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023package org.biojava.nbio.core.sequence;
024
025
026//import java.util.logging.Logger;
027
028/**
029 * A gene contains a collection of Exon sequences
030 * @author Scooter Willis
031 */
032public class ExonSequence extends DNASequence {
033
034        //private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(ExonSequence.class.getName());
035
036        /**
037         * Need a parent gene sequence and the bioBegin and bioEnd. An Exon sequence doesn't actually imply what the
038         * protein coding sequence will be. This is a little difficult to model and have it make sense.
039         * A gene has a collection of Exon and Intron sequences where the Exon sequences will join up. A gene
040         * sequences has a collection of different possible isoform proteins based on the transcription rules.
041         * A TranscriptionSequence will contain CDSSequence where the CDSSequence will be contained in the ExonSequence.
042         * Thus a ExonSequence is the union of overlapping CDSSequences.
043         * @param parentGeneSequence
044         * @param bioBegin
045         * @param bioEnd
046         */
047        public ExonSequence(GeneSequence parentGeneSequence, int bioBegin, int bioEnd) {
048                this.setParentSequence(parentGeneSequence);
049                setBioBegin(bioBegin);
050                setBioEnd(bioEnd);
051
052        }
053
054        @Override
055        public int getLength() {
056                return Math.abs(this.getBioEnd() - this.getBioBegin()) + 1;
057        }
058
059
060}