source: trunk/HeuristicLab.Problems.DataAnalysis/3.4/Interfaces/IDataset.cs

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HEAL.Attic;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.DataAnalysis {
  [StorableType("55cc9211-2136-41a0-a5bc-0d51e915d1b4")]
  public interface IDataset : IItem, IStringConvertibleMatrix {
    IEnumerable<string> VariableNames { get; }
    IEnumerable<string> DoubleVariables { get; }
    IEnumerable<string> StringVariables { get; }
    IEnumerable<string> DateTimeVariables { get; }

    bool ContainsVariable(string variablename);
    bool VariableHasType<T>(string variableName);

    double GetDoubleValue(string variableName, int row);
    IEnumerable<double> GetDoubleValues(string variableName);
    IEnumerable<double> GetDoubleValues(string variableName, IEnumerable<int> rows);
    ReadOnlyCollection<double> GetReadOnlyDoubleValues(string variableName);

    string GetStringValue(string variableName, int row);
    IEnumerable<string> GetStringValues(string variableName);
    IEnumerable<string> GetStringValues(string variableName, IEnumerable<int> rows);
    ReadOnlyCollection<string> GetReadOnlyStringValues(string VariableName);

    System.DateTime GetDateTimeValue(string variableName, int row);
    IEnumerable<DateTime> GetDateTimeValues(string variableName);
    IEnumerable<DateTime> GetDateTimeValues(string variableName, IEnumerable<int> rows);
    ReadOnlyCollection<DateTime> GetReadOnlyDateTimeValues(string variableName);
  }
}