it.uniroma2.sag.kelp.data.representation

Interface Representation

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Normalizable, Vector

All Known Implementing Classes:

DenseVector, SparseVector, StringRepresentation, TreeRepresentation

public interface Representation
extends Serializable

It is a generic way to represent an object that is intended to be exploited through Machine Learning techniques. The same object can be represented in different representation, each one relative to a different feature space

Author:

Simone Filice

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getTextFromData() Returns a textual representation of the data stored in this representation
void	setDataFromText(String representationDescription) Initializes a Representation using its textual description provided in representationDescription

Method Detail

setDataFromText

void setDataFromText(String representationDescription)
                     throws Exception

Initializes a Representation using its textual description provided in representationDescription

Parameters:

representationDescription - the textual description of the representation to be initialized

Throws:

Exception

getTextFromData

String getTextFromData()

Returns a textual representation of the data stored in this representation

Returns:

a textual representation of the data stored in this representation