Working example how to create an ExampleSet in RapidMiner 5.1

DataRowFactory2.java

package com.dacamo76.librapidminer;

import com.rapidminer.example.Attribute;
import com.rapidminer.example.table.DataRow;
import com.rapidminer.example.table.DataRowFactory;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.toArray;

public abstract class DataRowFactory2 {

    public abstract DataRow createRow(Iterable<String> inputRow);

    public static DataRowFactory2 withFullStopDecimalSeparator(Iterable<Attribute> attributes) {
        checkNotNull(attributes);
        DataRowFactory factory = new DataRowFactory(DataRowFactory.TYPE_DOUBLE_ARRAY, '.');
        return new DataRowFactoryImpl(attributes, factory);
    }

    public static DataRowFactory2 withCommaDecimalSeparator(Iterable<Attribute> attributes) {
        checkNotNull(attributes);
        DataRowFactory factory = new DataRowFactory(DataRowFactory.TYPE_DOUBLE_ARRAY, ',');
        return new DataRowFactoryImpl(attributes, factory);
    }

    private DataRowFactory2() {}

    private static final class DataRowFactoryImpl extends DataRowFactory2 {

        private final DataRowFactory factory;
        private final Attribute[] attributes;

        DataRowFactoryImpl(Iterable<Attribute> attributes, DataRowFactory factory){
            assert factory != null;
            assert attributes != null;
            this.attributes = toArray(attributes, Attribute.class);
            this.factory = factory;
    }
        public DataRow createRow(Iterable<String> inputRow) {
        checkNotNull(inputRow);
        String[] strings = toArray(inputRow, String.class);
        return factory.create(strings, attributes);
        }
    }
}

LICENSE.txt

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output.txt

SimpleExampleSet:
5 examples,
6 regular attributes,
special attributes = {
    id = #0: teamID (nominal/single_value)/values=[team_0, team_1, team_2, team_3, team_4]
}

Row.java

package com.dacamo76.librapidminer;

public interface Row extends Iterable<String> {
}

UsageExample.java

package com.dacamo76.librapidminer;

import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import com.rapidminer.example.Attribute;
import com.rapidminer.example.Attributes;
import com.rapidminer.example.ExampleSet;
import com.rapidminer.example.table.AttributeFactory;
import com.rapidminer.example.table.DataRow;
import com.rapidminer.example.table.ExampleTable;
import com.rapidminer.example.table.MemoryExampleTable;
import com.rapidminer.tools.Ontology;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class UsageExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        List<Attribute> attributes = createAttributes();
        Map<Attribute, String> roles = createRoles(attributes);

        ExampleTable table = createExampleTable(attributes, inputRows());
        ExampleSet es = table.createExampleSet(roles);
        System.out.println(es);
    }

    static ExampleTable createExampleTable(List<Attribute> attributes, Iterable<Row> inputRows) {
        MemoryExampleTable table = new MemoryExampleTable(attributes);
        DataRowFactory2 factory = DataRowFactory2.withFullStopDecimalSeparator(attributes);
        for(Row row : inputRows){
            DataRow dataRow = factory.createRow(row);
            table.addDataRow(dataRow);
        }
        return table;
    }

    /* ***********************
        Static setup methods
     * ***********************/

    static List<Attribute> createAttributes() {
        return ImmutableList.of(
                AttributeFactory.createAttribute("teamID", Ontology.NOMINAL),
                AttributeFactory.createAttribute("size", Ontology.INTEGER),
                AttributeFactory.createAttribute("leader", Ontology.NOMINAL),
                AttributeFactory.createAttribute("number of qualified employees", Ontology.INTEGER),
                AttributeFactory.createAttribute("leader changed", Ontology.BINOMINAL),
                AttributeFactory.createAttribute("average years of experience", Ontology.INTEGER),
                AttributeFactory.createAttribute("structure", Ontology.BINOMINAL));
    }

    static List<String> inputData() {
        return ImmutableList.of(
                "team_0, 5, Mr. Miller, 4, no, 9, flat",
                "team_1, 19, Mrs. Green, 3, yes, 8, flat",
                "team_2, 16, Mrs. Hansc, 2, no, 3, flat",
                "team_3, 9, Mr. Chang, 6, yes, 3, flat",
                "team_4, 17, Mr. Chang, 5, yes, 1, hierarchical");
    }

    static List<Row> inputRows(){
        ImmutableList.Builder<Row> data = ImmutableList.builder();
        for(String line: inputData()){
            data.add(newRow(line));
        }
        return data.build();
    }

    static Row newRow(final String line){
        return new Row() {
            public Iterator<String> iterator() {
                return Splitter.on(',').split(line).iterator();
            }
        };
    }

    static Map<Attribute, String> createRoles(List<Attribute> attributes){
        return ImmutableMap.of(attributes.get(0), Attributes.ID_NAME);
    }
}