VectorCreator (Palmetto 0.1.4 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractVectorCreator, DirectConfirmationBasedVectorCreator, ProbabilityBasedVectorCreator
```
public interface VectorCreator
```
Interface for the vector creation.

Author:

m.roeder

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getProbabilityEstimatorName()`	Calls `ProbabilityEstimator.getName()` of the probability estimator and returns the name of the estimator.
`String`	`getVectorCreatorName()`	Returns the name of the direct confirmation measure which is used to create the vectors.
`SubsetVectors[]`	`getVectors(String[][] wordsets, SegmentationDefinition[] definitions)`	Creates vectors for the given word sets and their segmentations.
`String`	`getVectorSpaceName()`	Returns the name of the vector space.
`void`	`setMinFrequency(int minFrequency)`	Sets the minimum frequency of the probability estimator.
`void`	`setProbabilityEstimator(ProbabilityEstimator supplier)`	Sets the probability estimator used by the vector creator.

- Method Detail
  - getVectors
```
SubsetVectors[] getVectors(String[][] wordsets,
                           SegmentationDefinition[] definitions)
```
    Creates vectors for the given word sets and their segmentations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    wordsets -
    
    definitions -
    
    Returns:
  - setProbabilityEstimator
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void setProbabilityEstimator(ProbabilityEstimator supplier)
```
    Sets the probability estimator used by the vector creator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    supplier -
  - getProbabilityEstimatorName
```
String getProbabilityEstimatorName()
```
    Calls ProbabilityEstimator.getName() of the probability estimator and returns the name of the estimator.
    
    Returns:
  - getVectorSpaceName
```
String getVectorSpaceName()
```
    Returns the name of the vector space.
    
    Returns:
  - getVectorCreatorName
```
String getVectorCreatorName()
```
    Returns the name of the direct confirmation measure which is used to create the vectors.
    
    Returns:
  - setMinFrequency
```
void setMinFrequency(int minFrequency)
```
    Sets the minimum frequency of the probability estimator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    minFrequency -