
extends Operator

This operator can be used to retrieve the IOObject which was previously stored under the specified name. In order to store an object to make it again accessible, you can use the operator IOStorageOperator. The combination of those two operator can be used to build complex processes where an input object is used in completely different parts or loops of processes.

Author:

Ingo Mierswa

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	PARAMETER_IO_OBJECT
static java.lang.String	PARAMETER_NAME
static java.lang.String	PARAMETER_REMOVE_FROM_STORE

Constructor Summary

IORetrievalOperator(OperatorDescription description)

Method Summary

IOObject[]	apply() Implement this method in subclasses.
java.lang.Class<?>[]	getInputClasses() Returns the classes that are needed as input.
java.lang.Class<?>[]	getOutputClasses() Returns the classes that are guaranteed to be returned by apply() as additional output.
java.util.List<ParameterType>	getParameterTypes() Returns a list of ParameterTypes describing the parameters of this operator.

Methods inherited from class com.rapidminer.operator.Operator

addError, addValue, addWarning, apply, checkDeprecations, checkForStop, checkIO, checkProperties, clearErrorList, cloneOperator, createExperimentTree, createExperimentTree, createFromXML, createMarkedExperimentTree, createMarkedProcessTree, createProcessTree, createProcessTree, getAddOnlyAdditionalOutput, getApplyCount, getDeliveredOutputClasses, getDeprecationInfo, getDesiredInputClasses, getEncoding, getErrorList, getExperiment, getInnerOperatorsXML, getInput, getInput, getInput, getInputDescription, getIOContainerForInApplyLoopBreakpoint, getIODescription, getLog, getName, getOperatorClassName, getOperatorDescription, getParameter, getParameterAsBoolean, getParameterAsColor, getParameterAsDouble, getParameterAsFile, getParameterAsFile, getParameterAsInputStream, getParameterAsInt, getParameterAsMatrix, getParameterAsString, getParameterList, getParameters, getParameterType, getParent, getProcess, getStartTime, getStatus, getUserDescription, getValue, getValues, getXML, hasBreakpoint, hasBreakpoint, hasInput, inApplyLoop, isDebugMode, isEnabled, isExpanded, isParallel, isParameterSet, log, logError, logNote, logWarning, performAdditionalChecks, processFinished, processStarts, register, registerOperator, remove, rename, resume, setApplyCount, setBreakpoint, setEnabled, setExpanded, setInput, setListParameter, setOperatorParameters, setParameter, setParameters, setParent, setUserDescription, toString, unregisterOperator, writeXML

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PARAMETER_NAME

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_NAME

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Constant Field Values

PARAMETER_IO_OBJECT

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_IO_OBJECT

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Constant Field Values

PARAMETER_REMOVE_FROM_STORE

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_REMOVE_FROM_STORE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

IORetrievalOperator

public IORetrievalOperator(OperatorDescription description)

Method Detail

apply

public IOObject[] apply()
                 throws OperatorException

Description copied from class: Operator

Implement this method in subclasses.

Specified by:

apply in class Operator

Throws:

OperatorException

getInputClasses

public java.lang.Class<?>[] getInputClasses()

Description copied from class: Operator

Returns the classes that are needed as input. May be null or an empty (no desired input). As default, all delivered input objects are consumed and must be also delivered as output in both Operator.getOutputClasses() and Operator.apply() if this is necessary. This default behavior can be changed by overriding Operator.getInputDescription(Class). Subclasses which implement this method should not make use of parameters since this method is invoked by getParameterTypes(). Therefore, parameters are not fully available at this point of time and this might lead to exceptions. Please use InputDescriptions instead.

Specified by:

getInputClasses in class Operator

getOutputClasses

public java.lang.Class<?>[] getOutputClasses()

Description copied from class: Operator

Returns the classes that are guaranteed to be returned by apply() as additional output. Please note that input objects which should not be consumed must also be defined by this method (e.g. an example set which is changed but not consumed in the case of a preprocessing operator must be defined in both, the methods Operator.getInputClasses() and Operator.getOutputClasses()). The default behavior for input consumation is defined by Operator.getInputDescription(Class) and can be changed by overwriting this method. Objects which are not consumed (defined by changing the implementation in Operator.getInputDescription(Class)) must not be defined as additional output in this method.

May deliver null or an empy array (no additional output is produced or guaranteed). Must return the class array of delivered output objects otherwise.

Specified by:

getOutputClasses in class Operator

getParameterTypes

public java.util.List<ParameterType> getParameterTypes()

Description copied from class: Operator

Returns a list of ParameterTypes describing the parameters of this operator. The default implementation returns an empty list if no input objects can be retained and special parameters for those input objects which can be prevented from being consumed.

Specified by:

getParameterTypes in interface ParameterHandler

Overrides:

getParameterTypes in class Operator