StrandedFeature.Strand (biojava-legacy 1.9.5 API)

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

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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.