Package weka.associations

# Interface Associator

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `AbstractAssociator`, `Apriori`, `FilteredAssociator`, `FPGrowth`, `SingleAssociatorEnhancer`

public interface Associator

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `void`
  `buildAssociations(Instances data)`
  Generates an associator.
  `Capabilities`
  `getCapabilities()`
  Returns the Capabilities of this associator.

- ## Method Details

  - ### buildAssociations

    void buildAssociations(Instances data) throws Exception
    Generates an associator. Must initialize all fields of the associator that are not being set via options (ie. multiple calls of buildAssociator must always lead to the same result). Must not change the dataset in any way.
    Parameters:
      `data` - set of instances serving as training data
    Throws:
      `Exception` - if the associator has not been generated successfully

  - ### getCapabilities

    Capabilities getCapabilities()
    Returns the Capabilities of this associator. Derived associators have to override this method to enable capabilities.
    Returns:
      the capabilities of this object
    See Also:
      - `Capabilities`