Package edu.cmu.tetrad.data

Class DelimiterType

java.lang.Object

edu.cmu.tetrad.data.DelimiterType

All Implemented Interfaces:

TetradSerializable, Serializable

public final class DelimiterType
extends Object
implements TetradSerializable

Type-safe enum of delimiter types for parsing data. DISCRETE is used in data where every line starts a new field and every occurrence of a tab starts a new field. SECTION_MARKER is replaces tabs by " *\t *". LAUNCH_TIME replaces tabs by ",". Custom replaces tabs by a specified regular expression.

Author:

josephramsey

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final DelimiterType	COLON
static final DelimiterType	COMMA
static final DelimiterType	TAB
static final DelimiterType	WHITESPACE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Pattern	getPattern()
static DelimiterType	serializableInstance()	Generates a simple exemplar of this class to test serialization.
String	toString()	Prints out the name of the type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

WHITESPACE

public static final DelimiterType WHITESPACE

TAB

public static final DelimiterType TAB

COMMA

public static final DelimiterType COMMA

COLON

public static final DelimiterType COLON

Method Details

serializableInstance

public static DelimiterType serializableInstance()

Generates a simple exemplar of this class to test serialization.

getPattern

public Pattern getPattern()

Returns:

the CPDAG representing this delimiter type. This CPDAG can be used to parse, using a matcher.

toString

public String toString()

Prints out the name of the type.

Overrides:

toString in class Object