File feature_info.hpp

class IFeatureInfo
#include <feature_info.hpp>

Defines an interface for all classes that provide information about the types of individual features.

Subclassed by IEqualFeatureInfo, IMixedFeatureInfo

Public Functions

inline virtual ~IFeatureInfo()
virtual std::unique_ptr<IFeatureType> createFeatureType(uint32 featureIndex, const IFeatureBinningFactory &featureBinningFactory) const = 0

Creates and returns a new object of type IFeatureType that corresponds to the type of the feature at a specific index.

Parameters:

  • featureIndex – The index of the feature

  • featureBinningFactory – A reference to an object of type IFeatureBinningFactory that allows to create implementations of the binning method to be used for assigning numerical feature values to bins

Returns:

An unique pointer to an object of the type IFeatureType that has been created