source: branches/DataPreprocessing/HeuristicLab.DataPreprocessing/3.3/Interfaces/IPreprocessingData.cs @ 10204

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using System.Collections.Generic;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Problems.DataAnalysis;

namespace HeuristicLab.DataPreprocessing {

  public interface IPreprocessingData : INamedItem {
    T GetCell<T>(string variableName, int row);
    void SetCell<T>(string variableName, int row, T value);

    IEnumerable<T> GetValues<T>(string variableName);
    void SetValues<T>(string variableName, IEnumerable<T> values);

    void InsertRow(int rowIndex);
    void DeleteRow(int rowIndex);

    void InsertColumn<T>(string variableName, int columnIndex);
    void DeleteColumn(string variableName);

    IEnumerable<string> VariableNames { get; }
    bool IsType<T>(string variableName);

    int Columns { get; }
    int Rows { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Return the indices of the missing values where the key 
    /// correspdonds to the variable name and the values to the row indices
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    IDictionary<string, IEnumerable<int>> GetMissingValueIndices();

    /// <summary>
    /// Return the row indices of the cells which contain a missing value
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    IEnumerable<int> GetMissingValueIndices(string variableName);

    bool IsMissingValue(string variableName, int rowIndex);
  }
}