com.penguinwerks.jodene.data
Class TranslatedField

java.lang.Object
  com.penguinwerks.jodene.data.Field
      com.penguinwerks.jodene.data.TranslatedField

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class TranslatedField

extends Field

implements java.io.Serializable

A translation is what happens to an input field that is not real valued. For example, color might be a translated field. The translator implements the actual translation. For example, K classes as K output values, N classes as N - 1 output values, thermometer encoding, etc.

Author:

Paul Hoehne

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

TranslatedField()

Method Summary

Translator	getTranslator() The translator that actually translates the value.
double[]	process(java.lang.String val) Processes the input value by returning the translated value.
void	setTranslator(Translator translator) The translator that actually translates the value.

Methods inherited from class com.penguinwerks.jodene.data.Field

getName, setName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TranslatedField

public TranslatedField()

Method Detail

getTranslator

public Translator getTranslator()

The translator that actually translates the value.

Returns:

Returns the translator.

setTranslator

public void setTranslator(Translator translator)

The translator that actually translates the value.

Parameters:

translator - The translator to set.

process

public double[] process(java.lang.String val)
                 throws TranslatorException

Processes the input value by returning the translated value.

Specified by:

process in class Field

Parameters:

val - Value as a string

Returns:

The values represented by the string.

Throws:

TranslatorException - Thrown if there is an error in translation.