org.jscience.biology
Class RNA

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.biology.Chain
      org.jscience.biology.RNA

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class RNA
extends Chain
implements java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

A class representing RNA strain.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

RNA(Base[] bases)
Constructs a RNA representation.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() DOCUMENT ME!
Base[]	getBases() DOCUMENT ME!
Chain	getComplementary() Returns a complementary strain deduced from this one.
Base	getComplementary(Base base) DOCUMENT ME!
int	getLength() DOCUMENT ME!
java.util.Set	getValidBases() DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class org.jscience.biology.Chain

equals

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RNA

public RNA(Base[] bases)

Constructs a RNA representation. The array of base should not contain Thymine.

Parameters:

bases - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getBases

public Base[] getBases()

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Specified by:

getBases in class Chain

Returns:

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getLength

public int getLength()

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Specified by:

getLength in class Chain

Returns:

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getComplementary

public Base getComplementary(Base base)

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Specified by:

getComplementary in class Chain

Parameters:

base - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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getComplementary

public Chain getComplementary()

Returns a complementary strain deduced from this one.

Specified by:

getComplementary in class Chain

Returns:

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getValidBases

public java.util.Set getValidBases()

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Specified by:

getValidBases in class Chain

Returns:

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clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

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Specified by:

clone in class Chain

Returns:

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