gum::Variable Class Reference

Base class for every random variable. More...

#include <variable.h>

Inheritance diagram for gum::Variable:

Public Member Functions
Constructors / Destructors
virtual	~Variable ()
	destructor
virtual Variable *	clone () const =0
	Copy Factory.
Operators
Variable &	operator= (const Variable &aRV)
	Copy operator.
bool	operator== (const Variable &aRV) const
	equality operator
Accessors / Modifiers
void	setName (const std::string &theValue)
	sets the name of the variable
const std::string &	name () const
	returns the name of the variable
void	setDescription (const std::string &theValue) const
	sets the description of the variable
const std::string &	description () const
	returns the description of the variable
virtual VarType	varType () const =0
	returns the type of variable
virtual std::string	domain () const =0
	string represent the domain of the variable

Protected Member Functions
	Variable ()
	(protected) Default constructor
void	copy_ (const Variable &aRV)
	protected copy
	Variable (const std::string &aName, const std::string &aDesc)
	constructor
	Variable (const Variable &aRV)
	copy constructor

Private Member Functions
virtual bool	_checkSameDomain_ (const Variable &aRV) const =0
	check the domain

Private Attributes
std::string	_name_
	the name of the variable
std::string	_description_
	the description of the variable since description is not a characteristic of a variable, we allow the description to be changed even in a const reference.

Detailed Description

Base class for every random variable.

Definition at line 79 of file variable.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

~Variable()

virtual gum::Variable::~Variable ( )

virtual

destructor

Variable() [1/3]

gum::Variable::Variable ( )

inlineprotected

(protected) Default constructor

Definition at line 143 of file variable.h.

{ GUM_CONSTRUCTOR(Variable); }

References Variable().

Referenced by Variable(), Variable(), _checkSameDomain_(), clone(), copy_(), operator=(), and operator==().

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Variable() [2/3]

gum::Variable::Variable ( const std::string & aName, const std::string & aDesc )

protected

constructor

Parameters

aName	name of the variable
aDesc	description of the variable

Variable() [3/3]

gum::Variable::Variable ( const Variable & aRV )

protected

copy constructor

Parameters

aRV	the variable we copy

References Variable().

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Member Function Documentation

_checkSameDomain_()

virtual bool gum::Variable::_checkSameDomain_ ( const Variable & aRV ) const

privatepure virtual

check the domain

this function use the assumption that the concrete type of the variable is the same as *this

Implemented in gum::ContinuousVariable< GUM_SCALAR >, gum::DiscretizedVariable< T_TICKS >, gum::IntegerVariable, gum::LabelizedVariable, gum::NumericalDiscreteVariable, and gum::RangeVariable.

References Variable().

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clone()

virtual Variable * gum::Variable::clone ( ) const

pure virtual

Copy Factory.

Returns

Returns a pointer on a new copy of this.

Implemented in gum::ContinuousVariable< GUM_SCALAR >, gum::DiscreteVariable, gum::DiscretizedVariable< T_TICKS >, gum::IContinuousVariable, gum::IDiscretizedVariable, gum::IntegerVariable, gum::LabelizedVariable, gum::NumericalDiscreteVariable, and gum::RangeVariable.

References Variable().

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copy_()

void gum::Variable::copy_ ( const Variable & aRV )

protected

protected copy

Parameters

aRV	to be copied

References Variable().

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description()

const std::string & gum::Variable::description

(

)

const

returns the description of the variable

domain()

virtual std::string gum::Variable::domain ( ) const

pure virtual

string represent the domain of the variable

Implemented in gum::ContinuousVariable< GUM_SCALAR >, gum::DiscreteVariable, gum::DiscretizedVariable< T_TICKS >, gum::IntegerVariable, gum::LabelizedVariable, gum::NumericalDiscreteVariable, and gum::RangeVariable.

name()

const std::string & gum::Variable::name

(

)

const

returns the name of the variable

Referenced by gum::learning::IBNLearner::Database::Database(), gum::Estimator< GUM_SCALAR >::Estimator(), gum::MultiDimImplementation< double >::MultiDimImplementation(), gum::NumericalDiscreteVariable::NumericalDiscreteVariable(), gum::BNdistance< GUM_SCALAR >::_checkCompatibility_(), gum::BayesNet< double >::_copyTensors_(), gum::prm::PRMFactory< GUM_SCALAR >::_retrieveCommonType_(), gum::prm::PRMFactory< GUM_SCALAR >::_retrieveInputs_(), gum::BayesNetFactory< GUM_SCALAR >::_setCPTAndParents_(), gum::Instantiation::add(), gum::FMDP< double >::addCostForAction(), gum::FMDP< GUM_SCALAR >::addVariable(), gum::MultiDimICIModel< GUM_SCALAR >::causalWeight(), gum::Instantiation::chgVal(), gum::GibbsBNdistance< GUM_SCALAR >::computeKL_(), gum::InfluenceDiagram< GUM_SCALAR >::copyStructureAndTables_(), gum::prm::PRMFactory< GUM_SCALAR >::endDiscreteType(), gum::prm::PRMFactory< GUM_SCALAR >::endDiscretizedType(), gum::BayesNetFactory< GUM_SCALAR >::endVariableDeclaration(), gum::FMDPFactory< GUM_SCALAR >::endVariableDeclaration(), gum::Tensor< GUM_SCALAR >::fillWith(), gum::BayesNetFragment< GUM_SCALAR >::nodeId(), gum::Estimator< GUM_SCALAR >::posterior(), gum::Estimator< GUM_SCALAR >::setFromBN(), gum::Instantiation::setValsFrom(), gum::BayesNetFactory< GUM_SCALAR >::setVariable(), gum::BayesNetFactory< GUM_SCALAR >::setVariableValuesUnchecked(), gum::MultiDimFunctionGraph< GUM_SCALAR, TerminalNodePolicy >::toDot(), gum::RangeVariable::toFast(), gum::Estimator< GUM_SCALAR >::update(), and gum::MultiDimFunctionGraph< GUM_SCALAR, TerminalNodePolicy >::varNodeListe().

operator=()

Variable & gum::Variable::operator=

(

const Variable &

aRV

)

Copy operator.

Parameters

aRV	to be copied

Returns

a const ref to *this

References Variable().

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operator==()

bool gum::Variable::operator==

(

const Variable &

aRV

)

const

equality operator

References Variable().

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setDescription()

void gum::Variable::setDescription

(

const std::string &

theValue

)

const

sets the description of the variable

Warning

since description is mutable, setDescription() is const

Parameters

theValue

setName()

void gum::Variable::setName

(

const std::string &

theValue

)

sets the name of the variable

Parameters

theValue

varType()

virtual VarType gum::Variable::varType ( ) const

pure virtual

returns the type of variable

Implemented in gum::ContinuousVariable< GUM_SCALAR >, gum::DiscreteVariable, gum::DiscretizedVariable< T_TICKS >, gum::IntegerVariable, gum::LabelizedVariable, gum::NumericalDiscreteVariable, and gum::RangeVariable.

Member Data Documentation

_description_

std::string gum::Variable::_description_

mutableprivate

the description of the variable since description is not a characteristic of a variable, we allow the description to be changed even in a const reference.

Definition at line 165 of file variable.h.

_name_

std::string gum::Variable::_name_

private

the name of the variable

Definition at line 160 of file variable.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• agrum/base/variables/variable.h