## org.biojavax.bio.seq
Class DummyRichSequenceHandler

    java.lang.Object
      org.biojavax.bio.seq.DummyRichSequenceHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:
  RichSequenceHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:
  BioSQLRichSequenceHandler

    public class DummyRichSequenceHandler

extends Object
implements RichSequenceHandler

Since:
  1.5
Author:
  Richard Holland

Constructor Summary
`DummyRichSequenceHandler()`

Method Summary
`void` `edit(RichSequence seq, Edit edit)` Apply an edit to the Sequence as specified by the edit object.
`Iterator` `iterator(RichSequence seq)` An Iterator over all Symbols in this SymbolList.
`String` `seqString(RichSequence seq)` Stringify this Sequences.
`SymbolList` `subList(RichSequence seq, int start, int end)` Return a new SymbolList for the symbols start to end inclusive.
`String` `subStr(RichSequence seq, int start, int end)` Return a region of this sequence as a String.
`Symbol` `symbolAt(RichSequence seq, int index)` Return the symbol at index, counting from 1.
`List` `toList(RichSequence seq)` Returns a List of symbols.

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

Constructor Detail

### DummyRichSequenceHandler

    public DummyRichSequenceHandler()

Method Detail

### edit

    public void edit(RichSequence seq,
                     Edit edit)
              throws IndexOutOfBoundsException,
                     IllegalAlphabetException,
                     ChangeVetoException

  Apply an edit to the Sequence as specified by the edit object.

  ## Description

  All edits can be broken down into a series of operations that change contiguous blocks of the sequence. This represent a one of those operations.

  When applied, this Edit will replace 'length' number of symbols starting a position 'pos' by the SymbolList 'replacement'. This allow to do insertions (length=0), deletions (replacement=SymbolList.EMPTY_LIST) and replacements (length>=1 and replacement.length()>=1).

  The pos and pos+length should always be valid positions on the SymbolList to:

  - be edited (between 0 and symL.length()+1).
  - To append to a sequence, pos=symL.length()+1, pos=0.
  - To insert something at the beginning of the sequence, set pos=1 and length=0.

  ## Examples

  `

       RichSequence seq = //code to initialize RichSequence
       System.out.println(seq.seqString());

       // delete 5 bases from position 4
       Edit ed = new Edit(4, 5, SymbolList.EMPTY_LIST);
       seq.edit(ed);
       System.out.println(seq.seqString());

       // delete one base from the start
       ed = new Edit(1, 1, SymbolList.EMPTY_LIST);
       seq.edit(ed);

       // delete one base from the end
       ed = new Edit(seq.length(), 1, SymbolList.EMPTY_LIST);
       seq.edit(ed);
       System.out.println(seq.seqString());

       // overwrite 2 bases from position 3 with "tt"
       ed = new Edit(3, 2, DNATools.createDNA("tt"));
       seq.edit(ed);
       System.out.println(seq.seqString());

       // add 6 bases to the start
       ed = new Edit(1, 0, DNATools.createDNA("aattgg");
       seq.edit(ed);
       System.out.println(seq.seqString());

       // add 4 bases to the end
       ed = new Edit(seq.length() + 1, 0, DNATools.createDNA("tttt"));
       seq.edit(ed);
       System.out.println(seq.seqString());

       // full edit
       ed = new Edit(3, 2, DNATools.createDNA("aatagaa");
       seq.edit(ed);
       System.out.println(seq.seqString());

  `

  Specified by:
    `edit` in interface `RichSequenceHandler`
    `edit` - the Edit to perform
  Throws:
    `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if the edit does not lie within the SymbolList
    `IllegalAlphabetException` - if the SymbolList to insert has an incompatible alphabet
    `ChangeVetoException` - if either the SymboList does not support the edit, or if the change was vetoed

### symbolAt

    public Symbol symbolAt(RichSequence seq,
                           int index)
                    throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

  Return the symbol at index, counting from 1.

  Specified by:
    `symbolAt` in interface `RichSequenceHandler`
    `index` - the offset into this SymbolList
  Returns:
    the Symbol at that index
  Throws:
    `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if index is less than 1, or greater than the length of the symbol list

### toList

    public List toList(RichSequence seq)

  Returns a List of symbols.

  This should be an immutable list of symbols or a copy.

  Specified by:
    `toList` in interface `RichSequenceHandler`
  Returns:
    a List of Symbols

### subStr

    public String subStr(RichSequence seq,
                         int start,
                         int end)
                  throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

  Return a region of this sequence as a String.

  This should use the same rules as seqString.

  Specified by:
    `subStr` in interface `RichSequenceHandler`
    `start` - the first symbol to include
    `end` - the last symbol to include
  Returns:
    the string representation
  Throws:
    `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if either start or end are not within the SymbolList

### subList

    public SymbolList subList(RichSequence seq,
                              int start,
                              int end)
                       throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

  Return a new SymbolList for the symbols start to end inclusive.

  The resulting SymbolList will count from 1 to (end-start + 1) inclusive, and refer to the symbols start to end of the original sequence.

  Specified by:
    `subList` in interface `RichSequenceHandler`
    `start` - the first symbol of the new SymbolList
    `end` - the last symbol (inclusive) of the new SymbolList
  Throws:
    `IndexOutOfBoundsException`

### seqString

    public String seqString(RichSequence seq)

  Stringify this Sequences.

  It is expected that this will use the symbol's token to render each symbol. It should be parsable back into a SymbolList using the default token parser for this alphabet.

  Specified by:
    `seqString` in interface `RichSequenceHandler`
  Returns:
    a string representation of the symbol list

### iterator

    public Iterator iterator(RichSequence seq)

  An Iterator over all Symbols in this SymbolList.

  This is an ordered iterator over the Symbols. It cannot be used to edit the underlying symbols.

  Specified by:
    `iterator` in interface `RichSequenceHandler`
  Returns:
    an iterator