uk.ac.man.bioinf.sequence
Class EmptySequence

java.lang.Object
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  +--uk.ac.man.bioinf.sequence.EmptySequence

All Implemented Interfaces:

Identifiable, Sequence

public class EmptySequence

extends Object

implements Sequence

EmptySequence.java Created: Mon Feb 5 17:53:37 2001

Version:

$Id: EmptySequence.java,v 1.2 2001/04/11 17:04:43 lord Exp $

Author:

Phillip Lord

Method Summary

Element	getElementAt(int param1) Returns an element at a given location.
char	getElementAtAsChar(int param1) Returns the character of an target element.
Identifier	getIdentifier()
static Sequence	getInstance()
int	getLength() Returns the length of the sequence.
char[]	getSequenceAsChars() Returns the sequence as an array of characters.
Element[]	getSequenceAsElements() Returns the sequence as an array of elements.
SequenceType	getSequenceType() Returns the type of sequence.
Sequence	getSubSequence(int param1, int param2) Returns a sub-sequence from the current sequence.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Sequence getInstance()

getSubSequence

public Sequence getSubSequence(int param1,
                               int param2)

Description copied from interface: Sequence

Returns a sub-sequence from the current sequence.

Specified by:

getSubSequence in interface Sequence

Parameters:

param1 - the initial index of the sub-sequence

Returns:

the sub-sequence

getSequenceType

public SequenceType getSequenceType()

Description copied from interface: Sequence

Returns the type of sequence.

Specified by:

getSequenceType in interface Sequence

Returns:

the sequence type

getSequenceAsElements

public Element[] getSequenceAsElements()

Description copied from interface: Sequence

Returns the sequence as an array of elements.

Specified by:

getSequenceAsElements in interface Sequence

Returns:

the sequence

getSequenceAsChars

public char[] getSequenceAsChars()

Description copied from interface: Sequence

Returns the sequence as an array of characters.

Specified by:

getSequenceAsChars in interface Sequence

Returns:

the sequence

getLength

public int getLength()

Description copied from interface: Sequence

Returns the length of the sequence.

Specified by:

getLength in interface Sequence

Returns:

the length of the sequence

getElementAtAsChar

public char getElementAtAsChar(int param1)

Description copied from interface: Sequence

Returns the character of an target element.

Specified by:

getElementAtAsChar in interface Sequence

Parameters:

param1 - the location of the target element

Returns:

the element character

getElementAt

public Element getElementAt(int param1)

Description copied from interface: Sequence

Returns an element at a given location.

Specified by:

getElementAt in interface Sequence

Parameters:

param1 - the location of the target element

Returns:

the element

getIdentifier

public Identifier getIdentifier()

Specified by:

getIdentifier in interface Identifiable