org.biojava.bio.seq.io
Class SymbolListCharSequence

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.biojava.bio.seq.io.SymbolListCharSequence
All Implemented Interfaces:
CharSequence

public class SymbolListCharSequence
extends Object
implements CharSequence

SymbolListCharSequence is a CharSequence implementation which wraps a SymbolList. It is present primarily to support regular expression matching over SymbolLists as it avoids creating a copy.

Since:
1.3
Author:
Keith James, Matthew Pocock

Constructor Summary
SymbolListCharSequence(SymbolList syms)
          Creates a new SymbolListCharSequence wrapping a SymbolList.
 
Method Summary
 char charAt(int index)
           
 int length()
           
 CharSequence subSequence(int start, int end)
           
 String toString()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

SymbolListCharSequence

public SymbolListCharSequence(SymbolList syms)
Creates a new SymbolListCharSequence wrapping a SymbolList.

Parameters:
syms - a SymbolList.
Method Detail

charAt

public char charAt(int index)
Specified by:
charAt in interface CharSequence

length

public int length()
Specified by:
length in interface CharSequence

subSequence

public CharSequence subSequence(int start,
                                int end)
Specified by:
subSequence in interface CharSequence

toString

public String toString()
Specified by:
toString in interface CharSequence
Overrides:
toString in class Object