edu.washington.cs.supple.render.utility
Class FactorStatistics

java.lang.Object
  edu.washington.cs.supple.render.utility.FactorStatistics

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class FactorStatistics

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Author:

kgajos Used to report and store statistics about contributions of different factors to the total cost of a solution

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.util.Hashtable

stats

Constructor Summary

FactorStatistics()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getMaxDifferenceFactorName(FactorStatistics stats2) Compares this factor statistics with another one and returns the factor name that has the biggest difference between the two
java.lang.String	getMaxFactorName(FactorStatistics stats2) Compares this factor statistics with another one and returns the factor name that has the biggest statistics between the two
float	getStatistics(java.lang.String factorName) Allows you to retrieve statistics for a factor
java.lang.String	prettyPrint() Returns a nicely formatted string summarizing factor statistics
void	putStatistics(java.lang.String factorName, float contribution) allows you to store statistics for a factor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

stats

protected java.util.Hashtable stats

Constructor Detail

FactorStatistics

public FactorStatistics()

Method Detail

putStatistics

public void putStatistics(java.lang.String factorName,
                          float contribution)

allows you to store statistics for a factor

Parameters:

factorName - name of a factor

contribution - statistics for that factor

getStatistics

public float getStatistics(java.lang.String factorName)

Allows you to retrieve statistics for a factor

Parameters:

factorName - name of a factor

Returns:

statistics for that factor (or 0 if the factor's statistics have not been found)

getMaxDifferenceFactorName

public java.lang.String getMaxDifferenceFactorName(FactorStatistics stats2)

Compares this factor statistics with another one and returns the factor name that has the biggest difference between the two

Parameters:

stats2 - the other statistics

Returns:

the name of the factor with the largest difference

getMaxFactorName

public java.lang.String getMaxFactorName(FactorStatistics stats2)

Compares this factor statistics with another one and returns the factor name that has the biggest statistics between the two

Parameters:

stats2 - the other statistics

Returns:

the name of the factor with the largest value in either statistics

prettyPrint

public java.lang.String prettyPrint()

Returns a nicely formatted string summarizing factor statistics