BioPattern (biojava-legacy 1.9.5 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

MaxMismatchPattern, SeqContentPattern
```
public interface BioPattern
```
Author:

Matthew Pocock

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`BioMatcher`	`matcher(SymbolList symList)`	Get a matcher that will use these parameters to search a SymbolList.

- Method Detail
  - matcher
```
BioMatcher matcher(SymbolList symList)
            throws IllegalAlphabetException
```
    Get a matcher that will use these parameters to search a SymbolList.
    The resulting BioMatcher is independant of this BioPattern. In particular, calling any mutator methods on this pattern will not affect the matcher.
    
    Parameters:
    
    symList - the SymbolList to match against
    
    Returns:
    
    a BioMatcher that will perform the search
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalAlphabetException - if symList is not over the right alphabet