AlphabetResolver (biojava-legacy 1.9.5 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.biojava.bio.program.ssbind.AlphabetResolver

```
public class AlphabetResolver
extends Object
```
AlphabetResolvers are helpers which determine which type of sequence Alphabet to expect from a search result. Now public to allow use by anyone making custom handlers.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Keith James

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AlphabetResolver()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static FiniteAlphabet`	`resolveAlphabet(String identifier)`	`resolveAlphabet` returns an appropriate `Alphabet` for an arbitrary identifier.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AlphabetResolver
```
public AlphabetResolver()
```
- Method Detail
  - resolveAlphabet
```
public static FiniteAlphabet resolveAlphabet(String identifier)
                                      throws BioException
```
    resolveAlphabet returns an appropriate Alphabet for an arbitrary identifier. The protein alphabet returned will include the termination character as e.g. BLASTX 6-frame translations are likely to include stops.
    
    Parameters:
    
    identifier - a String identifier (recognised are BLASTN, BLASTP, BLASTX, TBLASTN, TBLASTX, DNA and PROTEIN).
    
    Returns:
    
    a FiniteAlphabet.
    
    Throws:
    
    BioException - if the identifier is not known.