org.knime.core.data
Class DataColumnDomainCreator

java.lang.Object
  org.knime.core.data.DataColumnDomainCreator

public class DataColumnDomainCreator
extends Object

A column domain creator is used to initialize possible values and lower and upper bounds using DataCell objects.

Author:

Thomas Gabriel, University of Konstanz

See Also:

DataColumnDomain, createDomain()

Constructor Summary

DataColumnDomainCreator()
Creates a new domain creator with no meta-info defined.

DataColumnDomainCreator(DataCell[] values)
Creates a new domain creator with the given array of values.

DataColumnDomainCreator(DataCell[] values, DataCell lowerBound, DataCell upperBound)
Creates a new domain creator with an array of possible values, and a lower and upper bound.

DataColumnDomainCreator(DataCell lowerBound, DataCell upperBound)
Creates a new domain creator with the given lower and upper bound.

DataColumnDomainCreator(DataColumnDomain copyFrom)
Creates a new domain creator by copying the information from an other column domain.

DataColumnDomainCreator(Set<? extends DataCell> values)
Creates a new domain creator with a Set of possible values.

DataColumnDomainCreator(Set<? extends DataCell> values, DataCell lowerBound, DataCell upperBound)
Creates a new domain creator with a Set of possible values, and a lower and upper bound.

Method Summary

DataColumnDomain	createDomain() Creates a read-only DataColumnDomain based on the internal values.
void	setLowerBound(DataCell lower) Sets a (new) lower bound which can be null.
void	setUpperBound(DataCell upper) Sets (new) upper bound which can be null.
void	setValues(Set<? extends DataCell> values) Sets a (new) Set of possible values which can be null.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataColumnDomainCreator

public DataColumnDomainCreator(DataColumnDomain copyFrom)

Creates a new domain creator by copying the information from an other column domain.

Parameters:

copyFrom - the column domain to copy from

DataColumnDomainCreator

public DataColumnDomainCreator()

Creates a new domain creator with no meta-info defined.

DataColumnDomainCreator

public DataColumnDomainCreator(Set<? extends DataCell> values)

Creates a new domain creator with a Set of possible values.

Parameters:

values - the Set of possible values (can be null)

DataColumnDomainCreator

public DataColumnDomainCreator(DataCell[] values)

Creates a new domain creator with the given array of values.

Parameters:

values - the array can be null, whereas null elements are ignored

DataColumnDomainCreator

public DataColumnDomainCreator(DataCell lowerBound,
                               DataCell upperBound)

Creates a new domain creator with the given lower and upper bound.

Parameters:

lowerBound - the lower bound (can be null)

upperBound - the upper bound (can be null)

DataColumnDomainCreator

public DataColumnDomainCreator(DataCell[] values,
                               DataCell lowerBound,
                               DataCell upperBound)

Creates a new domain creator with an array of possible values, and a lower and upper bound. All parameters can be null.

Parameters:

lowerBound - the lower bound

upperBound - the upper bound

values - the array of possible values

DataColumnDomainCreator

public DataColumnDomainCreator(Set<? extends DataCell> values,
                               DataCell lowerBound,
                               DataCell upperBound)

Creates a new domain creator with a Set of possible values, and a lower and upper bound. All parameters can be null.

Parameters:

values - the Set of possible values

lowerBound - the lower bound

upperBound - the upper bound

Method Detail

createDomain

public DataColumnDomain createDomain()

Creates a read-only DataColumnDomain based on the internal values.

Returns:

a new instance of a DataColumnDomain

setValues

public void setValues(Set<? extends DataCell> values)

Sets a (new) Set of possible values which can be null. The values are copied into a unmodifiable set.

Parameters:

values - Set of possible values as DataCell objects

setLowerBound

public void setLowerBound(DataCell lower)

Sets a (new) lower bound which can be null.

Parameters:

lower - the (new) lower bound

setUpperBound

public void setUpperBound(DataCell upper)

Sets (new) upper bound which can be null.

Parameters:

upper - the (new) upper bound