public class SymbolExtractor extends Object implements Enumeration<String>
String
similar to a StringTokenizer
.
StringTokenizer
:
null
. (In this case
the characters of the String
are returned.)
Constructor and Description |
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SymbolExtractor(String delim)
Creates a new
SymbolExtractor using delim as
delimiter. |
SymbolExtractor(String string,
String delim)
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Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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int |
countElements()
Counts the number of elements (symbols) that can be received initially.
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static int |
filter(String inFile,
char ignore,
AlphabetContainer con,
int minLength,
String outFile)
This method allows the user to filter the content of a
File using a given AlphabetContainer and a
minimal sequence length. |
boolean |
hasMoreElements() |
String |
nextElement() |
void |
setStringToBeParsed(String string)
Sets a new
String to be parsed. |
public SymbolExtractor(String delim)
SymbolExtractor
using delim
as
delimiter. Before invoking other methods one has to use
setStringToBeParsed(String)
.delim
- the delimitersetStringToBeParsed(String)
,
SymbolExtractor(String, String)
public void setStringToBeParsed(String string)
String
to be parsed.string
- the String
to be parsedpublic int countElements()
public boolean hasMoreElements()
hasMoreElements
in interface Enumeration<String>
public String nextElement()
nextElement
in interface Enumeration<String>
public static int filter(String inFile, char ignore, AlphabetContainer con, int minLength, String outFile) throws IOException
File
using a given AlphabetContainer
and a
minimal sequence length. This method is useful to filter, for instance,
data sets with ambiguous nucleotides and/or short sequences. Lines that
can not be parsed with respect to the AlphabetContainer
will be
masked by the character ignore
.inFile
- the path/name of the input File
ignore
- the char for comment linescon
- the AlphabetContainer
minLength
- the minimal length of a sequence in the output
File
outFile
- the path/name of output File
File
IOException
- if something with the handling of the File
s
went wrong