de.jstacs.data
Class Alphabet

java.lang.Object
  de.jstacs.data.Alphabet

All Implemented Interfaces:

InstantiableFromParameterSet, Storable, Comparable<Alphabet>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ContinuousAlphabet, DiscreteAlphabet

public abstract class Alphabet
extends Object
implements Storable, InstantiableFromParameterSet, Comparable<Alphabet>

Class for a set of symbols, i.e. an Alphabet. All Alphabets are immutable.

Author:

Jens Keilwagen

Nested Class Summary

static class

Alphabet.AlphabetParameterSet The super class for the InstanceParameterSet of any Alphabet.

Constructor Summary

Alphabet()

Method Summary

boolean	checkConsistency(Alphabet a) Checks if this Alphabet is consistent consistent with another Alphabet, i.e. both Alphabets use the same symbols.
abstract double	getMin() Returns the minimal value of theAlphabet.
abstract double	length() Returns the length of the Alphabet.
abstract String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface de.jstacs.Storable

toXML

Methods inherited from interface de.jstacs.InstantiableFromParameterSet

getCurrentParameterSet

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Constructor Detail

Alphabet

public Alphabet()

Method Detail

checkConsistency

public final boolean checkConsistency(Alphabet a)

Checks if this Alphabet is consistent consistent with another Alphabet, i.e. both Alphabets use the same symbols.

Parameters:

a - the second Alphabet

Returns:

true if the Alphabets are consistent, false otherwise

See Also:

Comparable.compareTo(Object)

getMin

public abstract double getMin()

Returns the minimal value of theAlphabet.

Returns:

the minimal value of the Alphabet

length

public abstract double length()

Returns the length of the Alphabet.

Returns:

the length of the Alphabet

toString

public abstract String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object