org.biojava.bio.seq

Class StrandedFeature.Strand

java.lang.Object

org.biojava.bio.seq.StrandedFeature.Strand

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Enclosing interface:

StrandedFeature

public static final class StrandedFeature.Strand
extends Object
implements Serializable

Class to represent the 'strandedness' of a feature.

Strandedness may be re-used in other situations, but basically what it means is whether the feature has directionality, and if it does, does it travel from its location min to max, or max to min.

Author:

Matthew Pocock

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
StrandedFeature.Strand	flip() Return a strand that represents flipping this onto the opposite strand.
char	getToken() Returns the token for strandedness.
int	getValue() Returns the integer label for strandedness.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getValue

public int getValue()

Returns the integer label for strandedness. That is, "+1", "-1", or "0" for positive, negative, and unknown strands respectively.

getToken

public char getToken()

Returns the token for strandedness. That is, "+","-","." for positive, negative and unknown strands respectively.

flip

public StrandedFeature.Strand flip()

Return a strand that represents flipping this onto the opposite strand.