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## weka.core
Class TechnicalInformation

    java.lang.Object
      weka.core.TechnicalInformation

All Implemented Interfaces:
  RevisionHandler

    public class TechnicalInformation

extends java.lang.Object
implements RevisionHandler

Used for paper references in the Javadoc and for BibTex generation. Based on documentation found here:

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~jacobsd/bib/formats/bibtex.html

BibTex examples can be found here:

http://bib2web.djvuzone.org/bibtex.html

Version:
  $Revision: 1.11 $
Author:
  fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
See Also:
  `TechnicalInformationHandler`

Nested Class Summary
`static class` | `TechnicalInformation.Field` the possible fields
`static class` | `TechnicalInformation.Type` the different types of information

Constructor Summary
`TechnicalInformation(TechnicalInformation.Type type)` Initializes the information with the given type
`TechnicalInformation(TechnicalInformation.Type type, java.lang.String id)` Initializes the information with the given type

Method Summary
`TechnicalInformation` | `add(TechnicalInformation.Type type)` Adds an empty technical information with the given type to the list of additional informations and returns the instance.
`void` | `add(TechnicalInformation value)` adds the given information to the list of additional technical informations
`java.util.Enumeration` | `additional()` returns an enumeration of all the additional technical informations (if there are any)
`boolean` | `exists(TechnicalInformation.Field field)` returns TRUE if the field is stored and has a value different from the empty string.
`java.util.Enumeration` | `fields()` returns an enumeration over all the stored fields
`java.lang.String` | `getID()` returns the unique ID (either the one used in creating this instance or the automatically generated one)
`java.lang.String` | `getRevision()` Returns the revision string.
`TechnicalInformation.Type` | `getType()` returns the type of this technical information
`java.lang.String` | `getValue(TechnicalInformation.Field field)` returns the value associated with the given field, or empty if field is not currently stored.
`boolean` | `hasAdditional()` returns true if there are further technical informations stored in this
`static void` | `main(java.lang.String[] args)` Prints some examples of technical informations if there are no commandline options given.
`void` | `setValue(TechnicalInformation.Field field, java.lang.String value)` sets the value for the given field, overwrites any previously existing one.
`java.lang.String` | `toBibTex()` Returns a BibTex string representing this technical information.
`java.lang.String` | `toString()` Returns a plain-text string representing this technical information.

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

Constructor Detail

### TechnicalInformation

    public TechnicalInformation(TechnicalInformation.Type type)

  Initializes the information with the given type

  Parameters:
    `type` - the type of this information
  See Also:
    `TechnicalInformation.Type`

### TechnicalInformation

    public TechnicalInformation(TechnicalInformation.Type type,
                                java.lang.String id)

  Initializes the information with the given type

  Parameters:
    `type` - the type of this information
    `id` - the unique ID (for BibTex), can be empty
  See Also:
    `TechnicalInformation.Type`

Method Detail

### getType

    public TechnicalInformation.Type getType()

  returns the type of this technical information

  Returns:
    the type of this information

### getID

    public java.lang.String getID()

  returns the unique ID (either the one used in creating this instance or the automatically generated one)

  Returns:
    the ID for this information

### setValue

    public void setValue(TechnicalInformation.Field field,
                         java.lang.String value)

  sets the value for the given field, overwrites any previously existing one.

  Parameters:
    `field` - the field to set the value for
    `value` - the value of the field

### getValue

    public java.lang.String getValue(TechnicalInformation.Field field)

  returns the value associated with the given field, or empty if field is not currently stored.

  Parameters:
    `field` - the field to retrieve the value for
  Returns:
    the value associated with this field, empty if not existing

### exists

    public boolean exists(TechnicalInformation.Field field)

  returns TRUE if the field is stored and has a value different from the empty string.

  Parameters:
    `field` - the field to check
  Returns:
    true if a value is stored for the field and non-empty

### fields

    public java.util.Enumeration fields()

  returns an enumeration over all the stored fields

  Returns:
    all currently stored fields

### hasAdditional

    public boolean hasAdditional()

  returns true if there are further technical informations stored in this

  Returns:
    true if there are further technical informations available

### additional

    public java.util.Enumeration additional()

  returns an enumeration of all the additional technical informations (if there are any)

  Returns:
    an enumeration over all additional technical informations

### add

    public void add(TechnicalInformation value)

  adds the given information to the list of additional technical informations

  Parameters:
    `value` - the information to add

### add

    public TechnicalInformation add(TechnicalInformation.Type type)

  Adds an empty technical information with the given type to the list of additional informations and returns the instance.

  Parameters:
    `type` - the type of the new information to add
  Returns:
    the generated information

### toString

    public java.lang.String toString()

  Returns a plain-text string representing this technical information. Note: it only returns a string based on some fields. At least AUTHOR, YEAR and TITLE are necessary.

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `java.lang.Object`
  Returns:
    a string representation of this information

### toBibTex

    public java.lang.String toBibTex()

  Returns a BibTex string representing this technical information. Note: this is just a very raw implementation, special characters need to be escaped manually for LaTeX.

  Returns:
    the BibTeX representation of this information

### 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)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

  Prints some examples of technical informations if there are no commandline options given. Otherwise the information of a given TechnicalInformationHandler can be printed.

  Valid options are:

  -W classname
  The classname of the TechnicalInformationHandler to print the information for

  -bibtex
  Print the information in BibTeX format

  -plaintext
  Print the information in plain text format

  Parameters:
    `args` - the commandline options
  Throws:
    `java.lang.Exception` - if the option parsing fails

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