StartSetHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

BestFirst, GeneticSearch, GreedyStepwise, LinearForwardSelection, RandomSearch, Ranker
```
public interface StartSetHandler
```
Interface for search methods capable of doing something sensible given a starting set of attributes.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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)