Interface BaseStepExtender

All Known Implementing Classes:
AlterRelationName, Appender, ASEvaluator, ASSearchStrategy, Associator, AttributeSummarizer, BaseSimpleDataVisualizer, BaseStep, Block, BoundaryPlotter, ClassAssigner, Classifier, ClassifierPerformanceEvaluator, ClassValuePicker, Clusterer, ClustererPerformanceEvaluator, CostBenefitAnalysis, CrossValidationFoldMaker, DataGenerator, DataGrid, DataVisualizer, Dummy, ExecuteProcess, Filter, FlowByExpression, GetDataFromResult, GraphViewer, ImageSaver, ImageViewer, IncrementalClassifierEvaluator, InstanceStreamToBatchMaker, Job, Join, Loader, MakeResourceIntensive, MemoryBasedDataSource, ModelPerformanceChart, Note, PredictionAppender, Saver, ScatterPlotMatrix, SendToPerspective, SerializedModelSaver, SetPropertiesFromEnvironment, SetVariables, Sorter, StorePropertiesInEnvironment, StripChart, SubstringLabeler, SubstringReplacer, TestSetMaker, TextSaver, TextViewer, TrainingSetMaker, TrainTestSplitMaker, WekaAlgorithmWrapper, WriteDataToResult, WriteWekaLog

public interface BaseStepExtender
A minimal set of methods, duplicated from the Step interface, that a simple subclass of BaseStep would need to implement in order to function as a start and/or main processing step in the Knowledge Flow.
Version:
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Author:
Mark Hall (mhall{[at]}pentaho{[dot]}com)
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  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Get a list of incoming connection types that this step can accept.
    Get a list of outgoing connection types that this step can produce.
    void
    Process an incoming data payload (if the step accepts incoming connections).
    void
    Start executing (if this component is a start point).
    void
    Initialize the step.
  • Method Details

    • stepInit

      void stepInit() throws WekaException
      Initialize the step.
      Throws:
      WekaException - if a problem occurs during initialization
    • getIncomingConnectionTypes

      List<String> getIncomingConnectionTypes()
      Get a list of incoming connection types that this step can accept. Ideally (and if appropriate), this should take into account the state of the step and any existing incoming connections. E.g. a step might be able to accept one (and only one) incoming batch data connection.
      Returns:
      a list of incoming connections that this step can accept given its current state
    • getOutgoingConnectionTypes

      List<String> getOutgoingConnectionTypes()
      Get a list of outgoing connection types that this step can produce. Ideally (and if appropriate), this should take into account the state of the step and the incoming connections. E.g. depending on what incoming connection is present, a step might be able to produce a trainingSet output, a testSet output or neither, but not both.
      Returns:
      a list of outgoing connections that this step can produce
    • start

      void start() throws WekaException
      Start executing (if this component is a start point). Either this method, processIncoming(), or both must be implemented.
      Throws:
      WekaException - if a problem occurs
    • processIncoming

      void processIncoming(Data data) throws WekaException
      Process an incoming data payload (if the step accepts incoming connections). Either this method, start(), or both must be implemented.
      Parameters:
      data - the payload to process
      Throws:
      WekaException - if a problem occurs