Index: /trunk/EventBenchConsole/src/de/ugoe/cs/eventbench/commands/CMDflattenModel.java
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+package de.ugoe.cs.eventbench.commands;
+
+import java.security.InvalidParameterException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import de.ugoe.cs.eventbench.CommandHelpers;
+import de.ugoe.cs.eventbench.data.GlobalDataContainer;
+import de.ugoe.cs.eventbench.models.FirstOrderMarkovModel;
+import de.ugoe.cs.eventbench.models.HighOrderMarkovModel;
+import de.ugoe.cs.eventbench.models.ModelFlattener;
+import de.ugoe.cs.util.console.Command;
+import de.ugoe.cs.util.console.Console;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Command to flatten high-order models and create first-order markov models
+ * with the same stochastic properties.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * @author Steffen Herbold
+ * @version 1.0
+ */
+public class CMDflattenModel implements Command {
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * 
+	 * @see de.ugoe.cs.util.console.Command#run(java.util.List)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void run(List<Object> parameters) {
+		String modelname;
+		String modelnameFOM;
+
+		try {
+			modelname = (String) parameters.get(0);
+			modelnameFOM = (String) parameters.get(1);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new InvalidParameterException();
+		}
+
+		Object dataObject = GlobalDataContainer.getInstance()
+				.getData(modelname);
+		if (dataObject == null) {
+			CommandHelpers.objectNotFoundMessage(modelname);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (!(dataObject instanceof HighOrderMarkovModel)) {
+			CommandHelpers.objectNotType(modelname, "HighOrderMarkovModel");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		HighOrderMarkovModel model = (HighOrderMarkovModel) dataObject;
+		ModelFlattener flattener = new ModelFlattener();
+		FirstOrderMarkovModel modelFOM = flattener
+				.flattenHighOrderMarkovModel(model);
+
+		if (GlobalDataContainer.getInstance().addData(modelnameFOM, modelFOM)) {
+			CommandHelpers.dataOverwritten(modelnameFOM);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * 
+	 * @see de.ugoe.cs.util.console.Command#help()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void help() {
+		Console.println("Usage: flattenModel <modelname> <modelname_flattened>");
+	}
+}