de.jstacs.data.alphabets
Class Alphabet

java.lang.Object
  de.jstacs.data.alphabets.Alphabet

All Implemented Interfaces:

InstantiableFromParameterSet, Storable, Comparable<Alphabet>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ContinuousAlphabet, DiscreteAlphabet

public abstract class Alphabet
extends Object
implements Storable, InstantiableFromParameterSet, Comparable<Alphabet>

Class for a set of symbols, i.e. an Alphabet. All Alphabets are immutable.

Author:

Jens Keilwagen

Nested Class Summary

static class

Alphabet.AlphabetParameterSet<T extends Alphabet> The super class for the InstanceParameterSet of any Alphabet.

Constructor Summary

Alphabet()

Method Summary

boolean	checkConsistency(Alphabet a) Checks if this Alphabet is consistent consistent with another Alphabet, i.e. both Alphabets use the same symbols.
abstract InstanceParameterSet<? extends Alphabet>	getCurrentParameterSet() Returns the InstanceParameterSet that has been used to instantiate the current instance of the implementing class.
abstract double	getMin() Returns the minimal value of theAlphabet.
abstract double	length() Returns the length of the Alphabet.
abstract String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface de.jstacs.Storable

toXML

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Constructor Detail

Alphabet

public Alphabet()

Method Detail

checkConsistency

public final boolean checkConsistency(Alphabet a)

Checks if this Alphabet is consistent consistent with another Alphabet, i.e. both Alphabets use the same symbols.

Parameters:

a - the second Alphabet

Returns:

true if the Alphabets are consistent, false otherwise

See Also:

Comparable.compareTo(Object)

getMin

public abstract double getMin()

Returns the minimal value of theAlphabet.

Returns:

the minimal value of the Alphabet

length

public abstract double length()

Returns the length of the Alphabet.

Returns:

the length of the Alphabet

toString

public abstract String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getCurrentParameterSet

public abstract InstanceParameterSet<? extends Alphabet> getCurrentParameterSet()
                                                                         throws Exception

Description copied from interface: InstantiableFromParameterSet

Returns the InstanceParameterSet that has been used to instantiate the current instance of the implementing class. If the current instance was not created using an InstanceParameterSet, an equivalent InstanceParameterSet should be returned, so that an instance created using this InstanceParameterSet would be in principle equal to the current instance.

Specified by:

getCurrentParameterSet in interface InstantiableFromParameterSet

Returns:

the current InstanceParameterSet

Throws:

Exception - if the InstanceParameterSet could not be returned