org.deidentifier.arx

Class HierarchyBuilder

java.lang.Object

org.deidentifier.arx.HierarchyBuilder

public class HierarchyBuilder
extends java.lang.Object

Class to encapsulates retrieval operations on hierarchies.

Author:

Andre Breitenfeld, Simon Koennecke, Christian Windolf

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HierarchyBuilder(java.io.File folder, java.lang.String relation) Constructor of the hierarchy builder.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.deidentifier.arx.AttributeType.Hierarchy	getHierarchy(Attribute att, Instances instances) This method creates an hierarchy instance for a given attribute.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HierarchyBuilder

public HierarchyBuilder(java.io.File folder,
                java.lang.String relation)

Constructor of the hierarchy builder.

Parameters:

folder - Path to the folder containing the hierarchies.

relation - Name of the relation.

Method Detail

getHierarchy

public org.deidentifier.arx.AttributeType.Hierarchy getHierarchy(Attribute att,
                                                        Instances instances)
                                                          throws java.io.IOException

This method creates an hierarchy instance for a given attribute.

Parameters:

att - Attribute for which the hierarchy should be created

instances -

Returns:

ARX hierarchy instance.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if it was not possible to locate the hierarchy file.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object