Datatype type;
/**
- * Note one instance of this attribute, recording unique, non-null names,
- * and the min/max of any numerical values
+ * Note one instance of this attribute, recording unique, non-null
+ * descriptions, and the min/max of any numerical values
*
* @param desc
* @param value
if (value != null)
{
- try
- {
- float f = Float.valueOf(value);
- min = hasValue ? Float.min(min, f) : f;
- max = hasValue ? Float.max(max, f) : f;
- hasValue = true;
- type = (type == null || type == Datatype.Number) ? Datatype.Number
- : Datatype.Mixed;
- } catch (NumberFormatException e)
+ value = value.trim();
+
+ /*
+ * Parse numeric value unless we have previously
+ * seen text data for this attribute type
+ */
+ if (type == null || type == Datatype.Number)
{
- // not a number, ignore for min-max purposes
- type = (type == null || type == Datatype.Character)
- ? Datatype.Character
- : Datatype.Mixed;
+ try
+ {
+ float f = Float.valueOf(value);
+ min = hasValue ? Float.min(min, f) : f;
+ max = hasValue ? Float.max(max, f) : f;
+ hasValue = true;
+ type = (type == null || type == Datatype.Number)
+ ? Datatype.Number
+ : Datatype.Mixed;
+ } catch (NumberFormatException e)
+ {
+ /*
+ * non-numeric data: treat attribute as Character (or Mixed)
+ */
+ type = (type == null || type == Datatype.Character)
+ ? Datatype.Character
+ : Datatype.Mixed;
+ min = 0f;
+ max = 0f;
+ hasValue = false;
+ }
}
}
}
/**
* Answers the [min, max] value range of the given attribute for the given
- * feature type, if known, else null. Attributes which only have text values
- * would normally return null, however text values which happen to be numeric
- * could result in a 'min-max' range.
+ * feature type, if known, else null. Attributes with a mixture of text and
+ * numeric values are considered text (do not return a min-max range).
*
* @param featureType
* @param attName