001/** 
002 * Copyright (c) 2007-2008, Regents of the University of Colorado 
003 * All rights reserved.
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024package org.cleartk.ml.encoder.features;
025
026import java.util.Collections;
027import java.util.List;
028
029import org.cleartk.ml.Feature;
030
031/**
032 * <br>
033 * Copyright (c) 2007-2008, Regents of the University of Colorado <br>
034 * All rights reserved.
035 */
036
037public class StringEncoder implements FeatureEncoder<NameNumber> {
038
039  private static final long serialVersionUID = -4502656972853610200L;
040
041  public List<NameNumber> encode(Feature feature) {
042    StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
043    String name = feature.getName();
044    Object value = feature.getValue();
045    if (name != null) {
046      buffer.append(name);
047    }
048    if (value != null) {
049      if (name != null) {
050        buffer.append("_");
051      }
052      buffer.append(value.toString());
053    }
054
055    NameNumber fve = new NameNumber(buffer.toString(), 1.0);
056    return Collections.singletonList(fve);
057  }
058
059  public boolean encodes(Feature feature) {
060    return true;
061  }
062
063}