org.paces.Stata.DataSets

Class DataSetStringArrays

java.lang.Object

org.paces.Stata.DataSets.DataSetStringArrays

All Implemented Interfaces:

StataData

public class DataSetStringArrays
extends java.lang.Object
implements StataData

A 2d Array of Strings containing the data from the active data set in memory.

Version:

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Author:

Billy Buchanan

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private java.lang.String	filename The name of the data set in memory to be converted to a JSON object
private Meta	metaob A new Meta object
private java.lang.String[][]	stataDataSet A 2d array of String objects
private java.lang.Integer	ver Version of the Stata caller

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DataSetStringArrays(Meta metaobject) Generic constructor method for the class

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String[][]	getData() Getter method to access the POJO representation of the Stata dataset
java.lang.String[]	getData(java.lang.Integer record) Method to retrieve a single record of values
java.lang.String	getData(java.lang.Integer record, java.lang.Integer var) Method to retrieve a datum from the dataset object
java.lang.String	getFileName() Getter method to the name of the Object
void	setData() Method to store Stata dataset as a 2d Array of String objects.
void	setData(java.lang.Number missingValue) Method to store Stata dataset as a 2d Array of String objects.
void	setFileName() Generic Setter method for the name of the dataset object
java.util.List<java.util.List<java.lang.String>>	toList() Converts the dataset into a list of variable values nested within a list of records

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

metaob

private Meta metaob

A new Meta object

filename

private java.lang.String filename

The name of the data set in memory to be converted to a JSON object

stataDataSet

private java.lang.String[][] stataDataSet

A 2d array of String objects

ver

private final java.lang.Integer ver

Version of the Stata caller

Constructor Detail

DataSetStringArrays

public DataSetStringArrays(Meta metaobject)

Generic constructor method for the class

Parameters:

metaobject - A Meta class object containing metadata for the Stata dataset.

Method Detail

setFileName

public void setFileName()

Generic Setter method for the name of the dataset object

setData

public void setData()

Method to store Stata dataset as a 2d Array of String objects. This is used for passing the data set to objects/methods in the com.itemanalysis .psychometrics package to expand IRT modeling options in Stata.

Specified by:

setData in interface StataData

setData

public void setData(java.lang.Number missingValue)

Method to store Stata dataset as a 2d Array of String objects. This is used for passing the data set to objects/methods in the com.itemanalysis .psychometrics package to expand IRT modeling options in Stata.

Specified by:

setData in interface StataData

Parameters:

missingValue - Unused in this class, will provide the same result as the method without a parameter

getData

public java.lang.String[][] getData()

Getter method to access the POJO representation of the Stata dataset

Specified by:

getData in interface StataData

Returns:

A POJO representation of the Stata Dataset

getFileName

public java.lang.String getFileName()

Getter method to the name of the Object

Returns:

The name of the Stata Data object

getData

public java.lang.String[] getData(java.lang.Integer record)

Method to retrieve a single record of values

Specified by:

getData in interface StataData

Parameters:

record - The integer value of the first index in the 2d Array

Returns:

An array of bytes

getData

public java.lang.String getData(java.lang.Integer record,
                                java.lang.Integer var)

Method to retrieve a datum from the dataset object

Specified by:

getData in interface StataData

Parameters:

record - The integer value of the first index of the 2d array

var - The integer value of the second index of the 2d array

Returns:

An object containing the datum[i, j] of the data set

toList

public java.util.List<java.util.List<java.lang.String>> toList()

Converts the dataset into a list of variable values nested within a list of records

Specified by:

toList in interface StataData

Returns:

A List of Objects containing the datum[i, j] nested within a List containing the data[i, j...n]