SerializedInstancesLoader

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## weka.core.converters
Class SerializedInstancesLoader

    java.lang.Object
      weka.core.converters.AbstractLoader
          weka.core.converters.AbstractFileLoader
              weka.core.converters.SerializedInstancesLoader

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable, BatchConverter, FileSourcedConverter, IncrementalConverter, Loader, RevisionHandler

    public class SerializedInstancesLoader

extends AbstractFileLoader
implements BatchConverter, IncrementalConverter

Reads a source that contains serialized Instances.

Version:
  $Revision: 1.15 $
Author:
  Len Trigg
See Also:
  `Loader`, Serialized Form

Field Summary
`static java.lang.String` | `FILE_EXTENSION` the file extension

Fields inherited from class weka.core.converters.AbstractFileLoader
`FILE_EXTENSION_COMPRESSED`

Constructor Summary
`SerializedInstancesLoader()`

Method Summary
`Instances` | `getDataSet()` Return the full data set.
`java.lang.String` | `getFileDescription()` Returns a description of the file type.
`java.lang.String` | `getFileExtension()` Get the file extension used for arff files
`java.lang.String[]` | `getFileExtensions()` Gets all the file extensions used for this type of file
`Instance` | `getNextInstance(Instances structure)` Read the data set incrementally---get the next instance in the data set or returns null if there are no more instances to get.
`java.lang.String` | `getRevision()` Returns the revision string.
`Instances` | `getStructure()` Determines and returns (if possible) the structure (internally the header) of the data set as an empty set of instances.
`java.lang.String` | `globalInfo()` Returns a string describing this object
`static void` | `main(java.lang.String[] args)` Main method.
`void` | `reset()` Resets the Loader ready to read a new data set
`void` | `setSource(java.io.InputStream in)` Resets the Loader object and sets the source of the data set to be the supplied InputStream.

Methods inherited from class weka.core.converters.AbstractFileLoader
`getUseRelativePath, retrieveFile, runFileLoader, setFile, setSource, setUseRelativePath, useRelativePathTipText`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### FILE_EXTENSION

    public static java.lang.String FILE_EXTENSION

  the file extension

Constructor Detail

### SerializedInstancesLoader

    public SerializedInstancesLoader()

Method Detail

### globalInfo

    public java.lang.String globalInfo()

  Returns a string describing this object

  Returns:
    a description of the classifier suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

### reset

    public void reset()

  Resets the Loader ready to read a new data set

  Specified by:
    `reset` in interface `Loader`
  Overrides:
    `reset` in class `AbstractFileLoader`

### getFileExtension

    public java.lang.String getFileExtension()

  Get the file extension used for arff files

  Specified by:
    `getFileExtension` in interface `FileSourcedConverter`
  Returns:
    the file extension

### getFileExtensions

    public java.lang.String[] getFileExtensions()

  Gets all the file extensions used for this type of file

  Specified by:
    `getFileExtensions` in interface `FileSourcedConverter`
  Returns:
    the file extensions

### getFileDescription

    public java.lang.String getFileDescription()

  Returns a description of the file type.

  Specified by:
    `getFileDescription` in interface `FileSourcedConverter`
  Returns:
    a short file description

### setSource

    public void setSource(java.io.InputStream in)
                   throws java.io.IOException

  Resets the Loader object and sets the source of the data set to be the supplied InputStream.

  Specified by:
    `setSource` in interface `Loader`
  Overrides:
    `setSource` in class `AbstractLoader`
  Parameters:
    `in` - the source InputStream.
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - if there is a problem with IO

### getStructure

    public Instances getStructure()
                           throws java.io.IOException

  Determines and returns (if possible) the structure (internally the header) of the data set as an empty set of instances.

  Specified by:
    `getStructure` in interface `Loader`
  Specified by:
    `getStructure` in class `AbstractLoader`
  Returns:
    the structure of the data set as an empty set of Instances
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - if an error occurs

### getDataSet

    public Instances getDataSet()
                         throws java.io.IOException

  Return the full data set. If the structure hasn't yet been determined by a call to getStructure then method should do so before processing the rest of the data set.

  Specified by:
    `getDataSet` in interface `Loader`
  Specified by:
    `getDataSet` in class `AbstractLoader`
  Returns:
    the structure of the data set as an empty set of Instances
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - if there is no source or parsing fails

### getNextInstance

    public Instance getNextInstance(Instances structure)
                             throws java.io.IOException

  Read the data set incrementally---get the next instance in the data set or returns null if there are no more instances to get. If the structure hasn't yet been determined by a call to getStructure then method should do so before returning the next instance in the data set.

  Specified by:
    `getNextInstance` in interface `Loader`
  Specified by:
    `getNextInstance` in class `AbstractLoader`
  Parameters:
    `structure` - ignored
  Returns:
    the next instance in the data set as an Instance object or null if there are no more instances to be read
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - if there is an error during parsing

### getRevision

    public java.lang.String getRevision()

  Returns the revision string.

  Specified by:
    `getRevision` in interface `RevisionHandler`
  Returns:
    the revision

### main

    public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

  Main method.

  Parameters:
    `args` - should contain the name of an input file.

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