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package com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.weighting;

import com.rapidminer.example.Attributes;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorDescription;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.metadata.AttributeMetaData;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.metadata.ExampleSetMetaData;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.metadata.MetaData;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.metadata.SetRelation;
import com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.AbstractDataProcessing;
import com.rapidminer.tools.Ontology;
import com.rapidminer.tools.math.container.Range;

/** Abstract superclass of operators adding a weight attribute.
 * 
 * @author Simon Fischer
 *
 */
public abstract class AbstractExampleWeighting extends AbstractDataProcessing {

	public AbstractExampleWeighting(OperatorDescription description) {
		super(description);
	}

	@Override
	protected MetaData modifyMetaData(ExampleSetMetaData metaData) {
		AttributeMetaData weightAttribute = new AttributeMetaData(Attributes.WEIGHT_NAME, Ontology.REAL, Attributes.WEIGHT_NAME);
		weightAttribute.setValueRange(getWeightAttributeRange(), getWeightAttributeValueRelation());
		metaData.addAttribute(weightAttribute);
		return metaData;
	}

	protected Range getWeightAttributeRange() {
		return new Range(Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
	}

	protected SetRelation getWeightAttributeValueRelation() {
		return SetRelation.UNKNOWN	;
	}

}