com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.filter
Class Nominal2Date

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.rapidminer.operator.Operator
      extended by com.rapidminer.operator.AbstractExampleSetProcessing
          extended by com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.AbstractDataProcessing
              extended by com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.filter.Nominal2Date
All Implemented Interfaces:
ConfigurationListener, PreviewListener, ParameterHandler, LoggingHandler

public class Nominal2Date
extends AbstractDataProcessing

This operator parses given nominal attributes in order to create date and / or time attributes. The date format can be specified by the date_format parameter. The old nominal attribute will be removed and replaced by a new date attribute if the corresponding parameter is not set (default).

Date and Time Patterns

Date and time formats are specified by date and time pattern strings in the date_format parameter. Within date and time pattern strings, unquoted letters from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z' are interpreted as pattern letters representing the components of a date or time string. Text can be quoted using single quotes (') to avoid interpretation. "''" represents a single quote. All other characters are not interpreted; they're simply copied into the output string during formatting or matched against the input string during parsing.

The following pattern letters are defined (all other characters from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z' are reserved):

Pattern letters are usually repeated, as their number determines the exact presentation:

This operator also supports localized date and time pattern strings by defining the locale parameter. In these strings, the pattern letters described above may be replaced with other, locale dependent, pattern letters.

Examples

The following examples show how date and time patterns are interpreted in the U.S. locale. The given date and time are 2001-07-04 12:08:56 local time in the U.S. Pacific Time time zone.

Author:
Ingo Mierswa

Field Summary
static java.lang.String[] availableLocaleNames
           
static java.util.List<java.util.Locale> availableLocales
           
static int DATE
           
static int DATE_TIME
           
static int defaultLocale
           
static java.lang.String PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_NAME
           
static java.lang.String PARAMETER_DATE_FORMAT
           
static java.lang.String PARAMETER_DATE_TYPE
           
static java.lang.String PARAMETER_KEEP_OLD_ATTRIBUTE
           
static java.lang.String PARAMETER_LOCALE
           
static java.lang.String PARAMETER_TIME_ZONE
           
static int TIME
           
static java.lang.String[] VALUE_TYPES
           
 
Constructor Summary
Nominal2Date(OperatorDescription description)
           
 
Method Summary
 ExampleSet apply(ExampleSet exampleSet)
          Delegate for the apply method.
 java.util.List<ParameterType> getParameterTypes()
          Returns a list of ParameterTypes describing the parameters of this operator.
 
Methods inherited from class com.rapidminer.operator.AbstractExampleSetProcessing
apply, getInputClasses, getOutputClasses
 
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_ATTRIBUTE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_NAME
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Constant Field Values

PARAMETER_DATE_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_DATE_TYPE
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Constant Field Values

PARAMETER_DATE_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_DATE_FORMAT
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Constant Field Values

PARAMETER_TIME_ZONE

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_TIME_ZONE
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Constant Field Values

PARAMETER_LOCALE

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_LOCALE
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Constant Field Values

PARAMETER_KEEP_OLD_ATTRIBUTE

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_KEEP_OLD_ATTRIBUTE
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availableLocales

public static java.util.List<java.util.Locale> availableLocales

availableLocaleNames

public static java.lang.String[] availableLocaleNames

defaultLocale

public static int defaultLocale

VALUE_TYPES

public static final java.lang.String[] VALUE_TYPES

DATE

public static final int DATE
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TIME

public static final int TIME
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DATE_TIME

public static final int DATE_TIME
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Constructor Detail

Nominal2Date

public Nominal2Date(OperatorDescription description)
Method Detail

apply

public ExampleSet apply(ExampleSet exampleSet)
                 throws OperatorException
Description copied from class: AbstractExampleSetProcessing
Delegate for the apply method. In most cases, the returned example set will be the same as the example set or a modified clone.

Specified by:
apply in class AbstractExampleSetProcessing
Throws:
OperatorException

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


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