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/*
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/*
 * Capabilities.java
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 */

package weka.core;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.*;

import weka.core.converters.ConverterUtils.DataSource;

/**
 * A class that describes the capabilites (e.g., handling certain types of
 * attributes, missing values, types of classes, etc.) of a specific classifier.
 * By default, the classifier is capable of nothing. This ensures that new
 * features have to be enabled explicitly.
 * <p/>
 * 
 * A common code fragment for making use of the capabilities in a classifier
 * would be this:
 * 
 * <pre>
 * public void <b>buildClassifier</b>(Instances instances) throws Exception {
 *   // can the classifier handle the data?
 *   getCapabilities().<b>testWithFail(instances)</b>;
 *   ...
 *   // possible deletion of instances with missing class labels, etc.
 * </pre>
 * 
 * For only testing a single attribute, use this:
 * 
 * <pre>
 *   ...
 *   Attribute att = instances.attribute(0);
 *   getCapabilities().<b>testWithFail(att)</b>;
 *   ...
 * </pre>
 * 
 * Or for testing the class attribute (uses the capabilities that are especially
 * for the class):
 * 
 * <pre>
 *   ...
 *   Attribute att = instances.classAttribute();
 *   getCapabilities().<b>testWithFail(att, <i>true</i>)</b>;
 *   ...
 * </pre>
 * 
 * @author FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class Capabilities implements Cloneable, Serializable, RevisionHandler {

    /** serialversion UID */
    static final long serialVersionUID = -5478590032325567849L;

    /** the properties file for managing the tests */
    public final static String PROPERTIES_FILE = "weka/core/Capabilities.props";

    /** the actual properties */
    protected static Properties PROPERTIES;

    /** Capabilities defined by interfaces */
    protected static HashSet<Class> INTERFACE_DEFINED_CAPABILITIES;

    /** whether to perform any tests at all */
    protected static boolean TEST;

    /** whether to perform data based tests */
    protected static boolean INSTANCES_TEST;

    /** whether to perform attribute based tests */
    protected static boolean ATTRIBUTE_TEST;

    /** whether to test for missing values */
    protected static boolean MISSING_VALUES_TEST;

    /** whether to test for missing class values */
    protected static boolean MISSING_CLASS_VALUES_TEST;

    /** whether to test for minimum number of instances */
    protected static boolean MINIMUM_NUMBER_INSTANCES_TEST;

    static {
        // load properties
        if (PROPERTIES == null) {
            try {
                PROPERTIES = Utils.readProperties(PROPERTIES_FILE);

                TEST = Boolean.parseBoolean(PROPERTIES.getProperty("Test", "true"));
                INSTANCES_TEST = Boolean.parseBoolean(PROPERTIES.getProperty("InstancesTest", "true")) && TEST;
                ATTRIBUTE_TEST = Boolean.parseBoolean(PROPERTIES.getProperty("AttributeTest", "true")) && TEST;
                MISSING_VALUES_TEST = Boolean.parseBoolean(PROPERTIES.getProperty("MissingValuesTest", "true"))
                        && TEST;
                MISSING_CLASS_VALUES_TEST = Boolean
                        .parseBoolean(PROPERTIES.getProperty("MissingClassValuesTest", "true")) && TEST;
                MINIMUM_NUMBER_INSTANCES_TEST = Boolean
                        .parseBoolean(PROPERTIES.getProperty("MinimumNumberInstancesTest", "true")) && TEST;

                INTERFACE_DEFINED_CAPABILITIES = new HashSet<Class>();
                for (String key : PROPERTIES.stringPropertyNames()) {
                    if (key.endsWith("InterfaceCapability")) {
                        INTERFACE_DEFINED_CAPABILITIES.add(Class.forName(PROPERTIES.getProperty(key)));
                    }
                }

            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                PROPERTIES = new Properties();
            }
        }
    }

    /** defines an attribute type */
    private final static int ATTRIBUTE = 1;

    /** defines a class type */
    private final static int CLASS = 2;

    /** defines an attribute capability */
    private final static int ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY = 4;

    /** defines a class capability */
    private final static int CLASS_CAPABILITY = 8;

    /** defines a other capability */
    private final static int OTHER_CAPABILITY = 16;

    /** enumeration of all capabilities */
    public enum Capability {
        // attributes
        /** can handle nominal attributes */
        NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES(ATTRIBUTE + ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY, "Nominal attributes"),
        /** can handle binary attributes */
        BINARY_ATTRIBUTES(ATTRIBUTE + ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY, "Binary attributes"),
        /** can handle unary attributes */
        UNARY_ATTRIBUTES(ATTRIBUTE + ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY, "Unary attributes"),
        /** can handle empty nominal attributes */
        EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES(ATTRIBUTE + ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY, "Empty nominal attributes"),
        /** can handle numeric attributes */
        NUMERIC_ATTRIBUTES(ATTRIBUTE + ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY, "Numeric attributes"),
        /** can handle date attributes */
        DATE_ATTRIBUTES(ATTRIBUTE + ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY, "Date attributes"),
        /** can handle string attributes */
        STRING_ATTRIBUTES(ATTRIBUTE + ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY, "String attributes"),
        /** can handle relational attributes */
        RELATIONAL_ATTRIBUTES(ATTRIBUTE + ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY, "Relational attributes"),
        /** can handle missing values in attributes */
        MISSING_VALUES(ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY, "Missing values"),
        // class
        /** can handle data without class attribute, eg clusterers */
        NO_CLASS(CLASS_CAPABILITY, "No class"),
        /** can handle nominal classes */
        NOMINAL_CLASS(CLASS + CLASS_CAPABILITY, "Nominal class"),
        /** can handle binary classes */
        BINARY_CLASS(CLASS + CLASS_CAPABILITY, "Binary class"),
        /** can handle unary classes */
        UNARY_CLASS(CLASS + CLASS_CAPABILITY, "Unary class"),
        /** can handle empty nominal classes */
        EMPTY_NOMINAL_CLASS(CLASS + CLASS_CAPABILITY, "Empty nominal class"),
        /** can handle numeric classes */
        NUMERIC_CLASS(CLASS + CLASS_CAPABILITY, "Numeric class"),
        /** can handle date classes */
        DATE_CLASS(CLASS + CLASS_CAPABILITY, "Date class"),
        /** can handle string classes */
        STRING_CLASS(CLASS + CLASS_CAPABILITY, "String class"),
        /** can handle relational classes */
        RELATIONAL_CLASS(CLASS + CLASS_CAPABILITY, "Relational class"),
        /** can handle missing values in class attribute */
        MISSING_CLASS_VALUES(CLASS_CAPABILITY, "Missing class values"),
        // other
        /** can handle multi-instance data */
        ONLY_MULTIINSTANCE(OTHER_CAPABILITY, "Only multi-Instance data");

        /** the flags for the capabilities */
        private int m_Flags = 0;

        /** the display string */
        private String m_Display;

        /**
         * initializes the capability with the given flags
         * 
         * @param flags "meta-data" for the capability
         * @param display the display string (must be unique!)
         */
        private Capability(int flags, String display) {
            m_Flags = flags;
            m_Display = display;
        }

        /**
         * returns true if the capability is an attribute
         * 
         * @return true if the capability is an attribute
         */
        public boolean isAttribute() {
            return ((m_Flags & ATTRIBUTE) == ATTRIBUTE);
        }

        /**
         * returns true if the capability is a class
         * 
         * @return true if the capability is a class
         */
        public boolean isClass() {
            return ((m_Flags & CLASS) == CLASS);
        }

        /**
         * returns true if the capability is an attribute capability
         * 
         * @return true if the capability is an attribute capability
         */
        public boolean isAttributeCapability() {
            return ((m_Flags & ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY) == ATTRIBUTE_CAPABILITY);
        }

        /**
         * returns true if the capability is a class capability
         * 
         * @return true if the capability is a class capability
         */
        public boolean isOtherCapability() {
            return ((m_Flags & OTHER_CAPABILITY) == OTHER_CAPABILITY);
        }

        /**
         * returns true if the capability is a other capability
         * 
         * @return true if the capability is a other capability
         */
        public boolean isClassCapability() {
            return ((m_Flags & CLASS_CAPABILITY) == CLASS_CAPABILITY);
        }

        /**
         * returns the display string of the capability
         * 
         * @return the display string
         */
        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return m_Display;
        }
    }

    /** the object that owns this capabilities instance */
    protected CapabilitiesHandler m_Owner;

    /** the hashset for storing the active capabilities */
    protected HashSet<Capability> m_Capabilities;

    /** the hashset for storing dependent capabilities, eg for meta-classifiers */
    protected HashSet<Capability> m_Dependencies;

    /** the interface-defined capabilities*/
    protected HashSet<Class> m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities;

    /** the reason why the test failed, used to throw an exception */
    protected Exception m_FailReason = null;

    /** the minimum number of instances in a dataset */
    protected int m_MinimumNumberInstances = 1;

    /** whether to perform any tests at all */
    protected boolean m_Test = TEST;

    /** whether to perform data based tests */
    protected boolean m_InstancesTest = INSTANCES_TEST;

    /** whether to perform attribute based tests */
    protected boolean m_AttributeTest = ATTRIBUTE_TEST;

    /** whether to test for missing values */
    protected boolean m_MissingValuesTest = MISSING_VALUES_TEST;

    /** whether to test for missing class values */
    protected boolean m_MissingClassValuesTest = MISSING_CLASS_VALUES_TEST;

    /** whether to test for minimum number of instances */
    protected boolean m_MinimumNumberInstancesTest = MINIMUM_NUMBER_INSTANCES_TEST;

    /**
     * initializes the capabilities for the given owner
     * 
     * @param owner the object that produced this Capabilities instance
     */
    public Capabilities(CapabilitiesHandler owner) {
        super();

        setOwner(owner);

        m_Capabilities = new HashSet<Capability>();
        m_Dependencies = new HashSet<Capability>();

        if (owner instanceof weka.classifiers.UpdateableClassifier
                || owner instanceof weka.clusterers.UpdateableClusterer) {
            setMinimumNumberInstances(0);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Does owner implement CapabilitiesIgnorer and does it not
     * want capability checking to be performed?
     */
    public boolean doNotCheckCapabilities() {

        // Do we actually want to check capabilities?
        if ((getOwner() != null) && (getOwner() instanceof CapabilitiesIgnorer)) {
            return ((CapabilitiesIgnorer) getOwner()).getDoNotCheckCapabilities();
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates and returns a copy of this object.
     * 
     * @return a clone of this object
     */
    @Override
    public Object clone() {
        Capabilities result;

        result = new Capabilities(m_Owner);
        result.assign(this);

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * retrieves the data from the given Capabilities object
     * 
     * @param c the capabilities object to initialize with
     */
    public void assign(Capabilities c) {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            // capability
            if (c.handles(cap)) {
                enable(cap);
            } else {
                disable(cap);
            }
            // dependency
            if (c.hasDependency(cap)) {
                enableDependency(cap);
            } else {
                disableDependency(cap);
            }
        }

        setMinimumNumberInstances(c.getMinimumNumberInstances());

        m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities = new HashSet(c.m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities);
    }

    /**
     * performs an AND conjunction with the capabilities of the given Capabilities
     * object and updates itself
     * 
     * @param c the capabilities to AND with
     */
    public void and(Capabilities c) {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            // capability
            if (handles(cap) && c.handles(cap)) {
                m_Capabilities.add(cap);
            } else {
                m_Capabilities.remove(cap);
            }
            // dependency
            if (hasDependency(cap) && c.hasDependency(cap)) {
                m_Dependencies.add(cap);
            } else {
                m_Dependencies.remove(cap);
            }
        }

        // minimum number of instances that both handlers need at least to work
        if (c.getMinimumNumberInstances() > getMinimumNumberInstances()) {
            setMinimumNumberInstances(c.getMinimumNumberInstances());
        }

        HashSet<Class> intersection = new HashSet<Class>();
        for (Class cl : c.m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities) {
            if (m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities.contains(cl)) {
                intersection.add(cl);
            }
        }
        m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities = intersection;
    }

    /**
     * performs an OR conjunction with the capabilities of the given Capabilities
     * object and updates itself
     * 
     * @param c the capabilities to OR with
     */
    public void or(Capabilities c) {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            // capability
            if (handles(cap) || c.handles(cap)) {
                m_Capabilities.add(cap);
            } else {
                m_Capabilities.remove(cap);
            }
            // dependency
            if (hasDependency(cap) || c.hasDependency(cap)) {
                m_Dependencies.add(cap);
            } else {
                m_Dependencies.remove(cap);
            }
        }

        if (c.getMinimumNumberInstances() < getMinimumNumberInstances()) {
            setMinimumNumberInstances(c.getMinimumNumberInstances());
        }

        m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities.addAll(c.m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the currently set capabilities support at least all of the
     * capabilities of the given Capabilities object (checks only the enum!)
     * 
     * @param c the capabilities to support at least
     * @return true if all the requested capabilities are supported
     */
    public boolean supports(Capabilities c) {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (c.handles(cap) && !handles(cap)) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        // Check interface-based capabilities
        for (Class cl : c.m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities) {
            if (!m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities.contains(cl)) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the currently set capabilities support (or have a
     * dependency) at least all of the capabilities of the given Capabilities
     * object (checks only the enum!)
     * 
     * @param c the capabilities (or dependencies) to support at least
     * @return true if all the requested capabilities are supported (or at least
     *         have a dependency)
     */
    public boolean supportsMaybe(Capabilities c) {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (c.handles(cap) && !(handles(cap) || hasDependency(cap))) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        // Check interface-based capabilities
        for (Class cl : c.m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities) {
            if (!m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities.contains(cl)) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * sets the owner of this capabilities object
     * 
     * @param value the new owner
     */
    public void setOwner(CapabilitiesHandler value) {
        m_Owner = value;
        m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities = new HashSet<Class>();
        if (m_Owner != null) {
            for (Class c : INTERFACE_DEFINED_CAPABILITIES) {
                if (c.isInstance(m_Owner)) {
                    m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities.add(c);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * returns the owner of this capabilities object
     * 
     * @return the current owner of this capabilites object
     */
    public CapabilitiesHandler getOwner() {
        return m_Owner;
    }

    /**
     * sets the minimum number of instances that have to be in the dataset
     * 
     * @param value the minimum number of instances
     */
    public void setMinimumNumberInstances(int value) {
        if (value >= 0) {
            m_MinimumNumberInstances = value;
        }
    }

    /**
     * returns the minimum number of instances that have to be in the dataset
     * 
     * @return the minimum number of instances
     */
    public int getMinimumNumberInstances() {
        return m_MinimumNumberInstances;
    }

    /**
     * Returns an Iterator over the stored capabilities
     * 
     * @return iterator over the current capabilities
     */
    public Iterator<Capability> capabilities() {

        return m_Capabilities.iterator();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an Iterator over the stored dependencies
     * 
     * @return iterator over the current dependencies
     */
    public Iterator<Capability> dependencies() {

        return m_Dependencies.iterator();
    }

    /**
     * enables the given capability. Enabling NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES also enables
     * BINARY_ATTRIBUTES, UNARY_ATTRIBUTES and EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. Enabling
     * BINARY_ATTRIBUTES also enables UNARY_ATTRIBUTES and
     * EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. Enabling UNARY_ATTRIBUTES also enables
     * EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. But NOMINAL_CLASS only enables BINARY_CLASS,
     * since normal schemes in Weka don't work with datasets that have only 1
     * class label (or none).
     * 
     * @param c the capability to enable
     */
    public void enable(Capability c) {

        // attributes
        if (c == Capability.NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES) {
            enable(Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES);
        } else if (c == Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES) {
            enable(Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES);
        } else if (c == Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES) {
            enable(Capability.EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES);
        }
        // class
        else if (c == Capability.NOMINAL_CLASS) {
            enable(Capability.BINARY_CLASS);
        }

        m_Capabilities.add(c);
    }

    /**
     * enables the dependency flag for the given capability Enabling
     * NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES also enables BINARY_ATTRIBUTES, UNARY_ATTRIBUTES and
     * EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. Enabling BINARY_ATTRIBUTES also enables
     * UNARY_ATTRIBUTES and EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. Enabling UNARY_ATTRIBUTES
     * also enables EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. But NOMINAL_CLASS only enables
     * BINARY_CLASS, since normal schemes in Weka don't work with datasets that
     * have only 1 class label (or none).
     * 
     * @param c the capability to enable the dependency flag for
     */
    public void enableDependency(Capability c) {

        // attributes
        if (c == Capability.NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES) {
            enableDependency(Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES);
        } else if (c == Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES) {
            enableDependency(Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES);
        } else if (c == Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES) {
            enableDependency(Capability.EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES);
        }
        // class
        else if (c == Capability.NOMINAL_CLASS) {
            enableDependency(Capability.BINARY_CLASS);
        }

        m_Dependencies.add(c);
    }

    /**
     * enables all class types
     * 
     * @see #disableAllClasses()
     * @see #getClassCapabilities()
     */
    public void enableAllClasses() {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isClass()) {
                enable(cap);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * enables all class type dependencies
     * 
     * @see #disableAllClassDependencies()
     * @see #getClassCapabilities()
     */
    public void enableAllClassDependencies() {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isClass()) {
                enableDependency(cap);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * enables all attribute types
     * 
     * @see #disableAllAttributes()
     * @see #getAttributeCapabilities()
     */
    public void enableAllAttributes() {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isAttribute()) {
                enable(cap);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * enables all attribute type dependencies
     * 
     * @see #disableAllAttributeDependencies()
     * @see #getAttributeCapabilities()
     */
    public void enableAllAttributeDependencies() {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isAttribute()) {
                enableDependency(cap);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * enables all attribute and class types (including dependencies)
     */
    public void enableAll() {

        enableAllAttributes();
        enableAllAttributeDependencies();
        enableAllClasses();
        enableAllClassDependencies();
        enable(Capability.MISSING_VALUES);
        enable(Capability.MISSING_CLASS_VALUES);
    }

    /**
     * disables the given capability Disabling NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES also disables
     * BINARY_ATTRIBUTES, UNARY_ATTRIBUTES and EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. Disabling
     * BINARY_ATTRIBUTES also disables UNARY_ATTRIBUTES and
     * EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. Disabling UNARY_ATTRIBUTES also disables
     * EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. The same hierarchy applies to the class
     * capabilities.
     * 
     * @param c the capability to disable
     */
    public void disable(Capability c) {

        // attributes
        if (c == Capability.NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES) {
            disable(Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES);
        } else if (c == Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES) {
            disable(Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES);
        } else if (c == Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES) {
            disable(Capability.EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES);
        }
        // class
        else if (c == Capability.NOMINAL_CLASS) {
            disable(Capability.BINARY_CLASS);
        } else if (c == Capability.BINARY_CLASS) {
            disable(Capability.UNARY_CLASS);
        } else if (c == Capability.UNARY_CLASS) {
            disable(Capability.EMPTY_NOMINAL_CLASS);
        }

        m_Capabilities.remove(c);
    }

    /**
     * disables the dependency of the given capability Disabling
     * NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES also disables BINARY_ATTRIBUTES, UNARY_ATTRIBUTES and
     * EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. Disabling BINARY_ATTRIBUTES also disables
     * UNARY_ATTRIBUTES and EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. Disabling UNARY_ATTRIBUTES
     * also disables EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES. The same hierarchy applies to the
     * class capabilities.
     * 
     * @param c the capability to disable the dependency flag for
     */
    public void disableDependency(Capability c) {

        // attributes
        if (c == Capability.NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES) {
            disableDependency(Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES);
        } else if (c == Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES) {
            disableDependency(Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES);
        } else if (c == Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES) {
            disableDependency(Capability.EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES);
        }
        // class
        else if (c == Capability.NOMINAL_CLASS) {
            disableDependency(Capability.BINARY_CLASS);
        } else if (c == Capability.BINARY_CLASS) {
            disableDependency(Capability.UNARY_CLASS);
        } else if (c == Capability.UNARY_CLASS) {
            disableDependency(Capability.EMPTY_NOMINAL_CLASS);
        }

        m_Dependencies.remove(c);
    }

    /**
     * disables all class types
     * 
     * @see #enableAllClasses()
     * @see #getClassCapabilities()
     */
    public void disableAllClasses() {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isClass()) {
                disable(cap);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * disables all class type dependencies
     * 
     * @see #enableAllClassDependencies()
     * @see #getClassCapabilities()
     */
    public void disableAllClassDependencies() {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isClass()) {
                disableDependency(cap);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * disables all attribute types
     * 
     * @see #enableAllAttributes()
     * @see #getAttributeCapabilities()
     */
    public void disableAllAttributes() {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isAttribute()) {
                disable(cap);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * disables all attribute type dependencies
     * 
     * @see #enableAllAttributeDependencies()
     * @see #getAttributeCapabilities()
     */
    public void disableAllAttributeDependencies() {

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isAttribute()) {
                disableDependency(cap);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * disables all attribute and class types (including dependencies)
     */
    public void disableAll() {

        disableAllAttributes();
        disableAllAttributeDependencies();
        disableAllClasses();
        disableAllClassDependencies();
        disable(Capability.MISSING_VALUES);
        disable(Capability.MISSING_CLASS_VALUES);
        disable(Capability.NO_CLASS);
    }

    /**
     * returns all class capabilities
     * 
     * @return all capabilities regarding the class
     * @see #enableAllClasses()
     * @see #disableAllClasses()
     */
    public Capabilities getClassCapabilities() {
        Capabilities result;

        result = new Capabilities(getOwner());

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isClassCapability()) {
                if (handles(cap)) {
                    result.m_Capabilities.add(cap);
                }
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * returns all attribute capabilities
     * 
     * @return all capabilities regarding attributes
     * @see #enableAllAttributes()
     * @see #disableAllAttributes()
     */
    public Capabilities getAttributeCapabilities() {
        Capabilities result;

        result = new Capabilities(getOwner());

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isAttributeCapability()) {
                if (handles(cap)) {
                    result.m_Capabilities.add(cap);
                }
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * returns all other capabilities, besides class and attribute related ones
     * 
     * @return all other capabilities, besides class and attribute related ones
     */
    public Capabilities getOtherCapabilities() {
        Capabilities result;

        result = new Capabilities(getOwner());

        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            if (cap.isOtherCapability()) {
                if (handles(cap)) {
                    result.m_Capabilities.add(cap);
                }
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * returns true if the classifier handler has the specified capability
     * 
     * @param c the capability to test
     * @return true if the classifier handler has the capability
     */
    public boolean handles(Capability c) {

        return m_Capabilities.contains(c);
    }

    /**
     * returns true if the classifier handler has a dependency for the specified
     * capability
     * 
     * @param c the capability to test
     * @return true if the classifier handler has a dependency for the capability
     */
    public boolean hasDependency(Capability c) {

        return m_Dependencies.contains(c);
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether there are any dependencies at all
     * 
     * @return true if there is at least one dependency for a capability
     */
    public boolean hasDependencies() {

        return (m_Dependencies.size() > 0);
    }

    /**
     * returns the reason why the tests failed, is null if tests succeeded
     * 
     * @return the reason why the tests failed
     */
    public Exception getFailReason() {

        return m_FailReason;
    }

    /**
     * Generates the message for, e.g., an exception. Adds the classname before
     * the actual message and returns that string.
     * 
     * @param msg the actual content of the message, e.g., exception
     * @return the new message
     */
    protected String createMessage(String msg) {
        String result;

        if (getOwner() != null) {
            result = getOwner().getClass().getName();
        } else {
            result = "<anonymous>";
        }

        result += ": " + msg;

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Test the given attribute, whether it can be processed by the handler, given
     * its capabilities. The method assumes that the specified attribute is not
     * the class attribute.
     * 
     * @param att the attribute to test
     * @return true if all the tests succeeded
     * @see #test(Attribute, boolean)
     */
    public boolean test(Attribute att) {
        return test(att, false);
    }

    /**
     * Test the given attribute, whether it can be processed by the handler, given
     * its capabilities.
     * 
     * @param att the attribute to test
     * @param isClass whether this attribute is the class attribute
     * @return true if all the tests succeeded
     * @see #m_AttributeTest
     */
    public boolean test(Attribute att, boolean isClass) {

        // Do we actually want to check capabilities?
        if (doNotCheckCapabilities()) {
            return true;
        }

        boolean result;
        Capability cap;
        Capability capBinary;
        Capability capUnary;
        Capability capEmpty;
        String errorStr;

        result = true;

        // shall we test the data?
        if (!m_AttributeTest) {
            return result;
        }

        // for exception
        if (isClass) {
            errorStr = "class";
        } else {
            errorStr = "attributes";
        }

        switch (att.type()) {
        case Attribute.NOMINAL:
            if (isClass) {
                cap = Capability.NOMINAL_CLASS;
                capBinary = Capability.BINARY_CLASS;
                capUnary = Capability.UNARY_CLASS;
                capEmpty = Capability.EMPTY_NOMINAL_CLASS;
            } else {
                cap = Capability.NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES;
                capBinary = Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES;
                capUnary = Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES;
                capEmpty = Capability.EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES;
            }

            if (handles(cap) && (att.numValues() > 2)) {
                break;
            } else if (handles(capBinary) && (att.numValues() == 2)) {
                break;
            } else if (handles(capUnary) && (att.numValues() == 1)) {
                break;
            } else if (handles(capEmpty) && (att.numValues() == 0)) {
                break;
            }

            if (att.numValues() == 0) {
                m_FailReason = new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                        createMessage("Cannot handle empty nominal " + errorStr + "!"));
                result = false;
            }
            if (att.numValues() == 1) {
                m_FailReason = new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                        createMessage("Cannot handle unary " + errorStr + "!"));
                result = false;
            } else if (att.numValues() == 2) {
                m_FailReason = new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                        createMessage("Cannot handle binary " + errorStr + "!"));
                result = false;
            } else {
                m_FailReason = new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                        createMessage("Cannot handle multi-valued nominal " + errorStr + "!"));
                result = false;
            }
            break;

        case Attribute.NUMERIC:
            if (isClass) {
                cap = Capability.NUMERIC_CLASS;
            } else {
                cap = Capability.NUMERIC_ATTRIBUTES;
            }

            if (!handles(cap)) {
                m_FailReason = new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                        createMessage("Cannot handle numeric " + errorStr + "!"));
                result = false;
            }
            break;

        case Attribute.DATE:
            if (isClass) {
                cap = Capability.DATE_CLASS;
            } else {
                cap = Capability.DATE_ATTRIBUTES;
            }

            if (!handles(cap)) {
                m_FailReason = new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                        createMessage("Cannot handle date " + errorStr + "!"));
                result = false;
            }
            break;

        case Attribute.STRING:
            if (isClass) {
                cap = Capability.STRING_CLASS;
            } else {
                cap = Capability.STRING_ATTRIBUTES;
            }

            if (!handles(cap)) {
                m_FailReason = new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                        createMessage("Cannot handle string " + errorStr + "!"));
                result = false;
            }
            break;

        case Attribute.RELATIONAL:
            if (isClass) {
                cap = Capability.RELATIONAL_CLASS;
            } else {
                cap = Capability.RELATIONAL_ATTRIBUTES;
            }

            if (!handles(cap)) {
                m_FailReason = new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                        createMessage("Cannot handle relational " + errorStr + "!"));
                result = false;
            }
            // attributes in the relation of this attribute must be tested
            // separately with a different Capabilites object
            break;

        default:
            m_FailReason = new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                    createMessage("Cannot handle unknown attribute type '" + att.type() + "'!"));
            result = false;
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Tests the given data, whether it can be processed by the handler, given its
     * capabilities. Classifiers implementing the
     * <code>MultiInstanceCapabilitiesHandler</code> interface are checked
     * automatically for their multi-instance Capabilities (if no bags, then only
     * the bag-structure, otherwise only the first bag).
     * 
     * @param data the data to test
     * @return true if all the tests succeeded
     * @see #test(Instances, int, int)
     */
    public boolean test(Instances data) {
        return test(data, 0, data.numAttributes() - 1);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the class for the given name. Return Object if class is not found.
     */
    protected static Class getClass(String name) {

        try {
            return Class.forName(name);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            System.err.println("Class: " + name + " not found in Capabilities");
            return new Object().getClass();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Tests a certain range of attributes of the given data, whether it can be
     * processed by the handler, given its capabilities. Classifiers implementing
     * the <code>MultiInstanceCapabilitiesHandler</code> interface are checked
     * automatically for their multi-instance Capabilities (if no bags, then only
     * the bag-structure, otherwise only the first bag).
     * 
     * @param data the data to test
     * @param fromIndex the range of attributes - start (incl.)
     * @param toIndex the range of attributes - end (incl.)
     * @return true if all the tests succeeded
     * @see MultiInstanceCapabilitiesHandler
     * @see #m_InstancesTest
     * @see #m_MissingValuesTest
     * @see #m_MissingClassValuesTest
     * @see #m_MinimumNumberInstancesTest
     */
    public boolean test(Instances data, int fromIndex, int toIndex) {

        // Do we actually want to check capabilities?
        if (doNotCheckCapabilities()) {
            return true;
        }

        int i;
        int n;
        int m;
        Attribute att;
        Instance inst;
        boolean testClass;
        Capabilities cap;
        boolean missing;
        Iterator<Capability> iter;

        // shall we test the data?
        if (!m_InstancesTest) {
            return true;
        }

        // no Capabilities? -> warning
        if ((m_Capabilities.size() == 0) || ((m_Capabilities.size() == 1) && handles(Capability.NO_CLASS))) {
            System.err.println(createMessage("No capabilities set!"));
        }

        // any attributes?
        if (toIndex - fromIndex < 0) {
            m_FailReason = new WekaException(createMessage("No attributes!"));
            return false;
        }

        // do wee need to test the class attribute, i.e., is the class attribute
        // within the range of attributes?
        testClass = (data.classIndex() > -1) && (data.classIndex() >= fromIndex) && (data.classIndex() <= toIndex);

        // attributes
        Class weightedAttributesHandler = getClass("weka.core.WeightedAttributesHandler");
        for (i = fromIndex; i <= toIndex; i++) {
            att = data.attribute(i);

            // class is handled separately
            if (i == data.classIndex()) {
                continue;
            }

            // check attribute types
            if (!test(att)) {
                return false;
            }

            if (att.weight() != 1.0) {
                if (INTERFACE_DEFINED_CAPABILITIES.contains(weightedAttributesHandler)
                        && !m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities.contains(weightedAttributesHandler)) {
                    m_FailReason = new WekaException(createMessage("Some attribute weights are not equal to 1 and "
                            + "scheme does not implement the WeightedAttributesHandler interface!"));
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }

        // class
        if (!handles(Capability.NO_CLASS) && (data.classIndex() == -1)) {
            m_FailReason = new UnassignedClassException(createMessage("Class attribute not set!"));
            return false;
        }

        // special case: no class attribute can be handled
        if (handles(Capability.NO_CLASS) && (data.classIndex() > -1)) {
            cap = getClassCapabilities();
            cap.disable(Capability.NO_CLASS);
            iter = cap.capabilities();
            if (!iter.hasNext()) {
                m_FailReason = new WekaException(createMessage("Cannot handle any class attribute!"));
                return false;
            }
        }

        if (testClass && !handles(Capability.NO_CLASS)) {
            att = data.classAttribute();
            if (!test(att, true)) {
                return false;
            }

            // special handling of RELATIONAL class
            // TODO: store additional Capabilities for this case

            // missing class labels
            if (m_MissingClassValuesTest) {
                if (!handles(Capability.MISSING_CLASS_VALUES)) {
                    for (i = 0; i < data.numInstances(); i++) {
                        if (data.instance(i).classIsMissing()) {
                            m_FailReason = new WekaException(createMessage("Cannot handle missing class values!"));
                            return false;
                        }
                    }
                } else {
                    if (m_MinimumNumberInstancesTest) {
                        int hasClass = 0;

                        for (i = 0; i < data.numInstances(); i++) {
                            if (!data.instance(i).classIsMissing()) {
                                hasClass++;
                            }
                        }

                        // not enough instances with class labels?
                        if (hasClass < getMinimumNumberInstances()) {
                            m_FailReason = new WekaException(
                                    createMessage("Not enough training instances with class labels (required: "
                                            + getMinimumNumberInstances() + ", provided: " + hasClass + ")!"));
                            return false;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        // missing values and instance weights
        missing = false;
        Class weightedInstancesHandler = getClass("weka.core.WeightedInstancesHandler");
        for (i = 0; i < data.numInstances(); i++) {
            inst = data.instance(i);

            if (inst.weight() != 1.0) {
                if (INTERFACE_DEFINED_CAPABILITIES.contains(weightedInstancesHandler)
                        && !m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities.contains(weightedInstancesHandler)) {
                    m_FailReason = new WekaException(createMessage("Some instance weights are not equal to 1 and "
                            + "scheme does not implement the WeightedInstancesHandler interface!"));
                    return false;
                }
            }

            if (m_MissingValuesTest) {
                if (!handles(Capability.MISSING_VALUES)) {
                    if (inst instanceof SparseInstance) {
                        for (m = 0; m < inst.numValues(); m++) {
                            n = inst.index(m);

                            // out of scope?
                            if (n < fromIndex) {
                                continue;
                            }
                            if (n > toIndex) {
                                break;
                            }

                            // skip class
                            if (n == inst.classIndex()) {
                                continue;
                            }

                            if (inst.isMissing(n)) {
                                missing = true;
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    } else {
                        for (n = fromIndex; n <= toIndex; n++) {
                            // skip class
                            if (n == inst.classIndex()) {
                                continue;
                            }

                            if (inst.isMissing(n)) {
                                missing = true;
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    if (missing) {
                        m_FailReason = new NoSupportForMissingValuesException(
                                createMessage("Cannot handle missing values!"));
                        return false;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        // instances
        if (m_MinimumNumberInstancesTest) {
            if (data.numInstances() < getMinimumNumberInstances()) {
                m_FailReason = new WekaException(createMessage("Not enough training instances (required: "
                        + getMinimumNumberInstances() + ", provided: " + data.numInstances() + ")!"));
                return false;
            }
        }

        // Multi-Instance? -> check structure (regardless of attribute range!)
        if (handles(Capability.ONLY_MULTIINSTANCE)) {
            // number of attributes?
            if (data.numAttributes() != 3) {
                m_FailReason = new WekaException(
                        createMessage("Incorrect Multi-Instance format, must be 'bag-id, bag, class'!"));
                return false;
            }

            // type of attributes and position of class?
            if (!data.attribute(0).isNominal() || !data.attribute(1).isRelationValued()
                    || (data.classIndex() != data.numAttributes() - 1)) {
                m_FailReason = new WekaException(createMessage(
                        "Incorrect Multi-Instance format, must be 'NOMINAL att, RELATIONAL att, CLASS att'!"));
                return false;
            }

            // check data immediately
            if (getOwner() instanceof MultiInstanceCapabilitiesHandler) {
                MultiInstanceCapabilitiesHandler handler = (MultiInstanceCapabilitiesHandler) getOwner();
                cap = handler.getMultiInstanceCapabilities();
                boolean result;
                if (data.numInstances() > 0 && data.attribute(1).numValues() > 0) {
                    result = cap.test(data.attribute(1).relation(0));
                } else {
                    result = cap.test(data.attribute(1).relation());
                }

                if (!result) {
                    m_FailReason = cap.m_FailReason;
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }

        // passed all tests!
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * tests the given attribute by calling the test(Attribute,boolean) method and
     * throws an exception if the test fails. The method assumes that the
     * specified attribute is not the class attribute.
     * 
     * @param att the attribute to test
     * @throws Exception in case the attribute doesn't pass the tests
     * @see #test(Attribute,boolean)
     */
    public void testWithFail(Attribute att) throws Exception {

        test(att, false);
    }

    /**
     * tests the given attribute by calling the test(Attribute,boolean) method and
     * throws an exception if the test fails.
     * 
     * @param att the attribute to test
     * @param isClass whether this attribute is the class attribute
     * @throws Exception in case the attribute doesn't pass the tests
     * @see #test(Attribute,boolean)
     */
    public void testWithFail(Attribute att, boolean isClass) throws Exception {

        if (!test(att, isClass)) {
            throw m_FailReason;
        }
    }

    /**
     * tests the given data by calling the test(Instances,int,int) method and
     * throws an exception if the test fails.
     * 
     * @param data the data to test
     * @param fromIndex the range of attributes - start (incl.)
     * @param toIndex the range of attributes - end (incl.)
     * @throws Exception in case the data doesn't pass the tests
     * @see #test(Instances,int,int)
     */
    public void testWithFail(Instances data, int fromIndex, int toIndex) throws Exception {

        if (!test(data, fromIndex, toIndex)) {
            throw m_FailReason;
        }
    }

    /**
     * tests the given data by calling the test(Instances) method and throws an
     * exception if the test fails.
     * 
     * @param data the data to test
     * @throws Exception in case the data doesn't pass the tests
     * @see #test(Instances)
     */
    public void testWithFail(Instances data) throws Exception {

        if (!test(data)) {
            throw m_FailReason;
        }
    }

    /**
     * returns a comma-separated list of all the capabilities, excluding interface-based ones.
     * @return the string describing the capabilities
     */
    public String listCapabilities() {

        Iterator<Capability> iter = capabilities();
        ArrayList<String> caps = new ArrayList();
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
            caps.add(iter.next().toString());
        }
        Collections.sort(caps);
        String s = caps.toString();
        return s.substring(1, s.length() - 1);
    }

    /**
     * generates a string from the capabilities, suitable to add to the help
     * text.
     *
     * @param title the title for the capabilities
     * @return a string describing the capabilities
     */
    public String addCapabilities(String title) {
        String result;
        String caps;

        result = title + "\n";

        // class
        caps = getClassCapabilities().listCapabilities();
        if (caps.length() != 0) {
            result += "Class -- ";
            result += caps;
            result += "\n\n";
        }

        // attribute
        caps = getAttributeCapabilities().listCapabilities();
        if (caps.length() != 0) {
            result += "Attributes -- ";
            result += caps;
            result += "\n\n";
        }

        // other capabilities
        caps = getOtherCapabilities().listCapabilities();
        if (caps.length() != 0) {
            result += "Other -- ";
            result += caps;
            result += "\n\n";
        }

        // interface-defined capabilities
        ArrayList<String> interfaceNames = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (Class c : m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities) {
            interfaceNames.add(c.getSimpleName());
        }
        Collections.sort(interfaceNames);
        if (interfaceNames.size() > 0) {
            result += "Interfaces -- ";
            String s = interfaceNames.toString();
            result += s.substring(1, s.length() - 1);
            result += "\n\n";
        }

        // additional stuff
        result += "Additional\n";
        result += "Minimum number of instances: " + getMinimumNumberInstances() + "\n";
        result += "\n";

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * returns a string representation of the capabilities
     * 
     * @return a string representation of this object
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {

        Vector<Capability> sorted;
        StringBuffer result;

        result = new StringBuffer();

        // capabilities
        sorted = new Vector<Capability>(m_Capabilities);
        Collections.sort(sorted);
        result.append("Capabilities: " + sorted.toString() + "\n");

        // dependencies
        sorted = new Vector<Capability>(m_Dependencies);
        Collections.sort(sorted);
        result.append("Dependencies: " + sorted.toString() + "\n");

        // interface-defined capabilities
        ArrayList<String> interfaceNames = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (Class c : m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities) {
            interfaceNames.add(c.getSimpleName());
        }
        Collections.sort(interfaceNames);
        result.append("Interfaces: " + interfaceNames.toString() + "\n");

        // other stuff
        result.append("Minimum number of instances: " + getMinimumNumberInstances() + "\n");

        return result.toString();
    }

    /**
     * turns the capabilities object into source code. The returned source code is
     * a block that creates a Capabilities object named 'objectname' and enables
     * all the capabilities of this Capabilities object.
     * 
     * @param objectname the name of the Capabilities object being instantiated
     * @return the generated source code
     */
    public String toSource(String objectname) {
        return toSource(objectname, 0);
    }

    /**
     * turns the capabilities object into source code. The returned source code is
     * a block that creates a Capabilities object named 'objectname' and enables
     * all the capabilities of this Capabilities object.
     * 
     * @param objectname the name of the Capabilities object being instantiated
     * @param indent the number of blanks to indent
     * @return the generated source code
     */
    public String toSource(String objectname, int indent) {

        StringBuffer result;
        String capsName;
        String capName;
        String indentStr;
        int i;

        result = new StringBuffer();

        capsName = Capabilities.class.getName();
        capName = Capabilities.Capability.class.getName().replaceAll("\\$", ".");

        indentStr = "";
        for (i = 0; i < indent; i++) {
            indentStr += " ";
        }

        // object name
        result.append(indentStr + capsName + " " + objectname + " = new " + capsName + "(this);\n");

        List<Capability> capsList = new ArrayList<Capability>();
        boolean hasNominalAtt = false;
        boolean hasBinaryAtt = false;
        boolean hasUnaryAtt = false;
        boolean hasNominalClass = false;
        // capabilities
        result.append("\n");
        for (Capability cap : Capability.values()) {
            // capability
            if (handles(cap)) {
                if (cap == Capability.NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES) {
                    hasNominalAtt = true;
                }
                if (cap == Capability.NOMINAL_CLASS) {
                    hasNominalClass = true;
                }
                if (cap == Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES) {
                    hasBinaryAtt = true;
                }
                if (cap == Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES) {
                    hasUnaryAtt = true;
                }
                if (cap == Capability.EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES) {
                }
                capsList.add(cap);
            }
        }

        for (Capability cap : capsList) {
            if ((cap == Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES && hasNominalAtt)
                    || (cap == Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES && hasBinaryAtt)
                    || (cap == Capability.EMPTY_NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES && hasUnaryAtt)
                    || (cap == Capability.BINARY_CLASS && hasNominalClass)) {
                continue;
            }
            result.append(indentStr + objectname + ".enable(" + capName + "." + cap.name() + ");\n");
            // dependency
            if (hasDependency(cap)) {
                result.append(indentStr + objectname + ".enableDependency(" + capName + "." + cap.name() + ");\n");
            }
        }

        // capabilities
        result.append("\n");

        // other
        result.append("\n");
        result.append(
                indentStr + objectname + ".setMinimumNumberInstances(" + getMinimumNumberInstances() + ");\n");

        result.append("\n");

        return result.toString();
    }

    /**
     * returns a Capabilities object specific for this data. The multi-instance
     * capability is not checked as well as the minimum number of instances is not
     * set.
     * 
     * @param data the data to base the capabilities on
     * @return a data-specific capabilities object
     * @throws Exception in case an error occurrs, e.g., an unknown attribute type
     */
    public static Capabilities forInstances(Instances data) throws Exception {
        return forInstances(data, false);
    }

    /**
     * returns a Capabilities object specific for this data. The minimum number of
     * instances is not set, the check for multi-instance data is optional.
     * 
     * @param data the data to base the capabilities on
     * @param multi if true then the structure is checked, too
     * @return a data-specific capabilities object
     * @throws Exception in case an error occurrs, e.g., an unknown attribute type
     */
    public static Capabilities forInstances(Instances data, boolean multi) throws Exception {
        Capabilities result;
        Capabilities multiInstance;
        int i;
        int n;
        int m;
        Instance inst;
        boolean missing;

        result = new Capabilities(null);

        result.m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities = new HashSet<Class>();

        // class
        if (data.classIndex() == -1) {
            result.enable(Capability.NO_CLASS);
        } else {
            switch (data.classAttribute().type()) {
            case Attribute.NOMINAL:
                if (data.classAttribute().numValues() == 1) {
                    result.enable(Capability.UNARY_CLASS);
                } else if (data.classAttribute().numValues() == 2) {
                    result.enable(Capability.BINARY_CLASS);
                } else {
                    result.enable(Capability.NOMINAL_CLASS);
                }
                break;

            case Attribute.NUMERIC:
                result.enable(Capability.NUMERIC_CLASS);
                break;

            case Attribute.STRING:
                result.enable(Capability.STRING_CLASS);
                break;

            case Attribute.DATE:
                result.enable(Capability.DATE_CLASS);
                break;

            case Attribute.RELATIONAL:
                result.enable(Capability.RELATIONAL_CLASS);
                break;

            default:
                throw new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                        "Unknown class attribute type '" + data.classAttribute() + "'!");
            }

            // missing class values
            for (i = 0; i < data.numInstances(); i++) {
                if (data.instance(i).classIsMissing()) {
                    result.enable(Capability.MISSING_CLASS_VALUES);
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        // attributes
        Class weightedAttributesHandler = getClass("weka.core.WeightedAttributesHandler");
        for (i = 0; i < data.numAttributes(); i++) {
            // skip class
            if (i == data.classIndex()) {
                continue;
            }

            if (data.attribute(i).weight() != 1.0) {
                result.m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities.add(weightedAttributesHandler);
            }

            switch (data.attribute(i).type()) {
            case Attribute.NOMINAL:
                result.enable(Capability.UNARY_ATTRIBUTES);
                if (data.attribute(i).numValues() == 2) {
                    result.enable(Capability.BINARY_ATTRIBUTES);
                } else if (data.attribute(i).numValues() > 2) {
                    result.enable(Capability.NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES);
                }
                break;

            case Attribute.NUMERIC:
                result.enable(Capability.NUMERIC_ATTRIBUTES);
                break;

            case Attribute.DATE:
                result.enable(Capability.DATE_ATTRIBUTES);
                break;

            case Attribute.STRING:
                result.enable(Capability.STRING_ATTRIBUTES);
                break;

            case Attribute.RELATIONAL:
                result.enable(Capability.RELATIONAL_ATTRIBUTES);
                break;

            default:
                throw new UnsupportedAttributeTypeException(
                        "Unknown attribute type '" + data.attribute(i).type() + "'!");
            }
        }

        // missing values and instance weights
        missing = false;
        Class weightedInstancesHandler = getClass("weka.core.WeightedInstancesHandler");
        for (i = 0; i < data.numInstances(); i++) {
            inst = data.instance(i);

            if (inst.weight() != 1.0) {
                result.m_InterfaceDefinedCapabilities.add(weightedInstancesHandler);
            }

            if (inst instanceof SparseInstance) {
                for (m = 0; m < inst.numValues(); m++) {
                    n = inst.index(m);

                    // skip class
                    if (n == inst.classIndex()) {
                        continue;
                    }

                    if (inst.isMissing(n)) {
                        missing = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            } else {
                for (n = 0; n < data.numAttributes(); n++) {
                    // skip class
                    if (n == inst.classIndex()) {
                        continue;
                    }

                    if (inst.isMissing(n)) {
                        missing = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }

            if (missing) {
                result.enable(Capability.MISSING_VALUES);
                break;
            }
        }

        // multi-instance data?
        if (multi) {
            if ((data.numAttributes() == 3) && (data.attribute(0).isNominal()) // bag-id
                    && (data.attribute(1).isRelationValued()) // bag
                    && (data.classIndex() == data.numAttributes() - 1)) {
                multiInstance = new Capabilities(null);
                multiInstance.or(result.getClassCapabilities());
                multiInstance.enable(Capability.NOMINAL_ATTRIBUTES);
                multiInstance.enable(Capability.RELATIONAL_ATTRIBUTES);
                multiInstance.enable(Capability.ONLY_MULTIINSTANCE);
                result.assign(multiInstance);
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * loads the given dataset and prints the Capabilities necessary to process
     * it.
     * <p/>
     * 
     * Valid parameters:
     * <p/>
     * 
     * -file filename <br/>
     * the file to load
     * 
     * -c index the explicit index of the class attribute (default: none)
     * 
     * @param args the commandline arguments
     * @throws Exception if something goes wrong
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String tmpStr;
        String filename;
        DataSource source;
        Instances data;
        int classIndex;
        Capabilities cap;
        Iterator<Capability> iter;

        if (args.length == 0) {
            System.out
                    .println("\nUsage: " + Capabilities.class.getName() + " -file <dataset> [-c <class index>]\n");
            return;
        }

        // get parameters
        tmpStr = Utils.getOption("file", args);
        if (tmpStr.length() == 0) {
            throw new Exception("No file provided with option '-file'!");
        } else {
            filename = tmpStr;
        }

        tmpStr = Utils.getOption("c", args);
        if (tmpStr.length() != 0) {
            if (tmpStr.equals("first")) {
                classIndex = 0;
            } else if (tmpStr.equals("last")) {
                classIndex = -2; // last
            } else {
                classIndex = Integer.parseInt(tmpStr) - 1;
            }
        } else {
            classIndex = -3; // not set
        }

        // load data
        source = new DataSource(filename);
        if (classIndex == -3) {
            data = source.getDataSet();
        } else if (classIndex == -2) {
            data = source.getDataSet(source.getStructure().numAttributes() - 1);
        } else {
            data = source.getDataSet(classIndex);
        }

        // determine and print capabilities
        cap = forInstances(data);
        System.out.println("File: " + filename);
        System.out
                .println("Class index: " + ((data.classIndex() == -1) ? "not set" : "" + (data.classIndex() + 1)));
        System.out.println("Capabilities:");
        iter = cap.capabilities();
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
            System.out.println("- " + iter.next());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the revision string.
     * 
     * @return the revision
     */
    @Override
    public String getRevision() {
        return RevisionUtils.extract("$Revision$");
    }
}