weka.attributeSelection

## Interface StartSetHandler

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    BestFirst, GreedyStepwise, Ranker

      public interface StartSetHandler

  Interface for search methods capable of doing something sensible given a starting set of attributes.
  Version:
    $Revision: 8034 $
  Author:
    Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `java.lang.String` | `getStartSet()` Returns a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges) as a String
    `void` | `setStartSet(java.lang.String startSet)` Sets a starting set of attributes for the search.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### setStartSet

          void setStartSet(java.lang.String startSet)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

      Sets a starting set of attributes for the search. It is the search method's responsibility to report this start set (if any) in its toString() method.
      Parameters:
        `startSet` - a string containing a list of attributes (and or ranges), eg. 1,2,6,10-15.
      Throws:
        `java.lang.Exception` - if start set can't be set.

    - #### getStartSet

          java.lang.String getStartSet()

      Returns a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges) as a String
      Returns:
        a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges)