org.paces.Stata.DataSets

Class DataSetFactory

java.lang.Object

org.paces.Stata.DataSets.DataSetFactory

public class DataSetFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Object used to initialize DataSet class objects given the dataset meta data and an argument defining the return type to be created by the method.

Version:

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Author:

Billy Buchanan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DataSetFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static StataData	dataSetFactory(java.lang.String type, Meta metaob) Method to create a DataSet class object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataSetFactory

public DataSetFactory()

Method Detail

dataSetFactory

public static StataData dataSetFactory(java.lang.String type,
                                       Meta metaob)

Method to create a DataSet class object

Parameters:

type - A string argument defining what type of Set class object to create

metaob - An object of class Meta used to define the observation/variable indices and metadata overall

Returns:

A Data Set class object of type defined by the user. An empty string will return the object used for JSON serialization